Drive

Definition: Drive

Drive

Noun

1. The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off".

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".

4. A road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway".

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".

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".

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".

12. : a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash).

Verb

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".

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".

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".

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 the cows into the stable".

9. Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field".

10. : exert oneself, 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".

11. : move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?".

12. : have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well".

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. : proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work".

16. : golf: strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball".

17. : cricket: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically: "drive a ball".

18. : mining: excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel".

19. : 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".

20. : hunting: search for game; "drive the forest".

21. : hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "drive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), transitive verb. [imperfect Drove(dr[=o]v), formerly Drave(dr[=a]v); past participle Driven(dr[i^]v'n); Driving.]. (references)

Business

Computing

Electrical Engineering

Food & Agriculture

Health

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Medicine

Mining

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

DRIVE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Drive

Assemblage

Crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host;crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo; bunch, drive, force, mulada; remuda; roundup; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment; (combatants); host; (multitude); populousness.

Compulsion

Verb: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige.

Direction

Take the helm, be at the helm; have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins; drive, tool.

Haste

Noun: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; Adjective: impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter.

Impulse

Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.

Journey

Take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole; gallop; (move quickly).

Journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.

Regression

Dart, lance, tilt; ejaculate, jaculate; fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork.

Crosswords: Drive

French (drive), Indonesian (drive in golf), Italian (drive), Norwegian (drift), Portuguese (drive), Spanish (drive).

I'm tryin' to drive you to the store (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

Why of course not. Why, with your looks and your figure, you could drive an ice wagon or shine shoes (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.)

I use discipline and drive to make my life possible (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

People on 'ludes should not drive. (Fast Times at Ridgemont High; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Don't worry, I've got four-wheel drive. (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi; writing credit: Cindy Davis Hewitt; Donald H. Hewitt)

I drive myself my light is found (Drive; performing artist: Incubus)

You drive me crazy ((You Drive Me) Crazy - Stop Remix; performing artist: Britney Spears)

Go Ahead And Put That Thing In Over Drive (Rock the Boat; performing artist: Aaliyah)

You know you drive me up the wall (Crazy; performing artist: Aerosmith)

I could walk but I'll just drive (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Hang up and drive. (references; author: unknown)

Man who drive like hell bound to get there. (references; author: unknown)

I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. (references; author: unknown)

Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? (references; author: unknown)

Drive carefully, we need every taxpayer we can get. (references; author: unknown)

Drive Fast Drive Hard (1973)

He Said Drive (1971)

Sex Drive (1968)

Children Watch Us Drive (1967)

Nudnik Drive On (1965)

Drive (performing artist: Incubus)

I Drive Myself Crazy (performing artist: 'N Sync)

Drive (performing artist: The Cars)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Drive Axles with Differential for Tractors, Motor Cars, and Other Motor Vehicles: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Blazer Drive (Lightning on Ice Series , No 5) (reference)

• Chevy and Gmc Two and Four Wheel Drive Mid-Size Super Shop Manual (S- And T-Series Pickups, Blazer and Jimmy 1982-1986) (reference)

• Mercruiser: Stern Drive Shop Manual 1986-1994: Alpha One, Bravo One, Bravo Two & Bravo Three (reference)

• Follow this Path: How the World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential (reference)

• Adjustable Speed Ac Drive Systems (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Drive America (reference)

• Hard Drive Data Guide (reference)

• Ocean Drive (reference)

• Rigid Disk Drive Magnetic Head-Media Market And Technology Report (reference)

• Drive Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Drive Me Crazy (reference)

• Mulholland Drive (reference)

• They Drive by Night (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Drive (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Hornet 40 Int. Tape Drive (reference)

• Test Drive Off Road: Wide Open (reference)

• CenDyne CDI CD 00084 16x IDE Slot DVD-ROM Drive (reference)

• MAXTOR DiamondMax Plus 120GB U133 Internal IDE Hard Drive (reference)

• IBM PC300PL Desktop (400 MHz Intel Pentium II, 128MDB RAM, 6.4GB Hard Drive) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bissell 32034 Drive Belts for PowerClean, Pure Air and Pure Air Deluxe (reference)

• Bissell 32074 Style 7 Drive Belt (reference)

• Milwaukee 5368-22 7/8" Capacity SDS Drive D-Handle Rotary Hammer Kit with Case and Bits (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Entrance way and front drive to the CDC, Building 1, Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia shot sometime during the 1980’s. Credit: CDC.

Early level crew - passing the mallet Rear rodman passing front rodman, recorder pulling Rodman moving ahead will drive spike to steady rod. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Rear rodman passing front rodman, recorder pulling Passing the mallet so rear rodman can drive spike to steady rod Level crew of W. H. Burger. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Cypress Point - a world famous landmark on 17 Mile Drive. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Overlooking Honolulu at night from Tantalus Drive. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Normally an oceanographic phenomenon known as upwelling keeps the surface waters of the southeast Pacific Ocean cold and teeming with small pelagics that are fished by purse seiners. Upwelling occurs in this zone when southeasterly trade winds , produced by the South Pacific anti-cyclone, along with other facto rs drive coastal waters out to sea, forcing deep nutrient-rich waters to rise. Credit: Fisheries.

Two men drive their horses into the stream to drop wood off at the restoration staging site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

African American farmers, Leo and Edward Jenkins own and operate this farm in Washington County in the Mississippi Delta. The grow cotton, soybeans, wheat, and vegitables. Here Edward attaches drive shaft. Credit: USDA.

Large disc pulled by 4 wheel drive tractor near Seminole, Texas. Credit: USDA.

Sheep Drive. Credit: Unknown.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He can have no power over them but by their own consent, whatever he may drive them to say or do; and he has no lawfull authority, whilst force, and not choice, compels them to submission. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Mr. Woodhouse must not, under the specious pretence of a morning drive, and an hour or two spent at Donwell, be tempted away to his misery

We can drive you over

Bypasses are devices which allow some people to drive from point A to point B very fast whilst other people dash from point B to point A very fast

To drive the plough, to bind the sheaf, is happiness

Grampa took up the land, and he had to kill the Indians and drive them away

Then as to the claws upon your feet before and behind, they are so short and tender, that one of our Yahoos would drive a dozen of yours before him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Don't drive or operate machinery. (references)

It blurs vision, making it hard to do things like read and drive. (references)

With one eye seeing clearly, they can still drive, read, and see fine details. (references)

Business

The drive behind local demand is undoubtedly the fast growing food industry. (references)

Various agencies exist to promote this drive, both internationally and locally. (references)

However, for now this interest in mainly centered on four-wheel drive vehicles. (references)

Children

Cambodia

Poverty and domestic violence often drive children to live on the streets; domestic NGO's estimate there are more than 10,000 street children in Phnom Penh alone, who are easy targets for sexual abuse and exploitation. (references)

