drive
/draɪv/ verb (past tense drove, past participle driven)Translation
CONTROL VEHICLE [I, T] › to make a car, bus, or train move, and control what it does
(araba, otobüs, tren) kullanmak/sürmek
She's learning to drive. He drives a red sports car.1680TRAVEL [I, T] › to travel somewhere in a car, or to take someone somewhere in a car
arabayla gitmek/götürmek
We decided to drive to the airport. My friend drove me home last night.1680 drive sb out/away/from, etc › to force someone to leave a place
zorla çıkarmak; kovmak; kapı dışarı etmek
The supermarket has driven many small shops out of the area.704 drive sb crazy/mad/wild, etc › to make someone feel crazy, annoyed, or excited
kızdırmak, küplere binmesine sebep olmak, kafasının tasını attırmak; rahatsız etmek; heyecanlandırmak
That noise is driving me mad.989632 drive sb to sth; drive sb to do sth › to make someone have a bad feeling or do something bad
kötü bir şeye/bir şey yapmaya zorlamak; itmek
The arguments and violence drove her to leave home.1868 drive sth into/through/towards, etc › to push something somewhere by hitting it hard
zorla iterek sokmak; itmek; sokuşturmak; tıkmak
He drove the nail into the wall with a hammer.1644MAKE WORK [T] › to provide the power or energy that makes someone or something work
be driving at sth phrasal verb enerji/azim/şevk/kuvvet vermek; itici güç olmak
[often passive] She was driven by greed and ambition. → See also drive/send sb round the bend → See also drive sb up the wall1299 › used to ask what someone really means
drive off phrasal verb demek istemek, kasdetmek, demeye getirmek
Just what are you driving at?1214 › to leave in a car
sürüp gitmek; arabayla gitmek
1680(Definition of drive verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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