Definition of drives

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• drives is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• drives is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• drives is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of drives

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver (noun)

  Examples

  1. he sliced his drive out of bounds

  Synonyms

  1. driving
• the act of applying force to propel something (noun)

  Examples

  1. after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off

  Synonyms

  1. driving force
  2. thrust
• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he took the family for a drive in his new car

  Synonyms

  1. ride
• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically (verb)

  Examples

  1. He drives me mad

  Synonyms

  1. force
  2. ram
• have certain properties when driven (verb)

  Examples

  1. My new truck drives well

  Synonyms

  1. ride
• move into a desired direction of discourse (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. aim
  2. get
• a road leading up to a private house (noun)

  Examples

  1. they parked in the driveway

  Synonyms

  1. driveway
  2. private road
• cause to move back by force or influence (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. beat back
  2. force back
  3. push back
  4. repel
  5. repulse
• strive and make an effort to reach a goal (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. labor
  2. labour
  3. push
  4. tug
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun)

  Examples

  1. the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant

  Synonyms

  1. campaign
  2. cause
  3. crusade
  4. effort
  5. movement
• a wide scenic road planted with trees (noun)

  Examples

  1. the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views

  Synonyms

  1. parkway
• travel or be transported in a vehicle (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. motor
• proceed along in a vehicle (verb)

  Examples

  1. We drive the turnpike to work

  Synonyms

  1. take
• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine (noun)

  Examples

  1. a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds
• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire (noun)
• cause someone or something to move by driving (verb)
• cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling (verb)

  Examples

  1. The amplifier drives the tube
  2. steam drives the engines
  3. this device drives the disks for the computer
• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive the ball far out into the field
• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment (verb)
• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium (noun)
• excavate horizontally (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive a tunnel
• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive a ball
• (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive the game
• (hunting) search for game (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive the forest
• move by being propelled by a force (verb)
• operate or control a vehicle (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive a car or bus
  2. Can you drive this four-wheel truck?
• push, propel, or press with force (verb)
• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) (noun)
• strike with a driver, as in teeing off (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive a golf ball
• the act of driving a herd of animals overland (noun)
• the trait of being highly motivated (noun)

  Examples

  1. his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly (verb)

  Examples

  1. She is driven by her passion
• urge forward (verb)

  Examples

  1. drive the cows into the barn
• work as a driver (verb)

  Examples

  1. He drives a bread truck
  2. She drives for the taxi company in Newark

See definition of drives in Merriam Webster