United Kingdom

As part of a government drive to protect children from child abusers, previously secret registers of pedophiles are available to any employer who runs an organization where persons under age 18 could be at risk (schools, children's homes, or voluntary organizations). (references)

Civil Liberties

Saudi Arabia

They are not allowed to drive inside the country and are dependent upon males for any transportation. (references)

Economic History

Botswana

The U.S. Embassy is on Embassy Drive off Khama Crescent--P. (references)

Eritrea

By 1977 the EPLF was poised to drive the Ethiopians out of Eritrea. (references)

Australia

It is expected that sales to ASPs will drive the server market as well. (references)

Human Rights

Congo

Military intervention by Angola, Chad, Namibia, and Zimbabwe resulted in the defeat of an RCD drive on Kinshasa in August 1998, but rebel forces advanced elsewhere. (references)

South Africa

On March 3, six civilians were injured in Avilla Park in Vredendal, Western Cape Province, during a shooting between residents and police engaged in a crime prevention drive. (references)

Tunisia

An individual must have an identity card to sign a lease, to buy or drive a car, to receive access to healthcare, bank accounts, and pensions, and even to join a sports club. (references)

Indigenous People

Suriname

Organizations representing Maroon and Amerindian communities complain that small-scale mining operations, mainly by illegal Brazilian gold miners, dig trenches that cut residents off from their agricultural land and threaten to drive them away from their traditional settlements. (references)

Minorities

India

Throughout the year, pan-Islamic militants continued to try to drive all non-Muslims out of Kashmir. (references)

Bulgaria

Beginning in 1999, a group of ethnic Bulgarian residents of a Burgas neighborhood have persisted in a petition drive and periodic calls for the expulsion of Roma and the demolition of Romani houses in the neighborhood. (references)

Political Economy

Cyprus

In short, the whole economic structure of Cyprus is being transformed as a result of the drive for harmonization. (references)

GERMANY

Despite the real progress in market liberalization in recent years, lack of competition and overregulation remain a problem and drive up business costs. (references)

Botswana

To keep voters' confidence, the government is engaged in a privatization drive aimed at improving productivity and diversifying the economy so as to generate jobs for all segments of society. (references)

Political Rights

Taiwan

The KMT remained the largest political party, with over 950,000 members reaffirming their membership in a registration drive following the 2000 electoral defeat. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The HDZ engaged in a systematic campaign of threats and intimidation, most intensively in April and May, to try to force Croats to back its drive for Croat self-government. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The SDP party office in Vitez suffered extensive damage in a bomb explosion on May 1; police arrested a Croat man in the attack, which police believe was motivated by the HDZ's self-government drive. (references)

Trade

Bolivia

The import of "transformed" cars from Japan and other right-hand drive countries was banned as of 1998. (references)

Honduras

The Honduran banking system has been involved in a drive towards modernization and increased competition. (references)

India

India's drive to attract U.S. investment is hampered by a difficulty faced by potential investors in determining if there is, in fact, a market in India for their products. (references)

Travel

Chad

A four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended. (references)

Ghana

Superb Korean cuisine and well worth the drive to Tema. (references)

Ghana

Restaurant, fast food, and takeaway and a drive through. (references)

Women

Bahrain

Women are free to work outside the home, to drive cars without escorts, and to wear clothing of their choice. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Women legally may not drive motor vehicles and are restricted in their use of public facilities when men are present. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

In July 1999, the AIDF launched a petition drive to pressure the authorities to enact and enforce laws against domestic violence, especially spousal abuse; 18,000 signatures had been collected by the end of 1999. In 2000 AIDF opened a house for battered girls and wives, which reportedly received approximately 18 battered women per week. (references)

Worker Rights

China

A 3-year drive to promote atheism and science among government workers, first begun in January 1999, was extended to more government offices and to schools. (references)

Guatemala

On July 18 and 19, antiunion workers attacked union organizers involved in a legally registered union organizing drive in the Choi Shin/Cimatextiles maquila plants. (references)

Bangladesh

Children drive rickshaws, break bricks at construction sites, carry fruit, vegetables, and dry goods for shoppers at markets, work at tea stalls, and work as beachcombers in the shrimp industry. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "drive": airport Drive ♦ angle crank drive ♦ automatic drive ♦ backhand drive ♦ basic drive ♦ carriage drive ♦ caterpillar drive ♦ cattle drive ♦ CD drive ♦ chain drive ♦ cogwheel drive ♦ cone drive ♦ Continental drive ♦ crank drive ♦ direct drive ♦ direct drive propeller ♦ disc drive ♦ disk drive ♦ diskette drive ♦ ditto Drive ♦ drive a car ♦ drive a cart ♦ drive a coach and six through ♦ drive a hard bargain ♦ drive a hole ♦ drive a nail ♦ drive a nail home ♦ drive a pen ♦ drive about ♦ drive against ♦ drive along ♦ drive apart ♦ drive around ♦ drive ashore ♦ drive at ♦ drive at a full lick ♦ drive away ♦ drive back ♦ drive behind ♦ drive cattle ♦ drive crazy ♦ drive dead slow ♦ drive dull care away ♦ drive flat out ♦ drive for ankret ♦ drive forward ♦ drive from ♦ drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post ♦ drive hard ♦ drive home ♦ drive home to ♦ DRIVE II project ♦ drive in ♦ drive in a nail ♦ drive in a pile ♦ drive in a stake ♦ drive in cinema ♦ drive in front ♦ drive insane ♦ drive into ♦ drive into a corner ♦ drive line ♦ drive line system ♦ drive mad ♦ drive matters to an extremity ♦ drive nails into smb.'s coffin ♦ drive off ♦ drive on ♦ drive on the left ♦ drive on! ♦ drive one crazy ♦ drive one nuts ♦ drive oneself hard ♦ drive or fly ♦ drive out ♦ drive over ♦ drive past ♦ drive pulley ♦ drive round ♦ drive shaft ♦ drive sheep into a field ♦ drive smb. crazy ♦ drive smb. distracted ♦ drive smb. into a corner ♦ drive smb. mad ♦ drive smb. nuts ♦ drive smb. on to do smth. ♦ drive smb. round the bend ♦ drive smb. scatty ♦ drive smb. spare ♦ drive smb. to despair ♦ drive smb. to desperation ♦ drive smb. to distraction ♦ drive smb. to drink ♦ drive smb. to the wall ♦ drive smb. up the wall ♦ drive smb. wild ♦ drive smth. home ♦ drive smth. in ♦ drive the nail ♦ drive through. Additional references.

