drive vs turn

drive

verb
  • To cause to become. 

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

  • To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten. 

  • To cause (a mechanism) to operate. 

  • To hit the ball with a drive. 

  • To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle. 

  • To motivate; to provide an incentive for. 

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

  • To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship). 

  • To urge, press, or bring to a point or state. 

  • To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. 

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

  • To move forcefully. 

  • To clear, by forcing away what is contained. 

  • To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle). 

  • To move (something) by hitting it with great force. 

  • To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. 

  • To operate (an aircraft). 

  • To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal. 

  • To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind. 

  • To cause animals to flee out of. 

  • To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force. 

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

  • To compel (to do something). 

  • To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field. 

  • To be the dominant party in a sex act. 

noun
  • Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation. 

  • A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective. 

  • An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift. 

  • Desire or interest. 

  • A stroke made with a driver. 

  • An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk. 

  • An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity. 

  • An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd. 

  • A driveway. 

  • A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount. 

  • A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. 

  • Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business. 

  • A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle). 

  • A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data. 

  • A straight level shot or pass. 

  • An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted. 

  • A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket. 

  • A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part. 

  • A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive. 

  • A type of public roadway. 

  • A ball struck in a flat trajectory. 

turn

verb
  • To become (begin to be). 

  • To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. 

  • To magically or divinely attack undead. 

  • To be nauseated; said of the stomach. 

  • To change the color of the leaves in the autumn. 

  • To sour or spoil; to go bad. 

  • To reach a certain age. 

  • To sicken; to nauseate. 

  • Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. 

  • To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc. 

  • To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds. 

  • To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated. 

  • To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt. 

  • To complete. 

  • To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. 

  • To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc. 

  • To make (money); turn a profit. 

  • Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. 

  • To navigate through a book or other printed material. 

  • To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation. 

  • To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle. 

  • Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. 

  • To change one's direction of travel. 

  • Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces. 

  • To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa. 

  • To become giddy; said of the head or brain. 

  • To undergo the process of turning on a lathe. 

  • To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe. 

  • To hinge; to depend. 

noun
  • The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em. 

  • A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others. 

  • A change in temperament or circumstance. 

  • A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again. 

  • One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players. 

  • A single loop of a coil. 

  • Character; personality; nature. 

  • A short skit, act, or routine. 

  • A fit or a period of giddiness. 

  • A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement. 

  • A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight). 

  • A pass behind or through an object. 

  • An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control. 

  • A walk to and fro. 

  • A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule. 

  • The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices. 

  • A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice. 

  • A change of direction or orientation. 

  • A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. 

  • The time required to complete a project. 

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