drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal |
drive driving | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver, he sliced his drive out of bounds |
atomic pile atomic reactor pile chain reactor | a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy |
driving belt | a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery |
driving iron one iron | (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face |
driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
golf range driving range | a practice range for practicing golf shots |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
live axle driving axle | the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power |
pile nap | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave, for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction |
pile spile piling stilt | a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
voltaic pile pile galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series, the earliest electric battery devised by Volta |
down pile | fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) |
driver's license driver's licence driving license driving licence | a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle |
pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
compost heap compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
driving school | a school where people are taught to drive automobiles |
garbage heap junk heap rubbish heap scrapheap trash heap junk pile trash pile refuse heap | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
pile bundle big bucks megabucks big money | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit), she made a bundle selling real estate, they sank megabucks into their new house |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile up gather amass | collect or gather, Journals are accumulating in my office, The work keeps piling up |
pile | place or lay as if in a pile, The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested |
stack pile heap | arrange in stacks, heap firewood around the fireplace, stack your books up on the shelves |
pile up heap up stack up | arrange into piles or stacks, She piled up her books in my living room |
throng mob pack pile jam | press tightly together or cram, The crowd packed the auditorium |
roll up collect accumulate pile up amass compile hoard | get or gather together, I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife, She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis, She rolled up a small fortune |
driving impulsive | having the power of driving or impelling, a driving personal ambition, the driving force was his innate enthusiasm, an impulsive force |
driving | acting with vigor, responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive |