drives
Definitions
Noun
- The act of applying force to propel something
- A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
- A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- A road leading up to a private house
- The trait of being highly motivated
- Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
- The act of driving a herd of animals overland
- A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
- (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
- A wide scenic road planted with trees
- (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
Verb
- Operate or control a vehicle
- Travel or be transported in a vehicle
- Cause someone or something to move by driving
- Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
- Cause to move back by force or influence
- Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
- Push, propel, or press with force
- Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
- Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
- Move into a desired direction of discourse
- Have certain properties when driven
- Work as a driver
- Move by being propelled by a force
- Urge forward
- Proceed along in a vehicle
- Strike with a driver, as in teeing off
- Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
- Excavate horizontally
- Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
- Hunting: search for game
- Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground
Fragment
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Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "drives".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "drives".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | 1 | 105 |
| 2 | driver | 2 | 49 |
| 3 | driven | 2 | 44 |
| 4 | drivers | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | rivers | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | derives | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | driver's | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | dives | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | dries | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | drivers' | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | rivets | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | droves | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | drive's | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | rives | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | deprives | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | rivest | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | rieves | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | drivel | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | driest | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | draves | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "drives" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drives were | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "drives" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "drives" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | couple | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | electricity | 5 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 34
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 5
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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