| query | In golf, a d____ is the first stroke a player makes from the tee.In golf, a drive is the first stroke a player makes from the tee. Woosnam sliced his drive into the bushes. |
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| word | drive |
| full-definition | verb When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction. I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner. He put the bags in the car and drove off. She never learned to drive. Mrs Glick drove her own car and the girls went in Nancy's convertible. ...a qualified driving instructor. It was an outrageous piece of dangerous driving. If you drive someone somewhere, you take them there in a car or other vehicle. His daughter Carly drove him to the train station. If something drives a machine, it supplies the power that makes it work. The current flows into electric motors that drive the wheels. If you drive something such as a nail into something else, you push it in or hammer it in using a lot of effort. I used a sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the ground. I held it still and drove in a nail. In games such as cricket, golf, or football, if a player drives a ball somewhere, they kick or hit it there with a lot of force. Armstrong drove the ball into the roof of the net. If the wind, rain, or snow drives in a particular direction, it moves with great force in that direction. Rain drove against the window. He crashed into a tree in driving rain. ...rescuers battling through driving snow. If you drive people or animals somewhere, you make them go to or from that place. The last offensive drove thousands of people into the hills. Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture. The smoke also drove mosquitoes away. To drive someone into a particular state or situation means to force them into that state or situation. The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy. He nearly drove Elsie mad with his fussing. The desire or feeling that drives a person to do something, especially something extreme, is the desire or feeling that causes them to do it. More than once, depression drove him to attempt suicide. Jealousy drives people to murder. ...people who are driven by guilt, resentment and anxiety. ...a man driven by a pathological need to win. noun A drive is a journey in a car or other vehicle. I thought we might go for a drive on Sunday. A drive is a wide piece of hard ground, or sometimes a private road, that leads from the road to a person's house. Drive is the power supplied by the engine to particular wheels in a car or other vehicle to make the vehicle move. He put the jeep in four-wheel drive and splashed up the slope. You use drive to refer to the mechanical part of a computer which reads the data on disks and tapes, or writes data onto them. The easiest way to back up your computer is with an external hard disk drive. In golf, a drive is the first stroke a player makes from the tee. Woosnam sliced his drive into the bushes. If you say that someone has drive, you mean they have energy and determination . John will be best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm. A drive is a very strong need or desire in human beings that makes them act in particular ways. ...compelling, dynamic sex drives. A drive is a special effort made by a group of people for a particular purpose. They plan to launch a nationwide recruitment drive. The country is leading the drive towards a low-carbon economy. Drive is used in the names of some streets. ...23 Queen's Drive, Malvern, Worcestershire. |
| inflections | drivesdrivingdrovedrivendrivingdriving |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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