position | the act of positing, an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom |
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 |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
stead position place lieu | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another, can you go in my stead?, took his place, in lieu of |
position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player, what position does he play? |
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 |
placement location locating position positioning emplacement | the act of putting something in a certain place |
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 |
drive | the trait of being highly motivated, his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers |
position spatial relation | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated, the position of the hands on the clock, he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage |
position posture attitude | the arrangement of the body and its limbs, he assumed an attitude of surrender |
ballet position | classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet |
lithotomy position | a position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart, assumed for vaginal or rectal examination |
lotus position | a sitting position with the legs crossed, used in yoga |
missionary position | a position for sexual intercourse, a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top, soalled because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples |
superiority favorable position favourable position | the quality of being at a competitive advantage |
inferiority unfavorable position | the quality of being a competitive disadvantage |
test drive | test of the roadworthiness of a vehicle one is considering buying |
position stance posture | a rationalized mental attitude |
position view perspective | a way of regarding situations or topics etc., consider what follows from the positivist view |