driving

Meanings

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
• the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
• 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
  • "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
• move into a desired direction of discourse
  • "What are you driving at?"
• 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, as by swinging a bat horizontally
• 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
• having the power of driving or impelling
  • "a driving personal ambition"
  • "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"
• acting with vigor
  • "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive"

Synonyms

aim, beat back, drive, force, force back, get, impulsive, labor, labour, motor, push, push back, ram, repel, repulse, ride, take, tug