Beginning with "drive": drive-away, drive-belt, drive-by, drive-by shooting, drive-bys, drive-cum-cut, drive-hole, drive-holes, drive-in, drive-in theater, drive-in theatre, drive-in window, drive-in-drive-out, drive-inhibiting, drive-inhibition, drive-ins, drive-line, drive-management, drive-related, drive-shaft, drive-shafts, drive-stimuli, drive-stimulus, drive-through, drive-thru, drive-time, drive-up, drive-way, drive-wheel, drive-yourself, drive-yourself car.

Ending with "drive": cover-drive, drink-drive, fly-drive, four-wheel-drive, front-drive, front-wheel-drive, left-hand-drive, over-drive, rear-drive, right-hand-drive, sex-drive, test-drive.

Containing "drive": line-drive double, line-drive single, line-drive triple, non-drive-in, self-drive car, self-drive cars for hire.

Afrikaans

dryf (actuate, be adrift, chase, drift, drive on, float, impel, shoo, swim), aandrywing, aandrywe (actuate, be, be washed ashore, chase, drive on, impel, shoo), aandryf (actuate, be, be washed ashore, chase, drive on, impel, shoo). (various references)

Albanian

drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, bend, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, command, con, conduct, direct, funnel, govern, guide, head, keep, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, rectify, refer, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk), çoj (bring, conduce, deliver, drop, give a lift, haul, haze, lead, lead off, lead up to, lift, pass, post, raise, rear, route, send, take off, take place, waft), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), një copë rruge, ngul (bite into, dig, drive in, fix, jab, nail, pin down, plant, plunge, post, press in, put, sink, spit, stick, thrust, wrap up), ngas (bother, fly, irritate, Josh, molest, pilot, ride, run, steer, tease), mundoj (agonize, beat, crucify, harass, Harrow, obsess, rack, rankle, sweat, tantalize, torment, torture, trouble, weigh down, wrack), mësymje (assault, attack, onset, pelt, raid, rush, sortie, thrust), përpjekje (attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, pull, push, skirmish, stroke, try, venture, whack), kërcunj që i merr rryma, punoj (do, employ, engage, go, labor, labour, operate, recruit, serve, work), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), fut (accept, cram into, drive in, embed, engrain, enter, establish, foot, hide, insert, intercalate, interpolate, introduce, launch, let in, mix in, move in, number, plunge, poke, pour into, put, put in the picture, put smb. wise to smth., set, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, submerge, take on, thrust, tuck, usher in), fushatë (campaign, crusade), fus (accept for, Bury, cram into, embroil, enclose, engrain, enter, get in, inclose, interpolate, introduce, launch, mix in, pack, plunge, poke, pour into, press in, put, put in the picture, set, shove, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, work in), energji (dash, dynamism, energetics, energy, gumption, might, nerve, pepper, pith, power, push, steam, strenuousness, vigor, vigour, vim, young blood, zip), çuarje, lëviz (budge, change place, dance, dodge, draft, draught, go along, move, proceed, remove, step, stir), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, driving force, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, spurt, tear, tearing, thrust, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, zest, zip), vë në lëvizje (mobilize, propel, set foot, start), udhëtim (excursion, itineracy, itinerancy, journey, passage, peregrination, ride, round trip, rove, tour, travel, trek, trip, wayfaring), tunel në minierë, transportim lënde druri mbiujor, transmision (driver, rope-drive, transmission), sulm (aggression, assault, attack, cannonade, charge, dash, descent, hit, inroad, mugging, offence, offensive, onfall, onset, onslaught, push, raid, razzia, rush, strike, thrust), nxitje (abetment, challenge, cheer, countenance, dare, dig, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, kick, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prod, prompt, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), shtyj për më vonë (procrastinate), zhvilloj (develop, elaborate, evolve, expand, grow, hold, increase, navigate, prosecute, wage), shpoj (bore, broach, drill, flesh, hole, impale, jab, perforate, Pierce, pink, poke, prick, prickle, punch, puncture, run through, Spike, spit, stab, stick, sting), shpie me makinë, shpie (bring, carry, convey, give a lift, keep, lead, lead up, send), shkoj me automjet, sforcoj (strain), rruginë private, rrugë (approach, approaches, Avenue, course, cycle, drag, gateway, haul, journey, milage, mileage, path, pathway, ride, road, roadway, route, Street, trail, traverse, way), shtysë (dub, dynamics, impetus, impulse, push, stimulus). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حرك (actuate, agitate, induce, jostle, mobilize, motivate, stir, toss, turn, vex, whet), ‏دفع الأخشاب, ‏دينامية (dynamics), ‏رحلة (journey, junket, peregrination, sally, touring, travel, trip, voyage), ‏أجبر (bring, coerce, compel, constrain, force, impress, make, oblige, overstrain, pressure, reduce, reset), ‏إندفع نحو (make), ‏الحيوانات المسوقة, ‏جرى بنشاط, ‏ضرب الكرة (bat, chop, poach, serve), ‏ضربة الكرة, ‏طريق خاصة (driveway), ‏ساعة الزروة (peak, the rush hour), ‏ساق (bole, leg, shank, trunk), ‏دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel), ‏تدحرج (comb, roll, roulade, trundle, tumble down), ‏كره (abhor, abominate, aversion, be offensive, be repugnant, be repulsive, become hateful, coerce, compel, constrain, despise, detest, disfavor, disfavour, disincline, dislike, force, hate, hating, loathe, swagger), ‏غرائز جنسية, ‏حملة (attack, campaign, expedition, operation, push), ‏حيوية (activity, animation, dash, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip), ‏وسيلة الادارة, ‏قاد (carry, command, conduct, direct, drove, govern, guide, handle, head, helm, induct, introduce, lead, lead in, lead up to, marshal, mastermind, navigate, officer, orientate, pilot, preside, run, see out, shepherd, show, show out, steer, take the lead, usher), ‏قاد سيارة, ‏قذف الكرة بسرعة, ‏قيادة (command, conduct, control, direction, driving, guidance, lead, leadership, leading, steer, steerage), ‏نشاطية (dynamism), ‏ناضل لبلوغ هدف, ‏نزهة في سيارة (drove), ‏نقل بعربة (wheel), ‏هجوم عسكري, ‏سوق (carry, corner, emporium, fair, herd, market, mart, merchandise). (various references)

Asturian

guiar (to drive). (various references)

Aymara

irpaña (to drive). (various references)

Basque

gidatu (drive to). (various references)

Bemba

ukwensha (to drive). (various references)

Blackfoot

ohtomaahkaa (to drive). (various references)

