Drive

drīv, v.t. to force along: to hurry one on: to guide, as horses drawing a carriage: to convey or carry in a carriage: to force in, as nails with a hammer: to push briskly: to urge, as a point of argument, a bargain, .: to compel: to send away with force, as a ball in cricket, golf, tennis: to chase game towards sportsmen.— v.i. to pre forward with violence: to be forced along, as a ship before the wind: to go in a carriage: to tend towards a point: to strike at with a sword, the fist, .:— pr.p. drīv′ing; pa.t. drōve; pa.p. driv′en. — n. an excursion in a carriage: a road for driving on: the propelling of a ball in cricket, .: the chasing of game towards the shooters, or the sport so obtained, or the ground over which the game is driven: urgent pre ure: pushing the sale of a special article by reduction of prices.— ns. Driv′er , one who or that which drives, in all senses: a club used in golf to propel the ball from the teeing-ground; Driv′ing-band , the band or strap which communicates motion from one machine, or part of a machine, to another; Driv′ing-shaft , a shaft from a driving-wheel communicating motion, to machinery; Driv′ing-wheel , a main wheel that communicates motion to other wheels: one of the main wheels in a locomotive.— Drive feathers , down , to separate the lighter from the heavier by exposing them to a current of air.— Drive to one's wits' end , to perplex utterly.— Let drive , to aim a blow. [A.S drífan , to drive; Ger. treiben , to push.]