Definizione monolingua

drive

drive (third-person singular simple present drives, present participle driving, simple past drove, past participle driven)

1. (transitive) To herd (animals) in a particular direction.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
3. (transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.

   The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.

4. (transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.

   You drive nails into wood with a hammer.

5. (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

   The pistons drive the crankshaft.

6. (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
7. (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

   What drives a person to run a marathon?

8. (transitive) To compel (to do something).

   Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.

9. (transitive) To cause to become.

   This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity.

   You are driving me crazy!

10. (intransitive, cricket) To hit the ball with a drive.
11. (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

    I drive to work every day.

12. (transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

    My wife drove me to the airport.

13. To move forcefully
    • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, BBC:

      The impressive Frenchman drove forward with purpose down the right before cutting infield and darting in between Vassiriki Diaby and Koscielny.

drive (plural drives)

1. Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition.

   Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

2. (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.

   Napoleons drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

3. A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.

   Some old model trains have clockwork drives.

4. A trip made in a motor vehicle.

   It was a long drive.

5. A driveway.

   The mansion had a long, tree-lined drive.

6. A type of public roadway.

   Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.

7. (psychology) Desire or interest.
8. (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
9. (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
10. (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
11. (baseball) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
12. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
13. (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
    • 2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, BBC:

      And after Rodallega missed two early opportunities, the first a header, the second a low drive easily held by Lukasz Fabianski, it was NZogbia who created the opening goal.

14. A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive

Definizione dizionario drive

	guidare
	operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)
	Fare andare un veicolo a motore con le ruete.
	To operate a (motorized) vehicle (with wheels).

	condurre
	operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)
	Dirigere un gruppo (d'animali) in una direzione specifica.
	To herd (animals) in a particular direction.

	spingere
	Spostare qualcosa colpendola con molta forza.
	To move something by hitting it with great force.

andare

camminare

	conficcare
	Spostare qualcosa colpendola con molta forza.
	To move something by hitting it with great force.

	rendere
	cause to become

	unità
	An area of storage that is formatted with a file system and has a drive letter. The storage can be a floppy disk, a CD or DVD, a hard disk, or another type of disk.

accelerare

accompagnare

andara

andare in auto

arrivare

attacco

azionare

campagna

comandare

costringere

drive

ficcare

giro

gita

impulso

lettore

mandare

motore

muovere

perseguire

perseguitare

piantare

pilotare

portare

pulsione

seguire

sospingere

spinta

trasportare

trazione

urgere

uscire

volare

Altri significati:

golf: stroke made with a driver

(golf) A stroke made with a driver.

computing: mass-storage device

military: sustained advance

A trip made in a motor vehicle.

(transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

A driveway.

(baseball) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.

(soccer) A straight level shot or pass.

drive (innovation, change, etc.)

compel (to do something)

drive (engine)

type of public roadway

(computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.

(transitive) To compel (to do something).

(transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force.

(psychology) Desire or interest.

'''The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.'''

drive (car)

convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.

(computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.

herd (animals) in a particular direction

(transitive) To cause to become.

to travel by operating a motorized vehicle

(transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

To move forcefully

(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.

(transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.

(transitive) To herd (animals) in a particular direction.

(military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.

psychology: desire or interest

(transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

cause animals to flee out of

(intransitive, cricket) To hit the ball with a drive.

(transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

transmission (of motive power)

A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.

(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

to motivate

baseball: ball struck in a flat trajectory

(to) drive

cause a mechanism to operate

a trip made in a motor vehicle

self-motivation

motor that does not take fuel

move something by hitting it with great force

driveway

Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition.

(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

A type of public roadway.