Words nearby drive
Idioms for drive
let drive, to aim a blow or missile at; attack: He let drive at his pursuers.
Origin of drive
First recorded before 900; Middle English drīven, Old English drīfan; cognate with Dutch drijven, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, German treiben
SYNONYMS FOR drive
OTHER WORDS FROM drive
synonym study for drive
2, 15. Drive, ride are used interchangeably to mean traveling in an automobile or, formerly, in a horse-drawn vehicle. These two words are not synonyms in other connections. To drive is to maneuver, guide, or steer the progress of a vehicle, animal, etc.: to drive a bus, a horse. To ride is to be carried about by an animal or be carried as a passenger in a vehicle: to ride a horse, a train, a bus.
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British Dictionary definitions for drive at (1 of 2)
drive at
verb
(intr, preposition) informal to intend or meanwhat are you driving at?
British Dictionary definitions for drive at (2 of 2)
drive
/ (draɪv) /
verb drives, driving, drove (drəʊv) or driven (ˈdrɪvən)
noun
Derived forms of drive
drivable or driveable, adjectivedrivability or driveability, nounWord Origin for drive
Old English drīfan; related to Old Frisian drīva, Old Norse drīfa, Gothic dreiban, Old High German trīban
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Medical definitions for drive at
drive
[ drīv ]
n.
A strong motivating tendency or instinct, especially of sexual or aggressive origin, that prompts activity toward a particular end.
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Idioms and Phrases with drive at
drive at
Mean to do or say, as in I don't understand what he's driving at. Today this idiom, first recorded in 1579, is used mainly with the participle driving.
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