drive vs go

drive

verb
  • To compel (to do something). 

  • 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 cause to become. 

  • 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. 

go

verb
  • To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something). 

  • To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.) 

  • To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend. 

  • To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.) 

  • To be spent or used up. 

  • To belong (somewhere). 

  • To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race). 

  • To make the (specified) sound. 

  • To fit. 

  • To urinate or defecate. 

  • To tend (toward a result). 

  • To be lost. 

  • To have (final) authority; to be authoritative. 

  • I woke up just before the clock went. 

  • To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of. 

  • Let's go halves on this. 

  • Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way 

  • To continuously or habitually be in a state. 

  • I went at him with a knife. 

  • To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group. 

  • To enjoy. (Compare go for.) 

  • To attend. 

  • To be sold. 

  • To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time. 

  • Synonyms: become, turn, change into 

  • To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving. 

  • To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state). 

  • To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.) 

  • To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc). 

  • To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted. 

  • To sound; to make a noise. 

  • To leave; to move away. 

  • To extend (from one point in time or space to another). 

  • To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result). 

  • To come to (a certain condition or state). 

  • To start; to begin (an action or process). 

  • To work (through or over), especially mentally. 

  • Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate 

  • To attack. 

  • To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.) 

  • To date. 

  • Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell. 

  • Synonyms: function, work, operate 

  • To break down or decay. 

  • To be accepted. 

  • We've only gone twenty miles today. 

  • To be valid. 

  • To have a certain record. 

  • To take a turn, especially in a game. 

  • To be out. 

  • To resort (to). 

  • To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion). 

  • To yield or weigh. 

  • Those babies go five tons apiece. 

  • To be discarded or disposed of. 

  • To follow or proceed according to (a course or path). 

  • To lead (to a place); to give access to. 

  • To be expressed or composed (a certain way). 

  • Anything goes around here. 

  • Why don’t you go with us? 

  • Let's go this way for a while. 

  • To end or disappear. (Compare go away.) 

  • To fight or attack. 

  • How long can you go without water? 

  • To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay. 

  • To proceed (especially to do something foolish). 

  • To collapse or give way, to break apart. 

  • Expressing encouragement or approval. 

  • To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.) 

  • To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.) 

  • To contribute to a (specified) end product or result. 

  • To die. 

  • To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required). 

  • To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as. 

  • To travel or pass along. 

  • To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink. 

noun
  • A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game). 

  • An attempt, a try. 

  • An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved. 

  • Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance. 

  • The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one. 

  • An act; the working or operation. 

  • A period of activity. 

  • Synonym: green light 

  • A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters. 

  • Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try 

  • The act of going. 

adj
  • Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action. 

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