drove
US: /ˈdɹoʊv/
UK: /dɹˈəʊv/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
drove /drouv/- thời quá khứ của drive
- danh từ
- đàn (vật nuôi đang được chăn dắt đi)
- đám đông; đoàn người đang đi
- (kỹ thuật) cái đục (của thợ nề) ((cũng) drove chisel)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun[usually pl.] a large number of people or animals, often moving or doing sth as a group: droves of tourists + People were leaving the countryside in droves to look for work in the cities.
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Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 push, propel, impel, urge, press, thrust, move, motivate, actuate, prod, spur, goad, urge, force, make, compel, coerce, constrain, oblige, pressure or Brit pressurize, high-pressure, induce, require; demand:
What drove you to become a traitor?
2 operate, conduct, manoeuvre, manipulate, handle, steer, control; pilot:
Have you a valid licence to drive this car?
3 ride, travel, motor, go, move, proceed, journey, tour, Colloq tool along:
Luckily, when the tyre blew out, we were driving at only 20 m.p.h.
4 stab, plunge, thrust, sink, push, send, dig, ram:
He has driven the dagger deep into the monster's heart.
5 herd, drove, shepherd, ride herd (on):
We used to drive the cattle up the old Chisholm Trail to market in Abilene.
6 drive at. hint (at), suggest, imply, intimate, allude or refer to, intend, mean, have in mind, indicate, Colloq get at:
He was so naïve he had no idea what she was driving at.
n.
7 ride, trip, outing, journey, run, tour, excursion, Colloq spin, whirl:
On Sundays we would go for a drive in the country.
8 energy, effort, impetus, vigour, vim, spunk, enterprise, industry, initiative, ambition, ambitiousness, determination, persistence, urgency, zeal, enthusiasm, keenness, aggressiveness, Colloq get-up-and-go, pep, zip, push, hustle:
She owes her success to her drive as well as her talent.
9 driveway, approach, (private) road or street, lane, byway, (scenic) route:
The drive up to the house is lined with trees.
10 campaign, effort, appeal, crusade:
The club has had a successful membership drive this year.
Concise dictionary
drovesdrəʊvnoun
+a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
+a moving crowd
+a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
driven|drove|drives|drivingdraɪv
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 and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically
+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
