driving

Noun · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver“he sliced his drive out of bounds”Synonyms: drive
the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal

Adjective (2)

having the power of driving or impelling“a driving personal ambition”“the driving force was his innate enthusiasm”“an impulsive force”Synonyms: impulsive
acting with vigor“responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

dynamical \dynamical\ adj. [Narrower terms: can-do; driving; energizing, energising, kinetic; forceful, slashing, vigorous; projectile; propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive; renascent, resurgent; self-propelled, self-propelling; high-octane, high-powered, high-power, high-voltage] [WordNet 1.5] Dynamically \Dy*nam"ic*al*ly\, adv. In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces. --J. Peile. [1913 Webster]

Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v), formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[imac]fan; akin to OS. dr[imac]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[imac]ban, G. treiben, Icel. dr[imac]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

A storm came on and drove them into Pylos.— Jowett (Thucyd. ).[1913 Webster]

Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]

3.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. " Enough to drive one mad." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his.— Sir P. Sidney.[1913 Webster]

4.To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

The trade of life can not be driven without partners.— Collier.[1913 Webster]

5.To clear, by forcing away what is contained. [1913 Webster]

To drive the country, force the swains away.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

6.(Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]

7.To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

8.Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9.to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms. [PJC]

Driving \Driv"ing\, n.

1.The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously. [1913 Webster]

2.Tendency; drift. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Driving \Driv"ing\, a.

1.Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm. [1913 Webster]

2.Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. [1913 Webster]

Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive.

Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.

Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.

Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.

Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive. [1913 Webster]