drive
to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something
بيرون راندن، بيرون كردن، دور كردن
They used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
verb (drives, driving, drove /, has driven )
1 to control a car, bus, etc. and make it go where you want to go:
Can you drive?
She usually drives to work.
2 to take somebody to a place in a car:
My parents drove me to the airport.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
drive
I. drive1 S1 W1 /draɪv/ BrE AmE verb (past tense drove /drəʊv $ droʊv/, past participle driven /ˈdrɪvən/)
[Word Family: noun: ↑drive, ↑driver, ↑driving; verb: ↑drive; adjective: ↑driving]
[Language: Old English; Origin: drifan]
1. VEHICLE
a) [intransitive and transitive] to make a car, truck, bus etc move along
drive to/down/off etc
I am planning to drive to Morocco next year.
the man driving the car
Can you drive?
So when did you learn to drive?
Bye! Drive carefully!
He drives 12 miles to work.
He drives (=has) a BMW estate.
b) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there:
After the accident, the other car just drove off.
c) [intransitive] if people drive somewhere, they travel somewhere in a car:
Shall we drive or take the bus?
drive to/down/off etc
They drove back to Woodside.
d) [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc:
She drove Anna to London.
I’ll drive you home.
drive yourself
I drove myself to hospital.
2. MAKE SOMEBODY MOVE [transitive] to force a person or animal to go somewhere:
Torrential rain drove the players off the course.
With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure.
3. MAKE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING [transitive] to strongly influence someone to do something
drive somebody to do something
The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her.
drive somebody to/into something
The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide.
Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife.
4. MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING BE IN A BAD STATE [transitive] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one
drive somebody crazy/nuts/mad/insane (=make someone feel very annoyed)
This cough is driving me mad!
drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited)
drive somebody up the wall/out of their mind (=make someone feel very annoyed)
drive somebody to distraction/desperation
The mosquitoes drive me to distraction.
drive somebody/something into something
The factory had been driven into bankruptcy.
5. HIT/PUSH SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING [transitive] to hit or push something into something else
drive something into something
We watched Dad drive the posts into the ground.
She drove her heels into the sand.
6. MAKE SOMEBODY WORK [transitive] to make a person or animal work hard
drive yourself
Don’t drive yourself too hard.
7. SPORTS [intransitive and transitive]
a) to move a ball etc forward in a game of baseball, football, golf etc by hitting or kicking it hard and fast:
He drove the ball into the corner of the net.
b) to run with the ball towards the ↑goal in sports such as ↑basketball and American football
8. PROVIDE POWER [transitive] to provide the power for a vehicle or machine
petrol-driven/electrically-driven/battery-driven etc
a petrol-driven lawn mower
9. RAIN/WIND ETC [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction:
The rain was driving down hard.
10. drive a coach and horses through something to destroy an argument, plan etc completely:
The new bill will drive a coach and horses through recent trade agreements.
11. MAKE A HOLE [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery:
They drove a tunnel through the mountains.
12. drive something home to make something completely clear to someone:
He didn’t have to drive the point home. The videotape had done that.
13. drive a wedge between somebody to do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each other:
I don’t want to drive a wedge between you and your father.
⇨ drive/strike a hard bargain at ↑hard1(18)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 4)
■ phrases
▪ drive somebody crazy/mad/insane spoken (also drive somebody nuts spoken informal) (=make someone feel very annoyed) The continuous noise was driving me crazy.
▪ drive somebody crazy/wild (=make someone feel very sexually excited) He drives women wild.
▪ drive somebody up the wall/round the bend/out of their mind spoken informal (=make someone feel very annoyed) That voice of hers drives me up the wall.
▪ drive somebody to distraction (=make someone feel very upset or annoyed) She was being driven to distraction by her husband’s bad habits.
▪ drive somebody to despair/desperation (=make someone despair) Escalating personal debts have driven many people to despair.
