DRIVE
What does "DRIVE" mean?
To operate and control the movement of a vehicle.
Meanings
- To operate and steer a motor vehicle. She drives to work along the coast road.
- To compel or urge into a particular state or action. The constant noise was driving him to distraction.
- An inner urge, motivation, or determination. Her drive to succeed got her through medical school.
- A trip or journey in a vehicle. It's a two-hour drive to the lake.
- A device for storing computer data, or the private road to a house. Save the file to the external drive before you leave.
Word origin
From Old English 'drifan' (to drive, force, pursue), from Proto-Germanic 'driban'.
Remember it
DRIVE shares its root with DRIFT and DROVE - all about something being pushed or pursued forward.
A little poem
The same root steers the car and feeds the will:
one hand on the wheel, one fist inside the chest,
both leaning hard toward someplace over the hill.
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Wordplay
- My hard drive and my ambition have a lot in common - both are full, and both crash when I push too hard.
What it teaches
Drive moves a car or a life the same way: it's force aimed somewhere, and aim is the harder half.
Quick facts
What does DRIVE mean?
To operate and control the movement of a vehicle.
Is DRIVE a valid word?
Yes — DRIVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DRIVE?
DRIVE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DRIVE come from?
From Old English 'drifan' (to drive, force, pursue), from Proto-Germanic 'driban'.
What can DRIVE teach us?
Drive moves a car or a life the same way: it's force aimed somewhere, and aim is the harder half.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.