Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drove \Drove\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Droved}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Droving}.] [Cf. {Drove}, n., and {Drover}.]
   1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to
      follow the occupation of a drover.

            He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the
            Castlereagh.                          --Paterson.

   2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.

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.

Drove \Drove\, imp.
   of {Drive}.

Drove \Drove\, n. [AS. dr[=a]f, fr. dr[=i]fan to drive. See
   {Drive}.]
   1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for
      driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine,
      driven in a body.

   2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving
      forward; as, a finny drove. --Milton.

   3. A crowd of people in motion.

            Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --Dryden.

   4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]

   5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation
      of land. --Simmonds.

   6. (Masonry)
      (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth
          surface; -- called also {drove chisel}.
      (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove
          chisel; -- called also {drove work}.

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}]

drove
     n 1: a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
     2: a moving crowd [syn: {horde}, {swarm}]
     3: a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
        [syn: {drove chisel}]

drove
     See {drive}