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noun Download 🔗Share An act of driving animals forward, as to be captured, hunted etc. Examples : "The ranchers organized seasonal cattle drives to move their herds to better grazing lands. " animal action sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective. Examples : "The army's relentless drives across the desert were crucial to capturing the enemy's main supply depot. " military war action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part. Examples : "Some old model trains have clockwork drives." machine vehicle technology part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive. Examples : "I keep all my school projects on external drives. " computing electronics technology device machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stroke made with a driver. Examples : ""Her drives off the tee were consistently long and straight." " sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket. Examples : "He scored many runs with his powerful drives through the offside. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A straight level shot or pass. Examples : "The quarterback delivered several accurate drives downfield, leading the team to victory. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive. Examples : "a whist drive; a beetle drive" organization event aid society business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (retail) A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount. Examples : "The store's back-to-school drives always offer big discounts on notebooks and pens. " business commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift. Examples : "The jeweler examined the drives on the antique silver spoon, searching for the maker's mark. " technical machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. Examples : "After the spring thaw, the lumberjacks released the drives down the river, hoping to get the logs to the sawmill before summer. " environment nature mass Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto. Examples : "You drive nails into wood with a hammer." energy physics action machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind. Examples : "The desire to succeed drives her to study hard every night. " mind attitude action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force. Examples : "The strong wind drives the rain against the window. " action energy vehicle physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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