Bulgarian 

принуждавам (coerce, compel, constrain, force, make, necessitate, oblige, overpersuade, pressure, pressurize, reduce, sandbag), докарвам (account, bring, bring over, bring up, dress, dress up, induce, land, lay, produce, reduce, return, send, set, smarten, work), проявявам предприемчивост, прокарвам (carry, cut, get through, lace, open, pursue, push through, put through, run, sweep), преуморявам (finish, jade, overstrain, overwork), преследване (chase, chasing, manhunt, persecution, prosecution, pursuit, seeking), преследвам (bait, chase, chivy, drive at, haunt, hunt down, lay siege to, martyr, obsess, persecute, prosecute, pursue, push, run, siege, tag), претоварвам (force, load, overburden, overcharge, overload, overtax, overweight, supercharge, surcharge, weigh down, weight), предприемчивост (adventurousness, enterprise, go, go ahead, gumption, initiative, push), пускане на трупи по вода, привеждане в движение (propulsion), път (approach, door, driveway, fetch, gateway, itinerary, journey, key, lode, pad, part, parting, passage, path, pathway, race, ride, riding, road, roadway, route, time, track, trail, tube, way), повеждам (conduct, lead, take the lead), полет (carry, flight, fly, flying), побивам (batter, erect), подтик (fillip, goad, hypo, impulse, incentive, inducement, prompting, propulsion, push, relish, sanction, spur, stimulus, urge, whet), подкарвам (begin, compel, herd on, punch, spur on, start, urge forward, whip up), плосък удар, игра с много участници, инстинкт (impulse, instinct), двигателен механизъм, правя (act, advance, contract, deliver, do, enounce, gargle, lay, leave, make, pay, pull, put forward, put out, run off, strike, transact), отлагам (carry over, defer, delay, hold over, lay over, leave over, lie over, postpone, precipitate, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, put over, respite, scrub, shelve, shunt, sidetrack, stay, suspend), разходка (airing, blow, outing, perambulation, promenade, ramble, stroll, ta-ta, tour, turn, walk), чукам (hammer, knap, knock, rattle, scutch), тласкам (dash, fillip, guide, hustle, impact, impel, jerk, propel, push, thrust), широк път в гора, шибам (beat, cut, flog, lash, scourge, slash, swinge, switch, whale), карам (auto, cart, cause, get along, have, impel, keep, lead, make, move, oar, occasion, pilot, propel, render, roll along, run, sail, serve, set, set off, start, urge on, wheel), кампания (assault, campaign), гоня (badger, chivy, follow, keep away, persecute, prey upon, prosecute, pursue, push, run, run after, shag, victimize), пускам (admit, bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drop, float, fly, give off, grow, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, uncork, unhand, unleash), откарвам (drive away, roll away, take, take over), сила (definition, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), неудържим стремеж, място на кормилото, мятам (cast, fling, launch, pitch, put on, sell, send, shaft, shoot, sling, slip over, spoof, swing, throw, toss, tumble about), зачуквам (hammer, hammer in), запращам (aim, dash, hurl, leg it, pitch, project, send, smash, sock, speed, throw, whirl), експлоатирам (exploit, maintain, milk, operate, run, work), енергия (activity, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, push, sinews, snap, spring, vigor, vigour, vim, zap, zip), атака (attack, fit, offence, onrush, onset, onslaught, rush), алея за коли към къща (driveway), вкарвам (draw in, drive in, fit in, get in, introduce, let in, put in, set, stick, thrust, wheel in). (various references)

Catalan

conduir (to drive). (various references)

Cebuano

magmaneho (to drive). (various references)

Chamorro

para ma sugon (to drive). (various references)

Chinese 

逼 (close, close in on, compel, extort, force, press for, press on towards, press up to), 驅動器 , 驱动 (Actuation), 駕車 , 精神 (spiritual, vigor, vitality). (various references)

Cornish

dryvya (to drive). (various references)

Czech

podnikavost (enterprise, push), úsilí (effort, pains, push, study), řídit (administrate, conduct, control, direct, fly, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, manoeuvre, navigate, operate, order, pilot, preside, regulate, steer, supervise, wield), řídit auto, cesta (alley, byway, career, channel, crossing, itinerary, jaunt, journey, Lane, passage, path, pathway, ride, road, route, tour, track, trail, travel, trip, venture, voyage, walk, way), elán (Ardor, ardour, bounce, buoyancy, eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, guts, high spirits, pep, spirit, verve, vim, vivacity, zest), hnát (drift, propel), jízda (cavalry, journey, passage, ride, run, trip), jet (go, go on, ride, trek, wheel), kampaò (campaign), mířit (aim at, drive at, head for, point, steer), akce (action, activity, campaign, venture), nutit (constrain, hustle, impel, oblige, press), zatlaèit, pohon (gear, gearing, propulsion, traction), projížïka, prorazit (break through, drive smth. in, drive through, force one's way, get through, Pierce, puncture, put through, stave in), pud (instinct, urge), sklon (aptitude, bent, bevel, bias, dip, disposition, fall, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, penchant, ply, proclivity, propensity, rake, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tilt, twist), unášet, vézt (carry, ride, wheel), výpad (lunge, pass, Sally, sortie, swipe, thrust), vozovka (carriage way, carriageway, roadbed, roadway), vyvrtat (drive smth. in), zahnat (drive away, fight off, hush, quench, repel, sate, satiate, still), náhon (mill race). (various references)

Danish

køre (go, ride, travel). (various references)

Dutch

oprit (access, approach, sweep). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

purichina (to drive). (various references)

Esperanto

veturigi, propulso, propulsi, peli (chase, drive on, impel, shoo), alveturejo (access, approach, sweep). (various references)

Faeroese

reka (be adrift, chase, drift, drive on, flow, impel, shoo). (various references)

Farsi 

کوبیدن(میخ وغیره), سواری کردن (Jumble, Saddle), عقب نشاندن (Retreat), راندن (Booh, Dislodge, Force, Hurry, Pilot, Poach, Rein, Repulse, Row, Steer, Stub, Unkennel, Whisk), بردن (Abstract, Bear, Carry, Conduct, Convey, Horse, Lead, Pack, Port, Portage, Propel, Remove, Snatch, Steer, Take, Transport, Win). (various references)

Finnish

karkottaa (chase, deport, dispel, drive away, drive on, expel, impel, shoo, turn out), ajaa autoa, ajella (ride, shave), ajelu (ride), ajo (chase, driving, haulage, hauling, hunt, track), ajoretki (ride), ajotie (roadway), asema (depot, location, position, site, situation, stage, state, station, status, stop), impulssi (impulse, pulse), juntata (ram), käyttää (apply, consume, employ, exercise, exert, make use of, operate, run, spend, turn to account, use, wear, work), käyttö (employment, operation, use, utilization, wear), käyttökoneisto, käyttölaite (actuator), ajaa (carry, convey, go, hunt, ride, take, travel), tempaus (jerk, pull, snatch), voimansiirtotapa (kind of drive, system of drive), voimansiirtolaite (gear, gearing, transmission, transmission agent, transmission system), voimansiirtojärjestelmä (gear, gearing, transmission, transmission agent, transmission system), voimansiirto (transmission), virike (fuel, impetus, incitement, stimulus), kaivaa (burrow, cut, delve, dig, dig out, disinter, excavate, exhume, grub, pick, spade), työntää (force, push, push along, shove, thrust), karjan ajo (drove, droving, trailing), suma (jam), rynnistys (attack, exertion, ruch), ohjata (conduct, direct, guide, lead, navigate, pilot, steer), mielijohde (impulse), kyyditä, yllyke (incentive, incitement), vietti (instinct, urge). (various references)

