Meaning

2 senses

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To drive away; expel.

  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.

Origin

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- + drive.

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Forms

fordrives, fordriving, fordrove, fordriven
Base formfordrive · to fordrive
3rd person singularfordrives
Present participlefordriving
Past simplefordrove
Past participlefordriven

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfordrive
he, she, itfordrives

Past simpleLesson

all personsfordrove

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fordriven
he, she, ithas fordriven

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fordrive

Word family

1 related words
RelateddriveA2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forcepsforciblyfordfore
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