drive
/dɹaɪv/ verbe A2En français : conduire, aller, rouler, guider
- 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.
- To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle. · I drive to work every day.
- To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle. · My cousin drove me to the airport.
- To operate (an aircraft); to pilot. · drive a 737
- To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- (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
- (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.
- 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.
Pluriel drive · He/she/it drives · Prétérit drove · Participe passé driven · Forme en -ing driving
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
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- Forme en -ing
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Un verbe irrégulier : apprenez par cœur son prétérit et son participe passé.
Verbes à particule et expressions
- drive away repousser
- drive back To force someone or something to retreat or move away; re...
- drive down To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to decrease.
- drive in Of a hitter, to hit the ball or reach base in such a way ...
- drive off chasser, déloger
- drive out éconduire
- drive up To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.
Dans la bibliothèque
A MULETEER set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden.
The servants, hearing the strange hubbub and perceiving the danger of their master, quickly relieved him, and drove out the Ass to his stable with kicks and clubs and cuffs.
I’ve got enough to attend to this morning for I’ll have to drive over to White Sands in the afternoon and see Mrs.
But when the toothless, clawless Lion returned to repeat his request, the Woodman, no longer afraid, set upon him with his club, and drove him away into the forest.
Autres résultats
- drive dynamisme, élan, volonté A1
- drive away repousser
- drive back To force someone or something to retreat or mov...
- drive down To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc....
- drive in Of a hitter, to hit the ball or reach base in s...
- drive off chasser, déloger
- drive out éconduire
- drive up To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc....
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