1. (of rain, snow, sleet) heaving and being blown forcefully by the wind
   "The driving rain made it difficult to see the road"
    
2. Acting with vigour
   "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive"
    
3. Having motive force; controlling or impelling
   "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm";
   - impulsive

1. The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
   "Careful driving is essential in icy conditions"
    
2. Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
   "His driving accuracy improved after lessons";
   - drive

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";
   - 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
   "He drives me mad";
   - force, ram
    
5. To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
   "The coach drove the team to practice harder"; "Ambition drove her to succeed at any cost"
    
6. Proceed along in a vehicle
   "We drive the turnpike to work";
   - take
    
7. Push, propel, or press with force
   "Drive a nail into the wall"
    
8. Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
   "drive the ball far out into the field"
    
9. Compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment
   "She finally drove him to change jobs"
    
10. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
    "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis";
    - tug, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], push, plow [US], sweat, plough on [Brit], plough [Brit], plow on [US]
     
11. Work as a driver
    "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
     
12. Move by being propelled by a force
    "The car drove around the corner"
     
13. Urge forward
    "drive the cows into the barn"
     
14. (golf) strike with a driver, as in teeing off
    "drive a golf ball"
     
15. (sport) hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
    "drive a ball"
     
16. Move into a desired direction of discourse
    "What are you driving at?";
    - get, aim
     
17. Have certain properties when driven
    "My new truck drives well";
    - ride
     
18. Cause to move back by force or influence
    "drive the enemy";
    - repel, repulse, force back, push back, beat back
     
19. (mining) excavate horizontally
    "drive a tunnel"
     
20. Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
    "this device drives the disks for the computer"; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"
     
21. (hunting) search for game
    "drive the forest"
     
22. (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
    "drive the game"

Derived forms: drivings

See also: dispel, dynamic, dynamical, energetic, rout out

Type of: carry, coerce, control, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, dig, direction, displace, excavate, fight, force, function, get across, get over, go, golf shot, golf stroke, guidance, hale [archaic], hit, hollow, hunt, hunt down, impel, intend, locomote, make, mean, move, operate, pass over, power, pressure, propel, push, run, squeeze, steering, struggle, swing, throw, thrust, track, track down, transport, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn], traverse, wing, work

Encyclopedia: Driving