French

pousser (drive on), prise, pourchasser (drive on), impulsion, conduire (driving). (various references)

French Canadian

conduire (to drive). (various references)

Frisian

driuwe (chase, drive on, impel, shoo), oandriuwe (actuate, chase, drive on, impel, shoo). (various references)

German

Treiben (battue, be adrift, be up to, beat, bring, carry on, chase, commit, create, do, drift, drive on, enchase, float, force, hustle and bustle, impel, jack up, leaven, make, make rise, move, propel, pursue, push, push out, put forth, put out, rush, shoo, sprout, swirling, throw out, thrust, to enchase, urge, work, wreak), Laufwerk (device, running gear, turntable), fahren (be in motion, be on the move, carry, clock up, drive into, driving, give a lift, go, motor, move, navigate, pass, play, pull, race, ride, run, sail, take, to drive, track, travel, wheel), Antrieb (access, account, actuation, fillip, impellent, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitement, motive, movement, prompting, propulsion, reason, spur), antreiben (abet, actuate, encourage, fan, fire, force, goad, hurry, hurry on, impel, inspire, instigate, move, power, propel, push, speed, speed up, spur, spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge, urge on, wash ashore, wash up, whip on, whip up), Trieb (access, coasted, desire, impetus, impulse, impulsion, inclination, instinct, push, shoot, sprout, tided, urge, wreaked), jagen (bag, chase, drive on, hound, Hunt, hunting, impel, pursue, race, rout out, scud, shoo, shooting, to chase, to hunt, to scud), Getriebe (bustle, gear, gear unit, gearbox, gearboxs, gearing, gears, hurly burly, mechanism, movement, transmission, works). (various references)

Greek 

οδηγώ (car, car], conduct, guide, instruct, l, lead, march out, pilot, steer [boat, steer a boat / a car). (various references)

Hebrew 

משלב, מרץ (energy, force, liveliness, nerve, rigour, sap, sinew, snap, spirit, steam, strength, verve, vigour, vim), להמריץ (encourage, goad, hearten, impel, instigate, spirit, spur, stimulate, stir up, tone up, urge), להוביל (carry, convey, haul, transport), להעיף כדור, להסיע (carry, transport), להניע (activate, disturb, impel, induce, motivate, prompt, propel, set in motion, stir, urge), לדחוף (impel, jog, jostle, lunge, push, shove, thrust, urge), לבצע (achieve, act, carry out, commit, do, execute, perform, render), לנהוג (be current, be in force, behave toward, conduct, direct, lead, steer, treat), תנופה (amplitude, energy, impetus, leverage, lifting up, momentum, sweep, swing, waving), כונן (rack), הלוך (gait, gear, going, preambulation, speed, walking), הסיע (carry), הנע (action, motion, propulsion). (various references)

Hungarian

kocsiút (carriage-drive, carriageway, road), autózás (motoring, ride). (various references)

Indonesian

menyetir (steer), menghalau (banish, chase away, dispel, drive away), kegiatan (activity, ardor, energy, enterprise, liveliness, zeal), jalankan (operate, put into operation, start), giring (escort a criminal, herd). (various references)

Inuktitut

aqulluni (to drive). (various references)

Irish

tiomáin (driver). (various references)

Italian

spingere (blow, crowd, enchase, float, go, hustle, impel, induce, jog, jostle, perform, poke, prompt, propel, push, rush, shove, slide, thrust, to press, to push, to rush, urge, wheel, wreak), impulso (actuation, boost, impetus, impulse, momentum, propulsion, pulse, push, sway, urge), giro (circle, circuit, coil, girth, gyre, I endorse, lap, ramble, revolution, ride, rotation, round, run, screw, slew, slue, spin, stroll, tour, trip, turn, turning, walk). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

駆動機 , ドミノ理論 (car rental agency, de Morgan, domain, domestic, domestic science, domino theory, draft, draft beer, drag, drag bunt, drag race, dragging, dragon, drama, dramatic, dramatist, drastic, dried sausage, drive in, drive serve, drive-in bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in theater, driver, drive-through, driveway, driving, driving club, driving contest, drugstore, drum, drum machine, drum solo, drummer, drumming, drum-set, dry, dry cleaning, dry curry, dry cut, dry flower, dry gin, dry ice, dry martini, dry milk, dry paint, dry shampoo, dry shaving, dry skin, dry suit, dryer, drypoint, longest drive contest, road map, screwdriver, trip by car), 気魄 (spirit, vigor), 伝動 (gearing, transmission), 前進　 (advance, progress), 前進 (advance, progress). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜんしん (advance, ancestor, antecedents, conscience, full-length, gradual progress, moral sense, one's whole heart, predecessor organization, preliminary trials, previous existence, previous position, progress, steady advance, the whole body, virtue), ドライブ (driving, trip by car), くどうき, きはく (diluted, lean, rarefied, rarified, soul, sparse, spirit, thin, vigor, weak), でんどう (conduction, electric, evangelism, gearing, missionary work, palace, palatial building, proselytizing, transmission). (various references)

Kongo

ku-nata (to drive). (various references)

Korean 

드라이브. (various references)

Macedonian

vozi (to drive). (various references)

Manx

shiaulley roish y gheay, sheebey (accumulation, blow about, blowing, drift, gust, sandbank on land, scold), ruightey (drive out, expel, expulsion), markiaght (equitation, horse riding, horsemanship, lift, ride, riding), lorgaghey (drive along, urging), imman (develop, development, drove, impinge), greesaghey (abet, accelerate, agitate, egg on, excitation, excite, excitement, fire, fire enthusiasm, foment, fomentation, foster, incentive, incite, instigate, instigation, press, prod, provocation, provoke, stir, stir up), gimman (admirer, debauchee, lecher, sensualist, suitor), eiyrt (attend on, bolster, chase, emulate, emulation, ensue, follow, follow through, persist, pursue, pursuit, put it into practice, result, shadow, stalk, tail), eiyr (follow), clohghey (chasing), chennid (distress, narrowness, press, strain, tension, tightness), bayr (avenue, lane, pad, road, roadway). (various references)

Maori

taraiwa-tia (to drive). (various references)

Mohawk

-toris (to drive). (various references)

Norwegian

kjør. (various references)

Occitan

menar (autò). (various references)

