1. Any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles
   "They went to the drive-in theatre to watch a movie under the stars"

1. Arrive by motorcar
   "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country"
    
2. Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
   "drive in screws or bolts";
   - screw
    
3. (baseball) cause a run or runner to be scored
   "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run"; "an RBI double that drove in Tony Campana"; "it was none other than Marco Scutaro who drove in Ryan Theriot"
    
4. Score a run in baseball
   "Machado drove in the game-winning run in a 3-2 win"; "Longoria hit 17 home runs and drove in 55 runs"; "Brian McCann drove in four runs with four hits"

Derived forms: drives in, drive-ins, drove in, driven in, driving in

Type of: arrive, come, facility, get, go around, go round, installation, rack up, revolve, rotate, score, tally

Encyclopedia: Drive-in