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Drive Transitive Drove Make Sth Past Vb Sb/Sth

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Kind verb
Front drive 
IPA  /draɪv   / verb (past tense drove /drəʊv   /; past participle driven /ˈdrɪvn   /)
Back  (araba, otobüs, tren vb.) sürmek; kullanmak
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drive (verb)

 /draɪv   / verb (past tense drove /drəʊv   /; past participle driven /ˈdrɪvn   /)
 
VEHICLE
1 [intransitive, transitive]
to control or operate a car, train, bus, etc.
 (araba, otobüs, tren vb.) sürmek; kullanmak
 Can you drive?
 to drive a car/train/bus/lorry
 2 [intransitive, transitive]
to go or take sb somewhere in a car, etc.
 (arabayla vb.) gitmek;
götürmek
 I usually drive to work.
 We drove Maki to the airport.
MACHINE
3 [transitive]
to make a machine work, by giving it power
çalıştırmak, harekete geçirmek
 What drives the wheels in this engine?
MAKE SB DO STH
4 [transitive]
to cause sb to be in a particular state or to do sth
... etmek, sürüklemek, itmek
 His constant stupid questions drive me mad.
 to drive somebody to despair
 His loneliness drove him to commit suicide.
 5 [transitive]
to make sb/sth work very hard
zorlamak, zora sokmak
 You shouldn't drive yourself so hard.
MAKE SB/STH MOVE
6 [transitive]
to force people or animals to move in a particular direction
 (hayvan) sürmek
 The dogs drove the sheep into the field.
HIT STH
7 [transitive]
to force sth into a particular position by hitting it
çakmak, kakmak
 to drive a post into the ground
 From the tee, he drove the ball into some trees.
IDIOMS
be driving at
(informal)
to want to say sth; to mean
kastetmek, ima etmek
 I'm afraid I don't understand what you are driving at.
drive sth home (to sb)
to make sth clear so that people understand it
açık seçik anlatmak, kafasına sokmak
PHRASAL VERBS
drive off
(used about a car, driver, etc.) to leave
 (araba, sürücü vb.) sürüp gitmek, ayrılmak
drive sb/sth off
to make sb/sth go away
uzaklaştırmak, püskürtmek
 They kept a large dog outside to drive off burglars.
 

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