Found 5 items, similar to drive.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: drive
mendorong
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: drive
giring, jalankan, kegiatan, mendorong, mengemudi, menghalau, menyetir
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: drive
drive in golf
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: drive
drive
n 1: the act of applying force to propel something;
“after
reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off”
[syn:
thrust,
driving force]
2: a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a
machine;
“a variable speed drive permitted operation
through a range of speeds”
3: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward
a particular end;
“he supported populist campaigns”;
“they
worked in the cause of world peace”;
“the team was ready
for a drive toward the pennant”;
“the movement to end
slavery”;
“contributed to the war effort” [syn:
campaign,
cause,
crusade,
movement,
effort]
4: a road leading up to a private house;
“they parked in the
driveway” [syn:
driveway,
private road]
5: the trait of being highly motivated;
“his drive and energy
exhausted his co-workers”
6: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;
“he sliced
his drive out of bounds” [syn:
driving]
7: the act of driving a herd of animals overland
8: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;
“he took the
family for a drive in his new car” [syn:
ride]
9: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or
desire
10: (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads
data from a storage medium
11: a wide scenic road planted with trees;
“the riverside drive
offers many exciting scenic views” [syn:
parkway]
12: (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
[also:
drove,
driven]
drive
v 1: operate or control a vehicle;
“drive a car or bus”;
“Can you
drive this four-wheel truck?”
2: travel or be transported in a vehicle;
“We drove to the
university every morning”;
“They motored to London for the
theater” [syn:
motor]
3: cause someone or something to move by driving;
“She drove me
to school every day”;
“We drove the car to the garage”
4: force into or from an action or state, either physically or
metaphorically;
“She rammed her mind into focus”;
“He
drives me mad” [syn:
force,
ram]
5: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive
pressure on, or motivate strongly;
“She is driven by her
passion”
6: cause to move back by force or influence;
“repel the enemy”;
“push back the urge to smoke”;
“beat back the invaders”
[syn:
repel,
repulse,
force back,
push back,
beat back
] [ant:
attract]
7: compel somebody to do something, often against his own will
or judgment;
“She finally drove him to change jobs”
8: push, propel, or press with force;
“Drive a nail into the
wall”
9: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
“drive the ball far out into the field”
10: strive and make an effort to reach a goal;
“She tugged for
years to make a decent living”;
“We have to push a little
to make the deadline!”;
“She is driving away at her
doctoral thesis” [syn:
tug,
labor,
labour,
push]
11: move into a desired direction of discourse;
“What are you
driving at?” [syn:
get,
aim]
12: have certain properties when driven;
“This car rides
smoothly”;
“My new truck drives well” [syn:
ride]
13: work as a driver;
“He drives a bread truck”;
“She drives for
the taxi company in Newark”
14: move by being propelled by a force;
“The car drove around
the corner”
15: urge forward;
“drive the cows into the barn”
16: proceed along in a vehicle;
“We drive the turnpike to work”
[syn:
take]
17: strike with a driver, as in teeing off;
“drive a golfball”
18: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or
less vertically;
“drive a ball”
19: excavate horizontally;
“drive a tunnel”
20: cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by
controlling;
“The amplifier drives the tube”;
“steam
drives the engines”;
“this device drives the disks for
the computer”
21: hunting: search for game;
“drive the forest”
22: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground;
“drive the
game”
[also:
drove,
driven]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Drive
Drive
\Drive\, n.
1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of
player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight
of the ball, etc., so driven.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Golf) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made
with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a
stroke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent
action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body
is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to
cause to move by applying the force before, or in
front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the
objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an
engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive
logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct
them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to
place them in a machine, which, by a current of air,
drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them
by themselves.
“My thrice-driven bed of down.”
--Shak.
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Drive
\Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp.
Drove (dr[=o]v),
formerly
Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p.
Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Driving.] [AS. dr[=i]fan; akin to OS.
dr[=i]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[=i]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
dr[=i]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf.
Drift,
Drove.]
1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.
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2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
a person to his own door.
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How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
--Thackeray.
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3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
circumstances, by argument, and the like.
“ Enough to
drive one mad.” --Tennyson.
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He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do
the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
done for his. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
[Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.
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The trade of life can not be driven without
partners. --Collier.
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5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden.
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6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
or tunnel. --Tomlinson.
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7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
throw.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by
manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
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Drive
\Drive\, v. i.
1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
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Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.
--Dryden.
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Under cover of the night and a driving tempest.
--Prescott.
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Time driveth onward fast,
And in a little while our lips are dumb. --Tennyson.
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2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any
physical force or agent; to be driven.
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The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.
--Byron.
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The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers.
--Thackeray.
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3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by
directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw
it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
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4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an
effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
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Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular
interest he drove at. --South.
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5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.]
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6. (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
7. to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as
the operator of the vehicle; to drive[9] a vehicle from
one location to another. He drove from New York to Boston
in four hours.
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To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to
attack.
“Four rogues in buckram let drive at me.”
--Shak.
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Drive
\Drive\ (dr[imac]v), p. p.
Driven. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Drive
\Drive\ (dr[imac]v), n.
1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage,
as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride
taken on horseback.
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2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared
for driving.
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3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a
forced or hurried dispatch of business.
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The Murdstonian drive in business. --M. Arnold.
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4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix,
formed by a punch drift.
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5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to
be floated down a river. [Colloq.]
Syn: See
Ride.
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6. a private road; a driveway.
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7. a strong psychological motivation to perform some
activity.
[PJC]
8. (Computers) a device for reading or writing data from or
to a data storage medium, as a
disk drive, a
tape drive
, a
CD drive, etc.
[PJC]
9. an organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within
a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.
[PJC]
10. a physiological function of an organism motivating it to
perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.
[PJC]
11. (Football) the period during which one team sustains
movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without
losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive
downfield.
[PJC]
12. an act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile;
the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to
go for a drive in the country.
[PJC]
13. the mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine
to move; as, a belt drive.
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14. the way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is
transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive,
front-wheel drive, etc.
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