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CD drive

Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), n.

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

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

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

    The Murdstonian drive in business.
    --M. Arnold.

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

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

    Syn: See Ride.

  6. a private road; a driveway.

  7. a strong psychological motivation to perform some activity.

  8. (Computers) 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.

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

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

  11. (Football) 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.

  12. 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.

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

  14. 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.

Usage examples of "cd drive".

He pushed a button on the computer, and the slender CD drive popped open.

She snatched up her purse and was about to flee when she remembered the cracking software still in the CD drive.