drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
liner line drive | (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter, the batter hit a liner to the shortstop |
line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
line-drive double line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
line-drive triple line triple | a triple resulting from a line drive |
drive-by killing | homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile |
drive-by shooting | shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim |
drive ride | a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile), he took the family for a drive in his new car |
cattle drive | driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers) |
drive | the act of driving a herd of animals overland |
drive | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) |
forehand drive | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
backhand drive | a hard straight return made on the backhand side |
drive driving | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver, he sliced his drive out of bounds |
campaign cause crusade drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
fundaising campaign fundaising drive fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
aggression hostility | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
aggression | deliberately unfriendly behavior |
aggression | the act of initiating hostilities |
automatic transmission automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
CD drive | a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system |
CD-ROM drive | a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played' |
disk drive disc drive hard drive Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
drive parkway | a wide scenic road planted with trees, the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views |
drive | a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine, a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds |
drive | (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium |
drive-in | any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles |
drive line drive line system | mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle |
driveway drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
external drive | a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable |
fluid drive | an automotive power coupling |
four-wheel drive WD | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle |
four-wheel drive WD | a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system |
fusee drive fusee | a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring |
internal drive | a drive mounted inside of a computer |
tape drive tape transport transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read write heads of a tape playback recorder |
aggression | a disposition to behave aggressively |
drive | the trait of being highly motivated, his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers |
instinct inherent aptitude | inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli, the spawning instinct in salmon, altruistic instincts in social animals |
test drive | test of the roadworthiness of a vehicle one is considering buying |
whist drive | a progressive whist party |
aggression aggressiveness | a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack |
death instinct death wish Thanatos | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die |
car rental hire car rent-aar self-drive u-drive you-drive | a rented car, she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel |
drive | a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire |
sex drive | a physiological need for sexual activity, testosterone is responsible for the male sex drive |
expectorate clear out drive out | clear out the chest and lungs, This drug expectorates quickly |
drive home ram home press home | make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something, drive home a point or an argument, I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas |
drive get aim | move into a desired direction of discourse, What are you driving at? |
drive in | cause a run or runner to be scored, His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run |