to impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.-to urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.-to urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like.-to carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.-to clear, by forcing away what is contained.-to dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.-to pass away; -- said of time.-to rush and press with violence; to move furiously.-to be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.-to go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.-to press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.-to distrain for rent.-driven.-the act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.-a place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.-violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.-in type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.-a collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.