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drive

  • verb
  • drīv

To operate a vehicle

Other meanings

  1. To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

  2. To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

Example sentences

  • “I saved it to my flash drive.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “I can drive if you want a break.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “One nail drives out another, as say the elders.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "drīfan" (to drive, force, move).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “drive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.