DRIVE

Definitions

1. 1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
2. 2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
3. 3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. The Murdstonian drive in business. M. Arnold.
4. 4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
5. 5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.]