[drʌɪv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle
(e.g: he got into his car and drove off)

- propel or carry along by force in a specified direction
(e.g: the wind will drive you onshore)

- urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction
(e.g: they drove a flock of sheep through the centre of the city)

- (of a source of power) provide the energy to set and keep (an engine or piece of machinery) in motion
(e.g: a two-litre engine drives the front wheels)

- (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate
(e.g: he was driven by ambition)

- (in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot
(e.g: from the free kick Owen drove the ball past the keeper)


Phrases:
- let drive

Origin:
Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben

[drʌɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a trip or journey in a car
(e.g: they went for a drive in the country)

- a short road leading from a public road to a house or other building
(e.g: from the window he could see right down the weedy drive to the front gate)

- an innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need
(e.g: emotional and sexual drives)

- an organized effort by a number of people to achieve a purpose
(e.g: a recruitment drive by the police)

- the transmission of power to machinery or to the wheels of a motor vehicle
(e.g: he experimented with chain drive to run the propeller)

- (in ball games) a forceful stroke made with a free swing of the bat, racket, or foot against the ball
(e.g: a hard drive to left field)

- an act of driving a group of animals to a particular destination
(e.g: cattle were no longer taken on long drives, but were delivered by rail)


Phrases:
- let drive

Origin:
Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben