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3 : to set or keep in motion or operation

4 : to direct the movement or course of

5 : to convey in a vehicle

6 : to bring into a specified condition

7 : to exert inescapable or coercive pressure on : FORCE

8 : to project, inject, or impress forcefully

9 : to produce by opening a way <~ a well>

10 : to progress with strong momentum

11 : to propel an object of play (as a golf ball) by a hard blow

— driv·er noun

Synonyms

[1] propel, push, shove, thrust—more at PUSH

[1] herd, punch, run; also shepherd; wrangle; egg, exhort, goad, prick, prod, spur, urge

[3] activate, actuate, crank, move, propel, run, set off, spark, start, touch off, trigger, turn on—more at ACTIVATE

[7] coerce, compel, constrain, force, make, muscle, obligate, oblige, press, pressure—more at FORCE

2drive noun 1 : a trip in a carriage or automobile

2 : a driving or collecting of animals

3 : the guiding of logs downstream to a mill

4 : the act of driving a ball; also : the flight of a ball

5 : DRIVEWAY

6 : a public road for driving (as in a park)

7 : the state of being hurried and under pressure

8 : a strong systematic group effort

9 : the apparatus by which motion is imparted to a machine

10 : an offensive or aggressive move : a military attack

11 a : an urgent, basic, or instinctual need

b : an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing

12 : dynamic quality

13 : a device for reading and writing on magnetic media (as magnetic tape or disks)

Synonyms

[8] bandwagon, campaign, cause, crusade, movement—more at CAMPAIGN

[11a, b] appetite, craving, desire, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, thirst, urge, yearning, yen—more at DESIRE

[12] aggressiveness, ambition, enterprise, go, hustle, initiative—more at ENTERPRISE

drive–in adjective : accommodating patrons while they remain in their automobiles

— drive–in noun

1drivel verb -eled or -elled; -el·ing or -el·ling 1 : to let saliva dribble from the mouth : DROOL

2 : to talk or utter stupidly, carelessly, or in an infantile way

— driv·el·er noun

Synonyms

babble, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle, sputter—more at BABBLE

2drivel noun : language, conduct, or an idea that is absurd or contrary to good sense : NONSENSE

Synonyms

bunk, claptrap, fiddlesticks, folly, foolishness, fudge, hogwash, humbug, nonsense, piffle, rot, silliness, slush, stupidity, trash—more at NONSENSE

drive·shaft noun : a shaft that transmits mechanical power

drive–through also drive–thru adjective : designed for the service of patrons remaining in their automobiles

— drive–through also drive–thru noun

drive·way noun : a short private road leading from the street to a house, garage, or parking lot

1drizzle noun : a fine misty rain

2drizzle verb driz·zled; driz·zling : to rain in very small drops

drogue noun : a small parachute for slowing down or stabilizing something (as a space capsule)

droll adjective [ORIGIN: F drêole, fr. drêole scamp, fr. MF drolle, fr. MD, imp]

: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality

— droll·ery noun

— drol·ly adverb

Synonyms

antic, comic, comical, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, hysterical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, uproarious—more at FUNNY

drom·e·dary noun, plural -dar·ies [ORIGIN: ME dromedarie, fr. MF dromedaire, fr. LL dromedarius, fr. L dromad-, dromas, fr. Gk, running]

: CAMEL; especially : a domesticated one-humped camel of western Asia and northern Africa

1drone noun 1 : a male honeybee

2 : one that lives on the labors of others : PARASITE

3 : an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control

2drone verb droned; dron·ing : to sound with a low dull monotonous murmuring sound; also : speak monotonously

Synonyms

buzz, hum, whir, whish, whiz, zip, zoom—more at WHIR

3drone noun : a deep monotonous sound

Synonyms

buzz, hum, purr, whir, whiz, zoom—more at HUM