Definition of Drives. Meaning of Drives. Synonyms of Drives

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Definition of Drives

Drive
Drive Drive, v. t. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
Drive
Drive Drive, v. i. (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
Drive
Drive Drive (dr[imac]v), p. p. Driven. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Drive
Drive Drive (dr[imac]v), n. 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. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving. 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. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift. 5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.] Syn: See Ride.

Meaning of Drives from wikipedia

- on roads Roadways called "drives" may include: Driveway, a private road for local access to structures, abbreviated "drive" Road, an identifiable thoroughfare...
- Channel. Some drives, especially external portable drives, use IEEE 1394, or USB. All of these interfaces are digital; electronics on the drive process the...
- A drive-in is a facility (such as a restaurant or movie theater) where one can drive in with an automobile for service. At a drive-in restaurant, for example...
- storage capacities of USB drives range from 8 megabytes to 256 gigabytes (GB), 512 GB and 1 terabyte (TB). As of 2024, 4 TB flash drives were the largest currently...
- Three Drives, also known as Three Drives on a Vinyl, are a Dutch progressive trance duo founded by Erik de Koning (DJ Enrico) and Ton van Empel (Ton TB)...
- At the Drive-In was an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band's most recent line-up consisted of Cedric Bixler-Zavala...
- A flash drive is a portable computer drive that uses flash memory. Flash drives are the larger memory modules consisting of a number of flash chips. A...
- patent for disk drives. Each generation of disk drives replaced larger, more sensitive and more ****bersome devices. The earliest drives were usable only...
- DC bus or solar applications, drives are configured as DC–AC drives. The most basic rectifier converter for the VSI drive is configured as a three-phase...
- from optical discs. Some drives can only read from certain discs, while other drives can both read and record. Those drives are called burners or writers...