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.
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 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.
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 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.
A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.
A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole).
An opportunity for existence.
A worthwhile existence.
The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
The span of time during which an object operates.
The most lively component or participant.
A particular phase or period of existence.
Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
The period of time during which an object is recognizable.
Animation; spirit; vivacity.
A biography.
One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
Social life.
Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
A particular aspect of existence.
The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.
The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.
Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).
One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.
The life insurance industry.
A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).
Existence.
A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.