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English

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-driving.ogg


Verb

driving


Adjective

  1. That drives (a mechanism or process).
  2. That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent


Derived terms

Noun

  1. The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
  2. In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
  3. : In European Union, driving on the right is practised everywhere except in the British Isles, Malta and Cyprus.


Derived terms


Translations

ar:driving it:driving kk:driving hu:driving ja:driving pt:driving simple:driving fi:driving ta:driving zh:driving

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English dynamical \dynamical\ adj. [Narrower terms: can-do; driving;
energizing, energising, kinetic; {forceful, slashing,
vigorous}; projectile; {propellant, propellent, propelling,
propulsive}; renascent, resurgent; {self-propelled,
self-propelling}; {high-octane, high-powered, high-power,
high-voltage}]
[WordNet 1.5] Dynamically \Dy*nam"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving
forces. --J. Peile.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v),
formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p.
pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[imac]fan; akin to OS.
dr[imac]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[imac]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
dr[imac]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.
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2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
a person to his own door.
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How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
--Thackeray.
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3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to
drive one mad." --Tennyson.
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He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do
the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
done for his. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
[Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.
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The trade of life can not be driven without
partners. --Collier.
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5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden.
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6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
or tunnel. --Tomlinson.
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7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
throw.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by
manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.

Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.

Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.


Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.

Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Driving \Driv"ing\, n.
1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of
pressing or moving on furiously.
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2. Tendency; drift. [R.]
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WordNet driving
adj 1: having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving
personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate
enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [syn: impulsive]
2: acting with vigor; "responsibility turned the spoiled
playboy into a driving young executive"
n 1: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced
his drive out of bounds" [syn: drive]
2: the act of controlling and steering the movement of a
vehicle or animal
Moby Dictionary
acid , action , active , actuating , advancing , adventuresome ,
adventurous , agency , aggressive , ambitious , animating , assailing ,
assaulting , attacking , automobiling , bicycling , biking , biting ,
blinding , busing , cat-and-doggish , causal , causative , charging ,
coactive , compelling , compulsatory , compulsive , compulsory ,
conduct , constraining , corrosive , cutting , cycling , direction ,
directive , drippy , drizzling , drizzly , drumming , dynamic ,
effective , enterprising , equitation , execution , exercise , forceful ,
forcible , functioning , go-ahead , gripping , gutsy , handling ,
holding , horseback riding , horsemanship , hustling , impellent ,
impelling , imperative , imperious , impressive , impulsive , in motion ,
incisive , incursionary , incursive , inducive , invading , invasionary ,
invasive , irresistible , irruptive , lively , management ,
manipulation , misty , misty-moisty , mizzly , mobile , mordant , motile ,
motivating , motivational , motive , motor , motorcycling , motoring ,
moving , nervous , obsessing , obsessional , obsessive , occupation ,
operancy , operation , pedaling , pelting , penetrating , performance ,
performing , piercing , pluvial , pluviose , pluvious , poignant ,
possessing , pouring , powerful , practice , preoccupying , pressing ,
propellant , propelling , propulsive , propulsory , pulsive , punchy ,
pushful , pushing , pushy , rainy , responsibility , restraining ,
riding , running , sensational , shoving , showery , sinewed , sinewy ,
slashing , steering , stirring , streaming , striking , strong , telling ,
thrusting , transitional , traveling , trenchant , up-and-coming ,
urgent , venturesome , venturous , vigorous , vital , work , working ,
workings


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