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To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.

Example: You drive nails into wood with a hammer.

To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.

Example: My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.

To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.

To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.

That drives (a mechanism or process).

Of wind, rain, etc That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent

The action of the verb to drive in any sense.

In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.