drive

verb [T] (PROVIDE POWER)

/drɑɪv/ (past tense drove /droʊv/, past participle driven /ˈdrɪv·ən/)

Definition

› to provide the power to make a machine operate: The water pump is driven by a windmill.

(Definition of drive verb (PROVIDE POWER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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