▪ drive somebody to drink (=make someone so annoyed or upset that they depend on alcohol) His problems had almost driven him to drink.
drive at something phrasal verb
what somebody is driving at the thing someone is really trying to say SYN get at:
I still couldn’t understand what Toby was driving at.
drive somebody ↔ away phrasal verb
to behave in a way that makes someone leave:
He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away.
drive something ↔ down phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc fall quickly:
We have to drive down costs.
drive somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
to hit the ball so that another player can score a ↑run in baseball
drive off phrasal verb
1. to hit the ball to begin a game of golf
2. drive somebody ↔ off to force a person or animal to go away from you:
We keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders.
drive somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
1. to force someone or something to leave:
Downtown stores are being driven out by crime.
2. written to make something stop existing:
As we went forward, our fear was driven out by horror.
drive something ↔ up phrasal verb
to make prices, costs etc rise quickly:
The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
drive
drive [drive drives drove driving driven] verb, noun [draɪv] [draɪv]
verb (drove [drəʊv] ; [droʊv] , driven [ˈdrɪvn] ; [ˈdrɪvn] )
VEHICLE
1. intransitive, transitive to operate a vehicle so that it goes in a particular direction
• Can you drive?
• Don't drive so fast!
• I drove to work this morning.
• Shall we drive (= go there by car) or go by train?
• ~ sth He drives a taxi (= that is his job).
2. transitive ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) to take sb somewhere in a car, taxi, etc
• Could you drive me home?
3. transitive ~ sth to own or use a particular type of vehicle
• What car do you drive?
MACHINE
4. transitive, usually passive ~ sth to provide the power that makes a machine work
• a steam-driven locomotive
MAKE SB DO STH
5. transitive ~ sb (+ adv./prep.) to force sb to act in a particular way
• The urge to survive drove them on.
• You're driving yourself too hard.
6. transitive to make sb very angry, crazy, etc. or to make them do sth extreme
• ~ sb + adj. to drive sb crazy/mad/insane
• ~ sb to do sth Hunger drove her to steal.
• ~ sb to sth Those kids are driving me to despair.
• (humorous) It's enough to drive you to drink (= to make you start drinking too much alcohol).
MAKE SB/STH MOVE
7. transitive ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to force sb/sth to move in a particular direction
• to drive sheep into a field
• The enemy was driven back.
CAUSE STH TO MAKE PROGRESS
8. transitive ~ sth to influence sth or cause it to make progress
• This is the main factor driving investment in the area.
HIT/PUSH
9. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to force sth to go in a particular direction or into a particular position by pushing it, hitting it, etc
• to drive a nail into a piece of wood
MAKE A HOLE
10. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to make an opening in or through sth by using force
• They drove a tunnel through the solid rock.
IN SPORT
11. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (+ adv./prep.) to hit a ball with force, sending it forward
• to drive the ball into the rough (= in golf )
WIND/WATER
12. transitive ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) to carry sth along
• Huge waves drove the yacht onto the rocks.
13. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to fall or move rapidly and with great force
• The waves drove against the shore.
more at run/drive/work yourself into the ground at ground n., drive/strike a hard bargain at hard adj., needs must (when the devil drives) at need n., as clean, pure, etc. as the driven snow at snow n.
Verb forms:
Word Origin:
Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben.
Thesaurus:
drive verb
1. I, T
• I learned to drive at 17.
steer • • handle • |BrE manoeuvre • |AmE maneuver •
drive/steer/handle/manoeuvre a car
2. I, T
• We've driven over 200 miles today.
travel • • go • • come • • do •
drive/travel/go/come from/to sth
drive/travel/go/come/do 50 miles/10 kilometres, etc.
drive/travel/come a long distance
3. T (sometimes disapproving)
• You're driving yourself too hard.
