Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drive \Drive\, v. t.
   Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
   propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
   throw.

Drive \Drive\, n.
   1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of
      player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight
      of the ball, etc., so driven.

   2. (Golf) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made
      with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a
      stroke.

   6. An implement used for driving; as:
      (a) A mallet.
      (b) A tamping iron.
      (c) A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
      (d) A wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for
          playing the longest strokes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Drive \Drive\, v. i. (Golf)
   To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.

Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. {Drove} (dr[=o]v),
   formerly {Drave} (dr[=a]v); p. p. {Driven} (dr[i^]v'n); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Driving}.] [AS. dr[=i]fan; akin to OS.
   dr[=i]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[=i]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
   dr[=i]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. {Drift}, {Drove}.]
   1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
      one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
      move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
      drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.

            A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd. ).

            Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
                                                  --Pope.

            Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.

   2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
      draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
      to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
      beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
      a person to his own door.

            How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
                                                  --Thackeray.

   3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
      to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
      a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
      circumstances, by argument, and the like. `` Enough to
      drive one mad.'' --Tennyson.

            He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do
            the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
            done for his.                         --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

   4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
      [Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.

            The trade of life can not be driven without
            partners.                             --Collier.

   5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

            To drive the country, force the swains away.
                                                  --Dryden.

   6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
      or tunnel. --Tomlinson.

   7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent
         action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body
         is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to
         cause to move by applying the force before, or in
         front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the
         objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an
         engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive
         logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct
         them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to
         place them in a machine, which, by a current of air,
         drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them
         by themselves. ``My thrice-driven bed of down.''
         --Shak.

Drive \Drive\, v. i.
   1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.

            Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.
                                                  --Dryden.

            Under cover of the night and a driving tempest.
                                                  --Prescott.

            Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our
            lips are dumb.                        --Tennyson.

   2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any
      physical force or agent; to be driven.

            The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.
                                                  --Byron.

            The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers.
                                                  --Thackeray.

   3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by
      directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw
      it; as, the coachman drove to my door.

   4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an
      effort; to strive; -- usually with at.

            Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular
            interest he drove at.                 --South.

   5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.]

   {To let drive}, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to
      attack. ``Four rogues in buckram let drive at me.''
      --Shak.

Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), p. p.
   Driven. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), n.
   1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage,
      as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride
      taken on horseback.

   2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared
      for driving.

   3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a
      forced or hurried dispatch of business.

            The Murdstonian drive in business.    --M. Arnold.

   4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix,
      formed by a punch drift.

   5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to
      be floated down a river. [Colloq.]

   Syn: See {Ride}.

Source : WordNet®

drive
     n 1: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
          reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
          [syn: {thrust}, {driving force}]
     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" [syn: {campaign},
         {cause}, {crusade}, {movement}, {effort}]
     4: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the
        driveway" [syn: {driveway}, {private road}]
     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" [syn: {driving}]
     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" [syn: {ride}]
     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" [syn: {parkway}]
     12: (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
     [also: {drove}, {driven}]

drive
     v 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" [syn: {motor}]
     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" [syn: {force}, {ram}]
     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"
        [syn: {repel}, {repulse}, {force back}, {push back}, {beat
        back}] [ant: {attract}]
     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 a nail into the
        wall"
     9: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
        "drive the ball far out into the field"
     10: 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" [syn: {tug}, {labor}, {labour}, {push}]
     11: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
         driving at?" [syn: {get}, {aim}]
     12: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides
         smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: {ride}]
     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: urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
     16: proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
         [syn: {take}]
     17: strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball"
     18: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or
         less vertically; "drive a ball"
     19: excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
     20: 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"
     21: hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
     22: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the
         game"
     [also: {drove}, {driven}]