Papago

melchuth (to drive). (various references)

Pig Latin

ivedray.(various references)

Polish

wyjechać (drive away, drive off), wydobyć (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter). (various references)

Portuguese

dirigir (conduct, control, direct, dominate, give over, govern, guide, head, helm, lead, manage, marshal, oversee, pilot, preside, refer, restrain, rule, steer, superintend, supervise, throw), distância (breadth, detachment, distance, interval, jump, length, offset, range, remove, scope, separation, way), drive, acionar (actuate, litigate, move, operate, set, sue), impelir (drift, encourage, impel, instigate, prompt, push, rush, shove, spur on, stimulate, thrust, urge), guiar (beacon, conduct, guide, handle, head, lead, manage, marshal, pilot, prevent, steer), golpe (bat, biff, blast, blow, bop, coup, dint, floorer, hit, jab, knock, mouthful, putsch, scotch, smasher, sockdolager, stroke, swat), formar (achieve, bounce, brigade, constitute, constrain, create, educate, fashion, form, frame, hammer out, make up, mold, mould, perform, shape, spell, squash), estrada (driving, road, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, way), accionamento (kind of drive, system of drive), adiar (adjourn, defer, delay, hold over, postpone, put off, respite, shelve, stay, suspend, wait, waive), levantamento (close, levy, lifting, making, resurgence, setting-up, uplift, weighing), conduzir (bring, carry, conduce, conduct, guide, head, lead, leading, manage, officer, run, steer, take, transmit, transport), caminho (aberrance, access, alleyway, driving, gateway, highroad crossing, line, passage, path, pathway, road, route, run, track, way), avanço (access, advance, advancement, antecedent, ongoings, onrush, progress, rush, start), atividade (action, activeness, activity, ado, agency, alacrity, busyness, game, go-ahead, hustle, industry, liveliness, operation, quickness, work, works), atirar (accelerate, aim, bandy, bowl, bung, cast, cob, dart, deliver, detrude, fling, give over, gun, heave, launch, loose, pitch, project, pump up, put, shoot, sling, strike, throw), energia (action, activity, driving, efficiency, energy, force, ginger, go, grasp, gumption, handgrip, heartiness, intensity, iron, ironwork, kick, liveliness, lustiness, main, mettle, momentum, nerve, output, pep, pith, potency, power, push, snap, spring, spunk, stamina, steam, stoutness, strength, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, vitality, zip), movimento (action, activity, agitation, beat, heartbeat, hustle, jog, motion, move, movement, run, traffic, way), transportar (barge, carry, carry forward, cart, convey, elate, freight, tote, transfer, transport, transpose), transmissão (broadcast, communication, conduction, convection, devolution, gearing, propagation, sending, transfer, transference, transfusion, transmission, transmitting), tração (draw, drift, pull, tension, traction), sistema de transmissão (kind of drive, system of drive), seduzir (allure, attract, bait, beguile, betray, debauch, decoy, drain-away, enchant, entice, enticing, gull, inveigle, lure, ruin, seduce, spell, tempt, trepan, vamp, wile), pulsação (beat, palpitation, pant, pulsation, pulse, vibration), perfurar (bore, drill, perforate, pierce, prong, punch, puncture, stab, tap), impulsão (pressure, propulsion, thrust), nomadismo pastoral (drove, droving, trailing), impulso (boost, drift, elan, go, head, impetus, impulse, moment, motion, propulsion, push, shoot, shove, spur, thrust), movimentar, movimentação (handling, wraparound), mover (actuate, budge, clatter, draw, drew, edge, move, propel, push, remove, saw, stir), modo de transmissão (kind of drive, system of drive), migração pastoral (drove, droving, trailing), mecanismo de transmissão (gear, gearing, transmission, transmission agent, transmission system), unidade de banda ou disco magnético, percurso (class, ride, way). (various references)

Provencal

menar (to drive). (various references)

Romanian

duce (bear, blow away, bring, carry, convey, deliver, die, duke, fare, fool, go, guide, kid, lead, live, outsmart, palm off, prosecute, pull, push, support, take, tend, wage, wear), drum (course, highway, journey, passage, path, road, route, Street, thoroughfare, trace, track, trajectory, trip, voyage, walk, way), cãlãtori (die, end, fare, itinerate, journey, ride, roam, travel, voyage, wander), împinge (crowd, go to extremes, goad, induce, jab, joggle, jostle, move, poke, press, punt, push, push away, run to an extreme, shove, spurn, thrust), epuiza (consume, crock, deplete, distress, drain, emaciate, exhaust, jade, outwork, overdrive, prostrate, spend, use up, waste), energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue, zip), effort (effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, force, labor, labour, pain, pluck, push, strain, stretch, struggle, tug), cursã (ambush, chase, course, decoy, errand, gin, journey, pit, pitfall, race, races, ride, riding, run, running, snare, springe, stroke, take in, the dogs, toil, trap), conduce (accompany, administer, be in command, boss, boss the show, captain, carry on, charge, command, conduct, control, convey, direct, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, husband, lead, lead the way, manage, master, operate, order, overrule, pilot, preside, restrain, rule, run, sail, see, see off, show, show up, steer, superintend, supervise, take, wield), comandã (command, commission, control, dictation, lead, order), campanie (campaign, show), face (achieve, act, anoint, appoint, be, be up to smth., bear, build, carry out, commit, compose, conclude, cook, cost, create, cut, dispense, do, does, draw, effect, form, give, give forth, grow, happen, have, hold, induce, it does, keep, lead, leave, let, make, move, perform, perpetrate, persuade, prepare, produce, prompt, render, say, scoop in, strike, work, write, yield), cãlãtorie (excursion, journey, passage, perambulation, ride, riding, run, sail, tour, travel, trip, voyage), forţã (energy, force, greatness, influence, locomotive power, measure, might, mightiness, nerve, potency, power, punch, sinew, strength, stress, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, weight), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), bãga (Bob, immerse, impress, insert, interject, introduce, intrude, invest, involve, jab, land, Lodge, put in, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), amâna (adjourn, continue, dally, delay, hang up, hold over, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, protract, put by, put off, refer, reprieve, shunt, stay), aduce (accompany, adduce, afford, bear, bring, bring in, cause, collect, convey, fetch, furnish, gather, get, lead, produce, secure, supply, take, transport, yield), acţiona (act, actuate, do, make a move, operate, proceed, Sue, work), întrecere (competition, contention, emulation, meeting, strife), întârzia (defer, delay, impede, lag, laten, linger, lose, retard, stave off), înfige în, înfige (dig, hurl, infix, run, set, stick, thrust), îndrepta (aim, align, amend, bend, better, cast, chasten, correct, direct, guide, head for, improve, lead, mend, point at, reclaim, recover, redeem, redress, reduce, reform, remedy, right, send, set, shape, steer, straighten, tend, train, unbend), încheia (clench, clinch, close, combine, conclude, contract, do up, end, enter, fasten, finish, fix, peg down, perfect, put through, strike), cale (Avenue, channel, course, distance, means, path, road, route, step, stitch, Street, track, way), propulsie (propulsion), urmãrire (chase, espial, eye, hunting, prosecution, pursuance, pursuit), urmãri (aim, chase, dog, follow, follow out, give chase, go after, go for, haunt, hound, Hunt, intend, look at, make after, Mark, obsess, pursue, run, run after, seek after, strive after, trace, track, watch), umbla (circulate, go, go up, journey, leg it, pace, pad, ride, scour, travel, walk, wander, work), transporta (bear, carry, carry away, cart, charm, convey, deport, forward, haul, remove, transport), transmisiune (gearing, transmission), tendinţã (aptness, bearing, bent, departure, determination, disposition, drift, endeavor, endeavour, hang, inclination, leaning, proclivity, run, strain, streak, striving, tendency, trend), stimulent (cordial, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, pick me up, spur, stimulant, stimulus, whet), solicita (apply for, attract, beg, call on, cause, crave, entail, have, invite, request, require, require smth. of smb., solicit, strain, stress), sãpa (burrow, cave, cut, delve, dig, engraft, engrave, excavate, grave, hoe, hole, hollow, inscribe, lift, mine, pick, sink, spud, trench, undermine), rãpãi (chatter, Pat, patter, rattle, splash), extenua (distress, exhaust, outwork, overwork, pump, tire, try, waste), pune în mişcare (actuate, bring to bear, gear, move, set afoot, set agoing, set in motion, work), vârî (Bob, creep, crib, dab, dig, dip, duck, engraft in, immerse, impress, introduce, involve, jab, Lodge, pick, poke, pull up, put in, stab, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), prelungi (eke out, extend, last, lengthen, pause on, prolong, protract, spread), plimbare (promenade, right about, round), plimba cu maşina, mers (course, current, driven, gait, go, going, lapse, motion, movement, pace, run, scrambling, set, stroke, walk, walking), merge (act, draw, fir, foot, function, get, go, hark, hedge, hit, leg it, make, move, operate, pace, pass, repair, ride, roll, run, stand, step, travel, work), mâna (bag, horse, prod, punch, spank), loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, bump, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, jar, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, Pat, put, reach, seize, shock, slam, slap, smite, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), introduce (admit, bring in, denizen, enter, establish, Herald, infix, insert, interpolate, introduce, make, mix in, offer, phase, phase in, precede, present, put in, set, slip in, tender, usher), impuls (fillip, gadfly, impetus, impulse, impulsion, momentum, motion, spur, stimulus, swing, urge), goni (banish, career, chase, course, dash, discard, dismiss, dispel, flap away, Hunt, pack off, send, send away, shoo, start, sweep). (various references)

