DRIVES
/dɹaɪvz/
10
Scrabble
11
WWF
D(2) R(1) I(1) V(4) E(1) S(1)
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Definition
/dɹaɪvz/
noun
- Motivation to do or achieve something; ability coupled with ambition.“Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.”
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- An act of driving animals forward, as to be captured, hunted etc.
verb
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.“You drive nails into wood with a hammer.”
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.“My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.”
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
Source: Wiktionary
