Kilo Lingo

drive

/draɪv/

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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.

slowly fog.

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

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This word is part of lesson 9.