Ride vs. Drive

To be carried or conveyed, as in a vehicle or on horseback.

To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward

(Sports) To participate in a board sport such as snowboarding.

To repulse or put to flight by force or influence

To travel over a surface

To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).

To move by way of an intangible force or impetus; move as if on water

To convey or transport in a vehicle

(Nautical) To lie at anchor

To traverse in a vehicle

To seem to float

To supply the motive force or power to and cause to function

To be sustained or supported on a pivot, axle, or other point.

To cause or sustain, as if by supplying force or power

To be contingent; depend

To compel or force to work, often excessively

To continue without interference

To force into or from a particular act or state

To work or move from the proper place, especially on the body

To force to go through or penetrate

To sit on and control the movement of

To create or produce by penetrating forcibly

(Sports) To glide or move while standing on or having one's feet attached to (a board, such as a snowboard).

To carry through vigorously to a conclusion

To travel over, along, or through

(Sports) To throw, strike, or cast (a ball, for example) hard or rapidly.

To be supported or carried on

(Basketball) To move with the ball directly through

To take part in or do by riding

(Baseball) To cause (a run or runner) to be scored by batting. Often used with in.

To cause to ride, especially to cause to be carried

(Football) To advance the ball over (certain yardage) in plays from scrimmage.

(Sports) To control (an opponent) in wrestling, usually by holding the opponent down.

To chase (game) into the open or into traps or nets.

(Nautical) To keep (a vessel) at anchor.

To search (an area) for game in such a manner.

To tease or ridicule.

To move along or advance quickly

To harass with persistent carping and criticism.

To rush, dash, or advance violently against an obstruction

To keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot

To operate a vehicle, such as a car

The act or an instance of riding, as in a vehicle or on an animal.

To go or be transported in a vehicle

A path made for riding on horseback, especially through woodlands.

(Sports) To hit, throw, or impel a ball or other missile forcibly.

A device, such as one at an amusement park, that one rides for pleasure or excitement.

(Basketball) To move directly to the basket with the ball.

A means of transportation

(Football) To advance the ball in plays from scrimmage.

To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.

To make an effort to reach or achieve an objective; aim.

To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.

The act of driving

To transport (someone) in a vehicle.

A trip or journey in a vehicle

(intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.

Abbr. Dr. A road for automobiles and other vehicles.

To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.

The means or apparatus for transmitting motion or power to a machine or from one machine part to another.

(transitive) To traverse by riding.

The position or operating condition of such a mechanism

(transitive) To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.

The means by which automotive power is applied to a roadway

(intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.

The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile

To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.

(Computers) A device that reads data from and often writes data onto a storage medium, such as an optical disc or flash memory.

To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).

A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose

(intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.

Energy, push, or aggressiveness

(intransitive) To rely, depend (on).

(Psychology) A strong motivating tendency or instinct related to self-preservation, reproduction, or aggression that prompts activity toward a particular end.

(intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).

A massive, sustained military offensive.

(lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.

(Sports) The act of hitting, knocking, or thrusting a ball very swiftly.

To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.

(Sports) The stroke or thrust by which a ball is driven

(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.

(Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled

To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.

(Basketball) The act of moving with the ball directly to the basket.

(music) In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.

(Football) A series of downs in which the ball is advanced by the offensive team.

An instance of riding.

A rounding up and driving of livestock to new pastures or to market.

(informal) A vehicle.

A gathering and driving of logs down a river.

An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.

The cattle or logs thus driven.

A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

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

(UK) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.

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

A saddle horse.

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

(Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.

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

(music) In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.

(military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.

A wild, bewildering experience of some duration.

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

(slang) An act of sexual intercourse

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

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

A driveway.

To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below.

A type of public roadway.

To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.

(dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

To be supported in motion; to rest.

(psychology) Desire or interest.

To manage a horse, as an equestrian.

(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.

To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast.

(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.

To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.

(golf) A stroke made with a driver.

To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.

A ball struck in a flat trajectory.

To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.

(cricket) 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.

To overlap (each other); - said of bones or fractured fragments.

(soccer) A straight level shot or pass.

The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

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

A saddle horse.

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

A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.

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

A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;

(typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.

A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement

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

Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions;

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

Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle;

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

Continue undisturbed and without interference;

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

Move like a floating object;

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.

Harass with persistent criticism or carping;

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

Be sustained or supported or borne;

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

Have certain properties when driven;

(transitive) To cause animals to flee out of.

Be contingent on;

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

Lie moored or anchored;

(transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate.

Sit on and control a vehicle;

To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).

Climb up on the body;

To operate (an aircraft).

Ride over, along, or through;

(transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot;

(transitive) To compel (to do something).

Copulate with;

(transitive) To cause to become.

To hit the ball with a drive.

(intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

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

(intransitive) To move forcefully.

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

(transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.

(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

(transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

(mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

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

(obsolete) To distrain for rent.

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

To be the dominant party in a sex act. en

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.

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.

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.

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

To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.

To pass away; - said of time.

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

To operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms.

To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.

To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.

To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.

To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; - usually with at.

To distrain for rent.

To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.

To go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive{9} a vehicle from one location to another.

In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.

A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.

The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; - distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

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

In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.

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

A private road; a driveway.

A strong psychological motivation to perform some activity.

A device for reading or writing data from or to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a tape drive, a CD drive, etc.

An organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.

A physiological function of an organism motivating it to perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.

The period during which one team sustains movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive downfield.

An act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile; the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to go for a drive in the country.

The mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine to move; as, a belt drive.

The way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, etc.

Driven.

The act of applying force to propel something;

A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine;

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

A road leading up to a private house;

The trait of being highly motivated;

Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver;

The act of driving a herd of animals overland

A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else;

A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

(computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

A wide scenic road planted with trees;

(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

Operate or control a vehicle;

Travel or be transported in a vehicle;

Cause someone or something to move by driving;

Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;

To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly;

Cause to move back by force or influence;

Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment;

Push, propel, or press with force;

Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force;

Strive and make an effort to reach a goal;

Move into a desired direction of discourse;

Have certain properties when driven;

Work as a driver;

Move by being propelled by a force;

Urge forward;

Proceed along in a vehicle;

Strike with a driver, as in teeing off;

Hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically;

Excavate horizontally;

Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling;

Hunting: search for game;

Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground;