drive

/draɪv/ verb (past tense drove, past participle driven)

Definition

CONTROL VEHICLE [I, T] › to make a car, bus, or train move, and control what it does: She's learning to drive. He drives a red sports car.

TRAVEL [I, T] › to travel somewhere in a car, or to take someone somewhere in a car: We decided to drive to the airport. My friend drove me home last night.

drive sb out/away/from, etc › to force someone to leave a place: The supermarket has driven many small shops out of the area.

drive sb crazy/mad/wild, etc › to make someone feel crazy, annoyed, or excited: That noise is driving me mad.

drive sb to sth; drive sb to do sth › to make someone have a bad feeling or do something bad: The arguments and violence drove her to leave home.

drive sth into/through/towards, etc › to push something somewhere by hitting it hard: He drove the nail into the wall with a hammer.

MAKE WORK [T] › to provide the power or energy that makes someone or something work: [often passive] She was driven by greed and ambition. → See also drive/send sb round the bend → See also drive sb up the wall

(Definition of drive verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)