drove
/dɹəʊv/
fe’l verb
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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.
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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.
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(especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
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To cause animals to flee out of.
The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.
ot noun
- A number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.
- (usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).
- (collective) A group of hares.
- A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.