[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drive \drive\ drimacv, v. t. imp. drove dr=ov,
   formerly drave dr=av; p. p. driven dri^v'n; p.
   pr.  vb. n. driving. as. drimacfan; akin to os.
   drimacban, d. drijven, ohg. trimacban, g. treiben, icel.
   drimacfa, goth. dreiban. cf. drift, drove.
   1. to impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
      one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
      move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
      drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
      1913 webster

            a storm came on and drove them into pylos. --jowett
                                                  thucyd. .
      1913 webster

            shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

            go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
      draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
      to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
      beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
      a person to his own door.
      1913 webster

            how . . . proud he was to drive such a brother
                                                  --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   3. to urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
      to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
      a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
      circumstances, by argument, and the like. " enough to
      drive one mad." --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            he, driven to dismount, threatened, if i did not do
            the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
            done for his.                         --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
      1913 webster

   4. to carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
      now used only colloquially. --bacon.
      1913 webster

            the trade of life can not be driven without
            partners.                             --collier.
      1913 webster

   5. to clear, by forcing away what is contained.
      1913 webster

            to drive the country, force the swains away.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   6. mining to dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
      or tunnel. --tomlinson.
      1913 webster

   7. to pass away; -- said of time. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   8. specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
      propel the ball swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
      throw.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   9. to operate a vehicle while it is on motion, by
      manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
      propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
      pjc
see also:
drove drave driven driving drift 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drove \drove\, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. droved; p. pr.  vb.
   n. droving. cf. drove, n., and drover.
   1. to drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to
      follow the occupation of a drover.

            he's droving now with conroy's sheep along the
            castlereagh.                          --paterson.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   2. to finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
droved droving drove drover 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drove \drove\, imp.
   of drive.
   1913 webster
see also:
drive 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drove \drove\, n. as. dr=af, fr. drimacfan to drive. see
   drive.
   1. a collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for
      driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine,
      driven in a body.
      1913 webster

   2. any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving
      forward; as, a finny drove. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. a crowd of people in motion.
      1913 webster

            where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. a road for driving cattle; a driftway. eng.
      1913 webster

   5. agric. a narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation
      of land. --simmonds.
      1913 webster

   6. masonry
      a a broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth
          surface; -- called also drove chisel.
      b the grooved surface of stone finished by the drove
          chisel; -- called also drove work.
          1913 webster
see also:
drive drove chisel drove work 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

drive
     n 1: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
          reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
          syn: thrust, driving force
     2: a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a
        machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation
        through a range of speeds"
     3: 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" syn: campaign,
         cause, crusade, movement, effort
     4: a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the
        driveway" syn: driveway, private road
     5: the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy
        exhausted his co-workers"
     6: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced
        his drive out of bounds" syn: driving
     7: the act of driving a herd of animals overland
     8: a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the
        family for a drive in his new car" syn: ride
     9: a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or
        desire
     10: computer science a device that writes data onto or reads
         data from a storage medium
     11: a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive
         offers many exciting scenic views" syn: parkway
     12: sports a hard straight return as in tennis or squash
     v 1: operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "can you
          drive this four-wheel truck?"
     2: travel or be transported in a vehicle; "we drove to the
        university every morning"; "they motored to london for the
        theater" syn: motor
     3: cause someone or something to move by driving; "she drove me
        to school every day"; "we drove the car to the garage"
     4: force into or from an action or state, either physically or
        metaphorically; "she rammed her mind into focus"; "he
        drives me mad" syn: force, ram
     5: to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive
        pressure on, or motivate strongly; "she is driven by her
        passion"
     6: cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy";
        "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
        syn: repel, repulse, force back, push back, beat
        back ant: attract
     7: compel somebody to do something, often against his own will
        or judgment; "she finally drove him to change jobs"
     8: push, propel, or press with force; "drive a nail into the
        wall"
     9: cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;
        "drive the ball far out into the field"
     10: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "she tugged for
         years to make a decent living"; "we have to push a little
         to make the deadline"; "she is driving away at her
         doctoral thesis" syn: tug, labor, labour, push
     11: move into a desired direction of discourse; "what are you
         driving at?" syn: get, aim
     12: have certain properties when driven; "this car rides
         smoothly"; "my new truck drives well" syn: ride
     13: work as a driver; "he drives a bread truck"; "she drives for
         the taxi company in newark"
     14: move by being propelled by a force; "the car drove around
         the corner"
     15: urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
     16: proceed along in a vehicle; "we drive the turnpike to work"
         syn: take
     17: strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball"
     18: hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or
         less vertically; "drive a ball"
     19: excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
     20: cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by
         controlling; "the amplifier drives the tube"; "steam
         drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for
         the computer"
     21: hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
     22: hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the
         game"
     also: drove, driven
see also:
thrust driving force campaign cause crusade movement 
effort driveway private road driving ride 
parkway motor force ram repel 
repulse force back push back beat back attract 
tug labor labour push get 
aim take drove driven 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

drove
     n 1: a group of animals a herd or flock moving together
     2: a moving crowd syn: horde, swarm
     3: a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
        syn: drove chisel
see also:
horde swarm drove chisel 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

drove
     see drive
see also:
drive 

[8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 moby thesaurus words for "drove":
   army, bunch, cage, colony, corral, crush, drift, drive, flock, gam,
   gang, goad, herd, horde, host, kennel, lash, litter, multitude,
   pack, pod, press, prick, pride, punch cattle, push, ride herd on,
   round up, run, school, shepherd, shoal, skulk, sloth, spur, squash,
   throng, trip, troop, whip, wrangle

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