work • |disapproving overwork • |usually approving push •
drive/work/push sb hard
drive/push sb too far/to the limit
drive/work sb into the ground
Collocations:
Driving
Having a car
have/own/ (BrE) run a car
ride a motorcycle/motorbike
drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(NAmE, informal) a stick shift
have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
buy/sell a used car/(especially BrE) a second-hand car
take/pass/fail a (BrE) driving test/(both NAmE) driver's test/road test
get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (BrE) driving licence/(NAmE) driver's license
Driving
put on/fasten/ (NAmE) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
start the car/engine
(BrE) change/ (NAmE) shift/put sth into gear
press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
release the clutch/(especially BrE) the handbrake/(both NAmE) the emergency brake/the parking brake
drive/park/reverse the car
(BrE) indicate left/right
(especially NAmE) signal that you are turning left/right
take/miss (BrE) the turning/(especially NAmE) the turn
apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
beep/honk/ (especially BrE) toot/ (BrE) sound your horn
Problems and accidents
a car skids/crashes (into sth)/collides (with sth)
swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
crash/lose control of the car
have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(NAmE) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
dent/hit (BrE) the bonnet/(NAmE) the hood
break/crack/shatter (BrE) the windscreen/(NAmE) the windshield
blow/ (especially BrE) burst/puncture (BrE) a tyre/(NAmE) a tire
get/have (BrE) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
Traffic and driving regulations
be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
experience/face lengthy delays
beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
break/observe/ (NAmE) drive the speed limit
be caught on (BrE) a speed camera
stop sb for/pull sb over for/ (BrE, informal) be done for speeding
(both informal) run/ (BrE) jump a red light/the lights
be arrested for/charged with (BrE) drink-driving/(both US) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
be banned/ (BrE) disqualified from driving
Synonyms:
take
lead • escort • drive • show • walk • guide • usher • direct
These words all mean to go with sb from one place to another.
take • to go with sb from one place to another, for example in order to show them sth or to show them the way to a place: ▪ It's too far to walk— I'll take you by car.
lead • to go with or go in front of sb in order to show them the way or to make them go in the right direction: ▪ Firefighters led the survivors to safety.
escort • to go with sb in order to protect or guard them or to show them the way: ▪ The president arrived, escorted by twelve bodyguards.
drive • to take sb somewhere in a car, taxi, etc: ▪ My mother drove us to the airport.
show • to take sb to a particular place, in the right direction, or along the correct route: ▪ The attendant showed us to our seats.
walk • to go somewhere with sb on foot, especially in order to make sure that they get there safely; to take an animal, especially a dog, for a walk or make an animal walk somewhere: ▪ He always walked her home. ◊ ▪ Have you walked the dog yet today?
guide • to show sb the way to a place, often by going with them; to show sb a place that you know well: ▪ She guided us through the busy streets. ◊ ▪ We were guided around the museums.
usher • (rather formal) to politely take or show sb where they should go, especially within a building: ▪ She ushered her guests to their seats.
direct • (rather formal) to tell or show sb how to get somewhere or where to go: ▪ A young woman directed them to the station.
to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide/usher/direct sb to/out of/into sth
to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide sb around/round
to take/lead/escort/drive/walk sb home
to take/lead/escort/guide sb to safety
to lead/show the way
Example Bank:
• He was arrested for driving recklessly.
• I'll drive you home.
• She drove quickly back to the office.
• She got into the car and drove away.
• We drove from Quebec to Ottawa.
• You shouldn't drive so fast!
• driving from London to Manchester
• Driving lessons can be expensive.
• Have you ever driven a racing car?
• He drives a taxi.
• He took a wooden peg and drove it into the ground.
• Hunger drove them to steal.
• I asked the man to drive me home.
• I learned to drive when I was 25.
• It's enough to drive you to drink.
• It's the story of a teenager driven to despair by the hypocrisy of the adult world.
• My mother drove us to the airport.
• Shall we drive or go by train?
• Someone had driven a nail deep into the wood.
• The knife had been driven through his heart.
• They run a driving school in Birmingham.
• They were driven to an unknown place in the hills.
• They're intending to drive from Seattle down to San Diego.
• We drove the rest of the way in silence.
• We must have driven over 600 kilometres today.
• What type of car do you drive?
• You need a special licence to drive a heavy goods vehicle.
• You're driving yourself too hard.
Idioms: drive a coach and horses through something ▪ drive something home ▪ what somebody is driving at
Derived: drive away ▪ drive off ▪ drive on ▪ drive somebody away ▪ drive somebody off ▪ drive somebody out ▪ drive something up
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
drive / draɪv / verb ( drove , driven ) (FORCE)
C1 [ T ] to force someone or something to go somewhere or do something:
They used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen.
A post had been driven (= hit hard) into the ground near the tree.
By the end of the year, most of the occupying troops had been driven from the city.
[ + to infinitive ] In the end, it was his violent behaviour that drove her to leave home.
C1 [ T ] to force someone or something into a particular state, often an unpleasant one:
In the course of history, love has driven men and women to strange extremes.
For the second time in ten years, the government has driven the economy into recession.
drive sb mad, crazy, etc. B2 informal to make someone extremely annoyed:
My mother-in-law has been staying with us this past week and she's driving me crazy.
He leaves dirty clothes all over the floor and it's driving me mad.
drive sb wild informal to make you very excited, especially sexually:
When he runs his fingers through my hair, it drives me wild!
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
drive
[dra͟ɪv]
drives, driving, drove, driven
1) VERB When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction.
[V prep/adv] I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner...
[V prep/adv] He put the bags in the car and drove off...
She never learned to drive...
[V n] Mrs Glick drove her own car and the girls went in Nancy's convertible. [Also V n prep/adv]
Derived words:
driving N-UNCOUNT ...a qualified driving instructor... It was an outrageous piece of dangerous driving.
2) VERB If you drive someone somewhere, you take them there in a car or other vehicle.
[V n prep/adv] His daughter Carly drove him to the train station. [Also V n]
3) N-COUNT A drive is a journey in a car or other vehicle.
I thought we might go for a drive on Sunday.
4) N-COUNT A drive is a wide piece of hard ground, or sometimes a private road, that leads from the road to a person's house.
Syn:
driveway
5) VERB If something drives a machine, it supplies the power that makes it work.
[V n] The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels.
6) N-UNCOUNT: usu n N Drive is the power supplied by the engine to particular wheels in a car or other vehicle to make the vehicle move.
He put the jeep in four-wheel drive and splashed up the slope.
7) N-COUNT: usu supp N You use drive to refer to the mechanical part of a computer which reads the data on disks and tapes, or writes data onto them.
→ See also disk drive
The firm specialised in supplying pieces of equipment, such as terminals, tape drives or printers.
8) VERB If you drive something such as a nail into something else, you push it in or hammer it in using a lot of effort.
[V n prep] I had to use our sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the side of the path...
[V n with adv] We managed to hold a strip of lead along it long enough for me to drive in a nail.
9) VERB In games such as cricket, golf, soccer, or football, if a player drives a ball somewhere, they kick or hit it there with a lot of force.
[V n prep/adv] The clearance fell to Armstrong, who drove the ball into the roof of the Liverpool net. [Also V n]
10) N-COUNT In golf, a drive is the first stroke a player makes from the tee.
Woosnam sliced his drive into the bushes.
11) VERB If the wind, rain, or snow drives in a particular direction, it moves with great force in that direction.
[V prep/adv] Rain drove against the window.
Derived words:
driving ADJ ADJ n He crashed into a tree in driving rain. ...rescuers battling through driving snow.
12) VERB If you drive people or animals somewhere, you make them go to or from that place.
[V n prep] The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand...
[V n prep] Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture...
[V n with adv] The smoke also drove mosquitoes away.
13) VERB To drive someone into a particular state or situation means to force them into that state or situation.
[V n into/to n] The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy...
[V n adj] He nearly drove Elsie mad with his fussing.
14) VERB The desire or feeling that drives a person to do something, especially something extreme, is the desire or feeling that causes them to do it.
[V n to-inf] More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide...
[V n to n] Jealousy drives people to murder...
[be V-ed] If we are driven by guilt, resentment and anxiety, our children will absorb these feelings and express them too.
[V-ed] ...a man driven by a pathological need to win. [Also V n]
15) N-UNCOUNT If you say that someone has drive, you mean they have energy and determination.
John will be best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.
16) N-COUNT A drive is a very strong need or desire in human beings that makes them act in particular ways.
...compelling, dynamic sex drives.
Syn:
campaign
17) N-SING: with supp A drive is a special effort made by a group of people for a particular purpose.
The ANC is about to launch a nationwide recruitment drive...
The Church in Haiti has played an important role in the drive towards democracy.
18) N-IN-NAMES Drive is used in the names of some streets.
...23 Queen's Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire.
19) → See also driving
20) PHRASE: V inflects If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly.
It was clear Cohen didn't understand what Millard was driving at.
