drive

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward.
• intransitive verb To repulse or put to flight by force or influence.
• intransitive verb To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).
• intransitive verb To convey or transport in a vehicle.
• intransitive verb To traverse in a vehicle.
• intransitive verb To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function.
• intransitive verb To cause or sustain, as if by supplying force or power.
• intransitive verb To compel or force to work, often excessively.
• intransitive verb To force into or from a particular act or state.
• intransitive verb To force to go through or penetrate.
• intransitive verb To create or produce by penetrating forcibly.
• intransitive verb To carry through vigorously to a conclusion.
• intransitive verb Sports To throw, strike, or cast (a ball, for example) hard or rapidly.
• intransitive verb Basketball To move with the ball directly through.
• intransitive verb Baseball To cause (a run or runner) to be scored by batting. Often used with in.
• intransitive verb Football To advance the ball over (certain yardage) in plays from scrimmage.
• intransitive verb To chase (game) into the open or into traps or nets.
• intransitive verb To search (an area) for game in such a manner.
• intransitive verb To move along or advance quickly.
• intransitive verb To rush, dash, or advance violently against an obstruction.
• intransitive verb To operate a vehicle, such as a car.
• intransitive verb To go or be transported in a vehicle.
• intransitive verb Sports To hit, throw, or impel a ball or other missile forcibly.
• intransitive verb Basketball To move directly to the basket with the ball.
• intransitive verb Football To advance the ball in plays from scrimmage.
• intransitive verb To make an effort to reach or achieve an objective; aim.
• noun The act of driving.
• noun A trip or journey in a vehicle.
• noun A road for automobiles and other vehicles.
• noun The means or apparatus for transmitting motion or power to a machine or from one machine part to another.
• noun The position or operating condition of such a mechanism.
• noun The means by which automotive power is applied to a roadway.
• noun The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile.
• noun Computers A device that reads data from and often writes data onto a storage medium, such as an optical disc or flash memory.
• noun A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose.
• noun Energy, push, or aggressiveness.
• noun Psychology A strong motivating tendency or instinct related to self-preservation, reproduction, or aggression that prompts activity toward a particular end.
• noun A massive, sustained military offensive.
• noun Sports The act of hitting, knocking, or thrusting a ball very swiftly.
• noun Sports The stroke or thrust by which a ball is driven.
• noun Sports The ball or puck as it is propelled.
• noun Basketball The act of moving with the ball directly to the basket.