lift the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
joyride a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars"
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(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
computer science,
computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
cd drive a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system
cd-rom drive a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played'
ram disk (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors; "access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off"
drive -
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
return a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
lawn tennis,
tennis a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
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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"
chase away,
drive away,
drive off,
dispel,
drive out,
turn back,
run off force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
drive,
take move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
pull strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"
locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
driving the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
drive -
strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball"
hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
golf,
golf game a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
drive -
proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
driving the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
drive -
move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner"
drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
pull strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"
drive -
work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
do work,
work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
drive -
have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"
intend,
mean have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
drive -
hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball"
hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
athletics,
sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
drive -
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"
make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
drive -
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"
coerce,
hale,
pressure,
force,
squeeze to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
drive -
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"
power supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
mining,
excavation the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
drive -
hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"
hunt down,
track down,
hunt,
run pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
drive -
hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
hunt down,
track down,
hunt,
run pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
drive -
urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
force,
push impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
drive -
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"
attract,
pull in,
draw in,
pull,
draw exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies"
drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
force,
push impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
drive -
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
drive -
A mass storagedevice in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
drive -
A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a verticalarc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