Romansch

manischar (to drive). (various references)

Romany

tràdav (to drive). (various references)

Ruanda

gutwara umudiga (to drive). (various references)

Russian 

большая энергия, дорога (channel, driveway, ride, road, route, way), плоский удар, передача (abalienation, cession, communication, conveyance, delivery, devolution, handing over of, handover, take-over, take-overs, transfer, transferal, transference, transferral, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, transmittion), подъездная аллея, побуждение (exhortation, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, motion, motive, oestrum, oestrus, persuasive, prompting, urge), погнать, дисковод (disk drive), прогулка (airing, excursion, jaunt, journey, outing, perambulation, promenade, ramble, ride, saunter, stroll, turn, walk), управлять автомобилем, езда (driving, ride), ехать (go, jog, ridden, ride, riding, rode), гонка, катание (driving), сплав (alligation, alloy, fusion, fuss), сплав леса, привод (actuator, gear, gearing, transmission). (various references)

Samoan

e avetaavale (to drive). (various references)

Scottish

purr (butt, strike with the head, thrust, urge), iomain (a driving, driving, urge; v.n. and nf. g.+e), calc (caulk; cram). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

doterati (adjust, furbish, lick into shape, nidge, polish, regulate, smarten, spruce, straighten out, touch up), dovoditi (bring), put (flesh, onto, passage, path, road, time, to, tour, towards, trip, way), energija (energy, pep, power, vigor, vigour, vim, zip), nagon (instinct, urge), naterati, odvoditi (drain away, sluiceway), pobuđivati (induce), akcija (act, action, activity, share, work), poterati (hurry), zabosti (stick, thrust, thrust in, thrust into), razvoditi (usher), terati (bay, drive away, force, make, urge), ukucati (drive in, hammer, hammer in, type in), upraviti (beam, direct, govern, rule, steer), vožnja (driving, ride, riding, wheeling), vozati, voziti (go, ride), zabadati (busybody, stick), pogon (operation, propulsion, section, shop). (various references)

Spanish

propulsión (propulsion), paseo (alley, constitutional, corridor, crossing, excursion, expedition, gut, junket, Mall, outing, passage, perambulation, promenade, public walking, ride, row, sail, Sally, saunter, spin, stroll, tour, trip, walk, walking, wander), manejar (handle, handling, husband, live up, manage, manipulate, operate, ply, run, steer, tend, use, work), impulso (impeller, impetus, impulse, momentum, pulse, urge), conducir (bring, conduct, drive along, driving, fly, go, guide, handle, lead, lead up, navigate, pilot, ride, show, steer, take, take the lead, transport, travel). (various references)

Swahili

kuendesha (to drive). (various references)

Swedish

driva (actuate, bank, carry on, caulk, chase, drift, drive on, force, impel, jest, operate, power, push, set on, shoo, work), köra (cart, dig, flunk, fly, go, head, keep, pip, pull, ride, stab, take, wheel), fösa (chase, drive on, hustle, impel, shoo, shove, sweep), åktur, åka (glide, go, ride, slide, take, track, travel). (various references)

Thai

พยายาม (attempt), บังคับ (force, make, oblige, push about / around, roll back), ถนน (boulevard, frog and toad, road, roadway), การผลักดัน, การขับรถ, ขับรถ. (various references)

