drive

1. To operate a vehicle:

   (ergative, transitive)To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

   The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.

   This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.

   fahren

   вести́vestí, води́тьvodítʹ, е́хатьjéxatʹ

   ї́хатиjíxaty, ї́здитиjízdyty, вести́vestý

   operate or control a vehicle

2. (intransitive)To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

   I drive to work every day.

   fahren

   е́хатьjéxatʹ, е́здитьjézditʹ

   travel or be transported in a vehicle

3. (transitive)To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

   My cousin drove me to the airport.

   fahren, führen

   везти́veztí, вози́тьvozítʹ

4. (slang, transitive)To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.

   drive a 737

5. (intransitive, transitive)To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

6. To compel to move:

   (transitive)(especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

   to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field

   antreiben, treiben

   гнатьgnatʹ, гоня́тьgonjátʹ

   гна́тиhnáty, ганя́тиhanjáty

   urge forward

7. (transitive)(especially animals) To cause to flee out of.

   The hunting dog drove the birds out of the tall grass.

   We'll drive the enemy from these lands once and for all.

   forttreiben, treiben, vertreiben

   гнатьgnatʹ, гоня́тьgonjátʹ

   cause someone or something to move by driving

8. To cause to move by the application of physical force:

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

   You drive nails into wood with any hammer; it's not as strenuous as driving a tunnel through the rock.

   move by being propelled by a force

9. (transitive)To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

   The pistons drive the crankshaft.

   schlagen, einschlagen, antreiben

   забива́тьzabivátʹ, заби́тьzabítʹ, управля́тьupravljátʹ

10. (intransitive)To hit the ball with a drive.

11. (transitive)To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.

12. (transitive)To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.

    force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

1. I'll drive you to the airport.

   Я довезу тебе до аеропорту. — deniko

   ruЯ отвезу вас в аэропорт. — ae5s

   deIch werde Sie zum Flughafen fahren. — Sprachprofi

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2. We took turns driving the car.

   Ми вели машину по черзі. — deniko

   ruМы вели машину по очереди. — afyodor

   deWir haben uns beim Autofahren abgewechselt. — Yorwba

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3. I go to a driving school.

   Я відвідую курси водіїв. — deniko

   ruЯ хожу в автошколу. — marafon

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4. My brother can drive a car.

   Мій брат вміє керувати автомобілем. — sakhnik

   ruМой брат может водить машину. — marafon

   deMein Bruder kann Auto fahren. — list

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5. He often drives his father's car.

   Він часто їздить на машині батька. — deniko

   ruОн часто ездит на отцовской машине. — marafon

   deEr fährt oft das Auto seines Vaters. — MUIRIEL

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irregular · Lesson

• drive offвигнати, виганятиTo force to leave or go away.
• drive outвигнати, виганятиTo push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.
• drive awayпоїхати, відвезтиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, away.
• drive upTo cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.
• drive inOf a hitter, to hit the ball or reach base in such a way that a run scores.
• drive downTo cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to decrease.
• drive backTo force someone or something to retreat or move away; repel.