drive in English: To make a car or other vehicle move and to steer it. (verb)

Translation

To make a car or other vehicle move and to steer it.

Word origin

From Old English drifan meaning to push, force, or urge on, once used of driving cattle.

Origin: Old English
Root: drifan

Grammar

Verb typeirregular (drive, drives, drove)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

Examples

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"Drive" means to make a car move and steer it.

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"Drives" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Drove" is the past form of "drive".

Related words

go

To move or travel from one place to another.

move

To move is to go from one place to another, or to put something in a new place.

travel

To go from one place to another, often far away.

turn

To move so you face a new way, or to make something move round.

ride

To sit on a horse, bike, or animal and move with it.

licence

An official paper or card that lets you do something, such as drive a car. Britain spells the noun "licence" and keeps "license" for the verb.

traffic

All the cars, buses and lorries moving along a road at the same time.

van

A covered vehicle, bigger than a car, used for carrying tools, boxes or other things.

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