· operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

Hypernym(s): operate, control

· travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

Synonym(s): motor

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote, transport, carry

· cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

Hypernym(s): move, displace

· force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"

Synonym(s): force, ram

Hypernym(s): thrust

· to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"

Hypernym(s): coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

· cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

Synonym(s): repel, repulse, force_back, push_back, beat_back

Hypernym(s): push, force

· compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"

Hypernym(s): make

· push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall"

Hypernym(s): propel, impel

· cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field"

Hypernym(s): throw

· 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"

Synonym(s): tug, labor, labour, push

Hypernym(s): fight, struggle

· move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"

Synonym(s): get, aim

Hypernym(s): mean, intend

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

Synonym(s): ride

· work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"

Hypernym(s): work, do_work

· move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner"

Hypernym(s): drive, travel, go, move, locomote

· urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"

Hypernym(s): push, force

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

Synonym(s): take

Hypernym(s): traverse, track, cover, cross, pass_over, get_over, get_across, cut_through, cut_across

· strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball"

Hypernym(s): hit

· hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball"

Hypernym(s): hit

· excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"

Hypernym(s): excavate, dig, hollow

· 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"

Hypernym(s): power

· (hunting) search for game; "drive the forest"

Hypernym(s): hunt, run, hunt_down, track_down

· (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"

Hypernym(s): hunt, run, hunt_down, track_down

· compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"

Synonym(s): goaded

· urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue"

Synonym(s): impelled

· strongly motivated to succeed

Synonym(s): compulsive, determined