Definitions For Drive

noun

  • The act of applying force to propel something
  • A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
  • The act of driving a herd of animals overland
  • (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
  • Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
  • A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  • A wide scenic road planted with trees
  • A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
  • (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
  • A road leading up to a private house
  • The trait of being highly motivated
  • A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
  • A journey in a car
  • A hard area or small road outside of a house where cars can be parked
  • An effort made by a group of people to achieve a goal, to collect money, etc.

verb

  • Move into a desired direction of discourse
  • (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
  • (hunting) search for game
  • Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
  • Excavate horizontally
  • Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
  • Strike with a driver, as in teeing off
  • Cause to move back by force or influence
  • Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  • Push, propel, or press with force
  • Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
  • Travel or be transported in a vehicle
  • Proceed along in a vehicle
  • Operate or control a vehicle
  • Urge forward
  • Cause someone or something to move by driving
  • Move by being propelled by a force
  • Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  • Work as a driver
  • To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
  • Have certain properties when driven
  • To direct the movement of (a car, truck, bus, etc.)
  • To move in a specified manner or direction
  • To travel in a car

Is Drive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10

The word Drive is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Drive in a Sentence

  • He drove the car down a bumpy road.
  • Do you want to drive or should I?
  • He is learning to drive.
  • It's a two-hour drive to the beach.
  • Her house is an hour's drive east of Los Angeles.
  • We took a pleasant drive in the country.

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