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drove
  • n  a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
  • n  a moving crowd
  • n  a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
  • v  operate or control a vehicle
  • v  travel or be transported in a vehicle
    We drove to the university every morning
  • v  cause someone or something to move by driving
    She drove me to school every day
    We drove the car to the garage
  • v  force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  • v  to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
  • v  cause to move back by force or influence
  • v  compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
    She finally drove him to change jobs
  • v  push, propel, or press with force
  • v  cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  • v  strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  • v  move into a desired direction of discourse
  • v  have certain properties when driven
  • v  work as a driver
  • v  move by being propelled by a force
    The car drove around the corner
  • v  urge forward
  • v  proceed along in a vehicle
  • v  strike with a driver, as in teeing off
  • v  hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
  • v  excavate horizontally
  • v  cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
  • v  hunting: search for game
  • v  hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
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drove chisel
  • n  a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
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