Turkish

düşmanı püskürtme, dürtü (challenge, compulsion, ginger, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, motivation, motive, spur, stimulation, urge), hamle (attack, blow, burst, dart, dash, elan, lunge, move, onset, pounce, push, put, run up, scoop, scrum, scrummage, spurt), çalıştırmak (actuate, drill, employ, exercise, have smb. on the payroll, make smth. work, make things hum, operate, power, put on, run, set to work, start, start up, switch on, task), önüne katma, önüne katmak (sweep, sweep before one), acele etmek (be in a hurry, buck up, come along, get a move on, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hotfoot it, hurry, hurry up, hustle, make haste, put a jerk in it, rush, scour, scour about, scurry, shake a leg, step on it, streak, trot), araba gezintisi (driving), araba kullanmak (drive a car, tool), araba yolu (carriagedrive), enerji (energy, guts, kick, pep, pith, power, snap, steam, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar), çakmak (be aware of, be ploughed, be plowed, beetle, cotton on to, drive in, flash, flunk, gaslighter, ground, hammer, land, lighter, pitch, ram, root, rumble, spin, stick, strike, tack, tack down, twig, understand), gütmek (bear, brood over, Harbor, harbour, herd, nourish, pasture, Shepherd, tail), zorlamak (be urgent with smb., bludgeon, bully, clamor down, clamour down, coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, cozen, do violence to, drag in, edge on, enforce, exact, force, impel, impose, impress, lean upon, obligate, outrage, press, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, push, push smb. for, railroad, railroad into doing, stampede, strain, stretch, subdue, sweat, twist smb.'s arm, urge, worry, wrest), hareket ettirmek (budge, motivate, stir, wag), hayvan gütme, kovalamak (chase, follow up, give chase, Hunt, pursue, run after, run out, tag, tag after, tag along), kullanmak (apply, call forth, dispose, dispose of, draw on, employ, engage, exert, exploit, handle, harness, head, lay on, make use of, operate, pilot, ply, put account, ride, roll, run, take advantage of, turn to account, use, utilize, wield), sürücü (autoist, automobilist, driver, driving), sürek avı (battue), sürme (application, continuation, cursor, driving, eye liner, Kohl, proscription, smear), sürmek (apply, banish, bedaub, cast out, coat, continue, daub, distribute, drive out, endure, exile, expatriate, expel, hang over, herd, last, lay on, lead, ostracize, outlaw, persist, pitchfork, relegate, roll, rub, run, slip in, smear, splash, spread, steer, stock, stream, stuff, throw out, till, tool along, transport, wipe on), saplamak (dig into, jab, Lodge, pink, plunge, run through, stab, stick, stick into, strike in, strike inwards, thrust), sokmak (bite, dig into, drag, engraft, enter, immerse, implicate, ingraft, inject, insert, instil, instill, involve, land, let in, pitchfork, poke, put, put in, ram, send, sink into, slide in, spatchcock, stick, sting, strike, take into, thrust, tuck, tuck in, work up), top sürme (dribbling), güdü (go, impetus, incentive, motivation, motive, numen, spur). (various references)

Turkmen 

togalamak (ride), tigirlemek (roll, wheel), idirdetme, haяdatmak (hurry up, urge), зьwek (pull, transport). (various references)

Ukrainian

їзда (riding), їздити (travel), катання (driving), водити (run), везти (carry), алея (alley, vista, walk, walkway), проганяти (boo, chase, dismiss, drive away, eject, send away, turn away), переслідувати (bay, chase, follow, ghost, hound, persecute, pursue, tag), переслідування (chase, chasing, persecution, pursuance, pursuit, trail). (various references)

Vietnamese 

xu thế (driven), sự truyền động (driven), sự săn đuổi (driven), sự nổ lực (driven, exertion, push), sự gắng sức (driven, endeavour), quả tiu sự cố hắng (driven), nghị lực chiều hướng (driven), cuộc đi xe (driven). (various references)

Welsh

hel (chase, collect, gather), gyrru (forge, send, work), cethrenu (goad). (various references)

Zulu

-shayela. (various references)

abegit, abigantur, abigebat, abigerunt, acta, actu, actum, acturi, acturum, acturus, actus, agam, agamus, agant, agantur, agar, agarenos, agareos, agas, agat, agatis, agatur, age, agebant, agebat, agebatur, agendo, agendum, agens, agent, agente, agentes, agentibus, agentis, agentium, agere, agerent, agerentur, ageret, ageretur, ages, aget, agetis, agi, agimus, agis, agit, agitabit, agitabitur, agitati, agite, agitur, ago, ago (egi actum ), ago, egi, actum, agunt, aguntur, auriga, cogo, cogo, coegi, coactum, culia, egerant, egerat, egere, egerim, egerimus, egerint, egeris, egerit, egeritis, egerunt, egeruntque, egi, egimus, egissent, egisset, egisti, egistis, egit, emiserit, emiserunt, emisi, emisisset, emisisti, emisit, emissa, emissae, emissarum, emissiones, emissus, emittam, emittamque, emittat, emitte, emittendum, emittens, emittere, emitteris, emittes, emittet, emittis, emittit, infigar, infixa, infixae, infixit, infixitque, infixum, infixus, inlisus, inpellat, inpellens, inpellentur, inpelleris, inpulerit, inpulit, inpulsus, mina, minabamur, minabant, minabatur, minabit, minantes, minas, minasset, minatur, minavit, minor, salamina, urgere, veho. (various references)

bedrifan, cnossian, crudan, drifan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "drive": driveabilities, driveability, driveable, drivel, driveled, driveler, drivelers, driveline, drivelines, driveling, drivelled, drivelling, drivels, driven, drivenness, drivennesses, driver, driverless, drivers, drives, driveshaft, driveshafts, drivetrain, drivetrains, driveway, driveways. (additional references)

Words ending with "drive": codrive, misdrive, outdrive, overdrive, redrive. (additional references)

Words containing "drive": bedrivel, bedriveled, bedriveling, bedrivelled, bedrivelling, bedrivels, cabdriver, cabdrivers, codriven, codriver, codrivers, codrives, misdriven, misdrives, nondriver, nondrivers, outdriven, outdrives, overdriven, overdrives, redriven, redrives, screwdriver, screwdrivers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Drive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dhivehi, Dhruv, dirbe, dirf, dirvy, divee, djize, drave, dreave, dref, dreive, Dreze, dribe, drice, Drie, Drieu, drif, drife, drine, dripe, drite, driv, drived, drivet, driveth, drivle, drivs, drovet, druf, drufe, druie, druv, drva, dryde, Durava, durite, erive. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: diver, rived.

-1 letter: dire, dive, ired, ride, rive, vide, vied, vier.

-2 letters: dev, die, ire, red, rei, rev, rid, vie.

-3 letters: de, ed, er, id, re.

+1 letter: cervid, derive, devoir, divers, divert, drivel, driven, driver, drives, fervid, reived, varied, verbid, verdin, voider.

+2 letters: adviser, arrived, avodire, avoider, codrive, deliver, deprive, derived, deriver, derives, dervish, devilry, deviser, devisor, devoirs, diverge, diverse, diverts, divider, diviner, divorce, drivels, drivers, grieved, invader, overbid, overdid, predive, provide, ravined, redrive, relived, reviled, revised, revived, rivaled, riveted, scrived, shrived, strived, thrived, verbids, verdict, verdins, veridic, visored, vivider, vizored, voiders.