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drivesnounpl. of drive a passage cleared for public vehicular travelraced our motorcycles along the drive arterials, arteries, avenues, boulevards, carriageways(British), drags, expressways, freeways, high roads, highways, passes, pike(or pikes), roads, roadways, routes, rows, streets, thoroughfares, thruways, traces, turnpikes, ways causewaysautobahns, autoroutes, autostradas(or autostrade), dual carriageways(chiefly British), interstates, motorways(chiefly British), superhighwaysbeltways, bypasses, parkways, ring roads(chiefly British)corniches, switchbacksthrough streetshigh streets(British), Main Streetsbackstreets, branches, bystreets, byways, crossroads, secondary roads, shunpikes, side roads, side streetsalleys, alleywayscircles, lanes, laneways(British), mews(chiefly British), placescloses(chiefly British), culs-de-sac(also cul-de-sacs), dead endscorridorstracks, trails a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goala fund-raising drive for the school's marching band bandwagons, blitzes, campaigns, causes, crusades, juggernauts, movements, pushes assaults, attacks, maneuvers, marches, offensivesactions, bids, enterprises, initiatives, missions, projects, undertakings drivesverbpresent tense third-person singular of driveto urge, push, or force onwardcowboys drove the herd of cattle from San Antonio to San Francisco herds, punches, runs shepherdswrangleseggs, exhorts, flogs, goads, hounds, presses, pricks, prods, prompts, scourges, spurs, whips to travel by a motorized vehicleI'm going to drive across the country—want to come? automobiles, motors, tools rolls, wheelsjoyrideschauffeurs, hacks, taxis(or taxies)ridesdrags, races to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of onedrove the plunger into the opening propels, pushes, shoves, thrusts impels, movesbears (down), compresses, depresses, jams, pressures, squashes, squeezes, weighs (upon)bulldozes, compels, forces, leans (on or against), muscles, rams to cause (a person) to give in to pressurethe corrupt governor was driven out of office blackjacks, coerces, compels, constrains, dragoons, forces, impels, impresses, makes, muscles, obligates, obliges, presses, pressures, sandbags browbeats, bulldozes, bullies, cows, hectors, intimidatesblackmails, high-pressures, menaces, shames, terrorizes, threatensdragsbadgers, harasses, hounds twists one's arm allows, lets, permitsargues, convinces, induces, moves, persuades, prevails (on or upon), satisfies, talks (into), wins (over) to cause to functionmachinery driven by waterpower activates, actuates, cranks (up), moves, runs, sets off, sparks, starts, touches off, triggers, turns on kicks over, turns overcharges, electrifies, energizes, fires, fuels, generates, powers, pushesdischarges, launches, releases, switches, tripsreactivates, rechargesarouses, excites, jump-starts, kick-starts, stimulates, vitalizesignites, incites, instigates, provokes, quickens, stirs upaccelerates, catalyzes, speeds (up), steps up cuts, cuts out, deactivates, kills, shuts off, turns off arrests, brakes, checks, cuts off, draws up, halts, jams, stalls, sticks, stopsdecelerates, represses, slows, stunts, suppresses to set or keep in motionthis motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft actuates, impels, moves, propels, works activates, motivates, provokesabets, ferments, foments, incites, raises, stirs (up), whips (up)sets off, triggers, tripsarouses, excites, fires (up), galvanizes, inflames(also enflames), inspires, instigates, rouses, stimulates bridles, checks, constrains, contains, controls, curbs, inhibits, regulates, reins (in), restrains to proceed or move quicklythe runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop barrels, belts, blasts, blazes, blows, bolts, bombs(slang), bowls, breezes, bundles, bustles, buzzes, cannonballs, careens, careers, chases, courses, cracks (on), dashes, flies, hares, hastens, hies, highballs, hotfoots (it), humps, hurls, hurries, hurtles, hustles, jets, jumps, motors, nips, pelts, races, rams, rips, rockets, runs, rushes, rustles, scoots, scurries, scuttles, shoots, speeds, steps, tears, travels, trots, whirls, whisks, zips, zooms beetles, darts, flits, scampers, scuds, scufflesstampedes, streaks, whizzesgallops, jogs, sprintsaccelerates, quickens, steps outcatches up, fast-forwards, outpaces, outruns, outstrips, overtakesarrows, beelines beats it, gets a move on, makes tracks, shakes a leg, steps on it crawls, creeps, pokes dallies, dawdles, dillydallies, drags, hangs (around or out), lags, lingers, loiters, pokes, tarriesambles, lumbers, plods, saunters, shuffles, strollsdecelerates, slows (down or up) |