21) to drive a hard bargain → see bargain
to drive a point home → see home
Phrasal Verbs:
- drive away
- drive off
- drive out
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
1drive /ˈdraɪv/ verb drives; drove /ˈdroʊv/; driv·en /ˈdrɪvən/; driv·ing
1 a : to direct the movement of (a car, truck, bus, etc.)
[+ obj]
• He drove the car down a bumpy road.
• She drives a taxi. [=her job is driving a taxi]
[no obj]
• Do you want to drive or should I?
• He is learning to drive.
b always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] of a car, truck, etc. : to move in a specified manner or direction
• The car stopped and then drove off.
• A car drove by us slowly.
• The bus slowly drove away.
c : to travel in a car
[no obj]
• We drove all night and arrived at dawn.
• Are you driving or flying to Canada? [=will you travel to Canada by car or airplane?]
• We drove (for) eight hours yesterday.
• We drove 160 miles to get here.
• I drive on/along this route every day.
[+ obj]
• I drive this route every day.
d [+ obj] : to take (someone or something) to a place in a car, truck, etc.
• I drove her to the train station this morning.
• I had to drive myself to the hospital.
• Her mom drove us home.
e [+ obj] : to own and use (a vehicle of a specified kind)
• He drives a pickup/motorcycle.
• She drives a Ford.
2 [+ obj] : to move (people or animals) to or from a place by using force
• Cowboys drove the herds across the prairie.
• They drove the invaders back across the border.
• Thousands of people have been driven from their homes. [=have been forced to leave their homes]
3 [+ obj] : to push (something) with force
• drive a nail with a hammer
- often + into
• He drove a nail into the wall.
• She drove the sword into her enemy's side.
4 [+ obj] : to make (a machine or vehicle) work or move : to provide power for (something)
• Electricity drives the machinery.
• a steam-driven turbine [=a turbine that gets its power from steam]
- often used figuratively
• What drives the economy?
• a market-driven industry
5 [+ obj]
a : to cause (someone) to behave in a particular way
• They were driven [=motivated] by hunger to steal.
• Poverty drove them to a life of crime.
• Ambition drove her to succeed.
b : to force (someone) to work very hard
• The sergeant drove the recruits.
• The team was driven hard by the coach.
• He's been driving himself too hard. [=he's been working too hard]
6 [+ obj] : to bring (someone) into a particular condition
• That noise is driving me insane/crazy.
• The new store drove him out of business. [=caused him to go out of business]
• Her perfume drives me wild. [=gets me sexually excited]
7 [+ obj] : to cause (a price, number, etc.) to increase or decrease - + up or down
• The government report drove stock prices up.
• An increase in investments is driving down interest rates.
8 [no obj] sports : to move toward or through something with a lot of force or speed
• He took a pass and drove to/toward the basket/net.
• The running back drove through the line of scrimmage.
9 [+ obj] sports : to hit or kick (a ball or puck) with a lot of force or speed
• She drove the (golf) ball down the fairway.
• He drove the puck into the net.
- see also driving range
10 [no obj] of rain, wind, etc. : to fall or blow with great force
• The rain drove against the windows.
- see also driving
drive a hard bargain
- see 1bargain
drive at [phrasal verb] drive at (something) : to attempt to say or do (something) - usually used as (be) driving at
• I have no idea what he was driving at.
• I think I see what you're driving at.
drive away [phrasal verb] drive (someone) away or drive away (someone) : to cause or force (someone) to leave especially by making a situation unpleasant or unattractive
• The store's high prices are driving away customers.
drive a wedge between
- see 1wedge
drive in [phrasal verb] drive (someone or something) in or drive in (someone or something) baseball : to cause (a run or runner) to score
• He drove in another run.
• The hit drove him in for a 5–4 lead.
drive off [phrasal verb] drive (someone or something) off or drive off (someone or something) : to cause or force (someone or something) to leave
• They drove off the invaders.
drive out [phrasal verb] drive (someone or something) out or drive out (someone or something) : to cause or force (someone or something) to leave
• They drove out the invaders.
• The family was driven out of the neighborhood by rising real estate prices.
drive (someone) up a/the wall
- see 1wall
drive your point home
- see 2home
