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1. (noun) drive, thrust, driving force
the act of applying force to propel something
Synonyms: stab, driveway, jab, crusade, drive, effort, knife thrust, driving, driving force, parkway, thrust, movement, jabbing, thrusting, campaign, ride, cause, private road, poke, push, poking

2. (noun) drive
a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

3. (noun) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Synonyms: political campaign, motility, driveway, thrust, exertion, case, reason, movement, apparent motion, private road, exploit, elbow grease, motion, attempt, causal agent, driving force, move, apparent movement, grounds, front, bowel movement, driving, cause, bm, causa, military campaign, travail, crusade, trend, feat, endeavour, drive, parkway, social movement, sweat, safari, ride, run, campaign, drift, try, hunting expedition, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, endeavor, suit

4. (noun) driveway, drive, private road
a road leading up to a private house
Synonyms: thrust, effort, driveway, driving, movement, parkway, cause, crusade, drive, private road, driving force, campaign, ride

5. (noun) drive
the trait of being highly motivated
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

6. (noun) drive, driving
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, drive, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

7. (noun) drive
the act of driving a herd of animals overland
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

8. (noun) drive, ride
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, drive, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

9. (noun) drive
a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

10. (noun) drive
(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

11. (noun) drive, parkway
a wide scenic road planted with trees
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, drive, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

12. (verb) drive
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Synonyms: thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

13. (verb) drive
operate or control a vehicle
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

14. (verb) drive, motor
travel or be transported in a vehicle
Synonyms: push back, push, aim, force, tug, repel, drive, labour, repulse, motor, get, ride, take, ram, beat back, force back, labor

15. (verb) drive
cause someone or something to move by driving
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

16. (verb) force, drive, ram
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Synonyms: tug, pressure, force back, thrust, get, ram, crash, hale, jam, take, impel, repel, cram, aim, storm, pull, drive, coerce, ride, pound, chock up, wad, ram down, labour, motor, squeeze, push, repulse, force, draw, labor, wedge, jampack, push back, beat back

17. (verb) drive
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

18. (verb) repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back
cause to move back by force or influence
Synonyms: push back, tug, push, gross out, aim, force, rebuff, repel, drive, labour, revolt, take, repulse, motor, fight off, disgust, get, drive back, ride, labor, ram, beat back, snub, force back

19. (verb) drive
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

20. (verb) drive
push, propel, or press with force
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

21. (verb) drive
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

22. (verb) tug, labor, labour, push, drive
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Synonyms: fight, fag, force back, crowd, lug, get, dig, ram, drudge, moil, press, tug, agitate, advertize, take, repel, aim, drive, promote, travail, crusade, labour, motor, advertise, grind, bear on, repulse, labor, force, ride, push, campaign, tote, push back, toil, beat back

23. (verb) drive, get, aim
move into a desired direction of discourse
Synonyms: take, make, start, mystify, experience, develop, take aim, force, draw, have, become, sustain, receive, calculate, scram, beat back, go, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, fix, pay back, repulse, stick, suffer, beat, force back, set about, get down, fuck off, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, shoot for, dumbfound, stupefy, push back, point, train, arrest, propose, ride, bring, bewilder, mother, motor, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, aspire, generate, labour, find, amaze, baffle, produce, draw a bead on, vex, start out, pose, capture, aim, induce, direct, perplex, get under one's skin, gravel, begin, fetch, labor, ram, father, repel, commence, target, arrive, set out, convey, purpose, acquire, come, pay off, purport, bugger off, tug, cause, push, place, nonplus

24. (verb) drive, ride
have certain properties when driven
Synonyms: tug, force back, sit, get, tease, ram, depend upon, tantalise, take, rally, repel, hinge on, turn on, aim, drive, ride, depend on, devolve on, hinge upon, labour, motor, razz, push, tantalize, repulse, cod, taunt, rag, labor, mount, force, push back, bait, twit, beat back

25. (verb) drive
work as a driver
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

26. (verb) drive
move by being propelled by a force
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

27. (verb) drive
urge forward
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

28. (verb) drive, take
proceed along in a vehicle
Synonyms: require, take, read, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, exact, necessitate, beat back, consume, drive, hire, consider, need, rent, pick out, force back, ram, contract, adopt, film, remove, repel, push back, lease, take aim, take up, ride, bring, strike, use up, repulse, motor, select, push, claim, demand, train, get, get hold of, labour, take away, pack, call for, take in, submit, force, shoot, aim, direct, charter, contain, labor, subscribe, convey, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, tug, engage, ask, conduct

29. (verb) drive
strike with a driver, as in teeing off
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

30. (verb) drive
hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

31. (verb) drive
excavate horizontally
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

32. (verb) drive
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

33. (verb) drive
hunting: search for game
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

34. (verb) drive
hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
Synonyms: labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force


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