Crossword clues for driven
driven
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v), formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[=i]fan; akin to OS. dr[=i]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[=i]ban, G. treiben, Icel. dr[=i]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
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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.
A storm came on and drove them into Pylos.
--Jowett (Thucyd. ).Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey.
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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.
How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
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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. `` Enough to drive one mad.''
--Tennyson.He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his.
--Sir P. Sidney. -
To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.]
--Bacon.The trade of life can not be driven without partners.
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To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
--Tomlinson.To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.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.
Driven \Driv"en\, p. p. of Drive. Also adj.
Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"motivated," by 1972, past participle adjective from drive (v.).
Wiktionary
1 obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals. 2 (qualifier: of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind. v
(past participle of drive English)
WordNet
adj. compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred" [syn: goaded]
urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue" [syn: impelled]
strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive, determined]
n. the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn: thrust, driving force]
a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine; "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause, crusade, movement, effort]
a road leading up to a private house; "they parked in the driveway" [syn: driveway, private road]
the trait of being highly motivated; "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" [syn: driving]
the act of driving a herd of animals overland
a journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: ride]
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; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: parkway]
(sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
See drive
v. operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" [syn: motor]
cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" [syn: force, ram]
to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion"
cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract]
compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"
push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall"
cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field"
strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis" [syn: tug, labor, labour, push]
move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" [syn: get, aim]
have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: ride]
work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"
move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner"
urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"
proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" [syn: take]
strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golfball"
hit very hard and straight with the bat swinging more or less vertically; "drive a ball"
excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel"
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer"
hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"
hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"
Wikipedia
Driven is a 2001 action drama film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone, who also wrote and produced.
It centers on a young racing driver's effort to win the Champ Car World Series auto racing championship. Prior to production, Stallone was seen at many Formula One races, but he was unable to procure enough information about the category due to the secrecy with which teams protect their cars, so he decided to base the film on Champ Car.
Driven is Orphanage's fifth album, released in April 2004 by Nuclear Blast records. The CD features 14 tracks that have been recorded at Studio Moskou in Utrecht and was mixed and mastered at Studio Double Noise in Tilburg.
Driven is a motoring television programme launched by Channel 4 in 1998 as a rival to the successful and long-running BBC series Top Gear.
Driven is a racing video game released in 2001 by BAM! Entertainment. The game is based on the movie Driven with Sylvester Stallone.
Driven was a Canadian men's lifestyle magazine, started in 2004 by publisher Michel Crépault based on a concept presented and developed by former editor-in-chief Michael La Fave and creative director Laurance Yap. Driven offered a combination of automotive, fashion, technology, travel and leisure content for affluent Canadian men featuring exotic locations and automobiles. In 2007 the magazine became the best-selling men's magazine in Canada with a circulation of 150,000 copies.
Driven's parent company, Auto Journal Inc., was under bankruptcy protection and announced publicly that Driven would cease being published and would not return to the market. In 2009 the magazine ceased publication.
Driven (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by Ring of Honor. It took place on June 23, 2007 at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, and first aired on September 21.
"Driven" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush from their 1996 album Test For Echo. It was the third of five singles released from the album, and reached #3 on the US mainstream rock chart. When played live, the song often includes a bass solo by Geddy Lee, as heard on the live albums Different Stages and Rush in Rio.
Driven is Cueshe's third album released on April 2008 by Sony BMG Philippines.
Driven (2008) was the second annual Driven professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor. It aired on pay-per-view on November 14, 2008 and took place at Boston University's Case Gym in Boston, Massachusetts.
Driven is the lead single from the album Alpha by the heavy metal band Sevendust. "Driven" was the band's highest charting single (matched only by " Enemy"), peaking at #10 on the Mainstream Rock Charts, and since surpassed only by " Unraveling", which peaked at #7.
Driven is a 1923 American silent romance film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The director of the film was Charles Brabin. This film appears to be lost.
Driven is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and Guy Newall. The film is based on the play The Evolution of Katherine by E. Temple Thurston. After learning she hasn't long to live, a woman begins an affair.
Driven is an upcoming Pakistani action crime- thriller film directed and written by Michael Hudson. The film stars Kamran Faiq, Amna Ilyas, Javed Sheikh, Adnan Shah, Rehan Sheikh, Omair Rana, and Najia Baig.
Driven may refer to:
In human behavior:
- Driven in relation to Desire (philosophy), can be synonmous with ambition
In music:
- The Driven, an Irish rock band
- Driven (Cueshé album)
- Driven (Orphanage album)
- "Driven" (Rush song)
- "Driven" (Sevendust song)
In television and film:
- Driven (1916 film), a British silent film
- Driven (1923 film), an American silent film
- Driven (2001 film), an American film starring Sylvester Stallone
- Driven (2016 film), a Pakistani crime film
- Driven (TV series), a British motoring programme
- "Driven" (CSI: Miami), an episode of CSI: Miami
- "Driven" (NCIS), an episode of NCIS
- ROH Driven, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
In other media:
- Driven (Canadian magazine), a men's lifestyle magazine
- Driven (video game), a 2001 racing game
Usage examples of "driven".
Man is an instrument over which a series of external and internal impressions are driven, like the alternations of an ever-changing wind over an Aeolian lyre, which move it by their motion to ever-changing melody.
The landing craft now nestled into the underside of a hundred-meter-long biopackage built by the alien Bgarth, supported four thousand meters above the surface by vast airfoils filled with buoyant hydrogen, driven by biomechanical turbojets.
Long caravans of pack horses and mules and tented wagons came rumbling dust-covered across the fields, bells ajingle, driven by Cossacks all the way from St.
When the ambulance reached the edge of the dunes, where it was driven by Ajo, the battle was raging with even more vigor than the previous day.
By the end of the war, roughly 90 percent of the Kosovar Albanian population had been killed or driven from their homes.
And whether or not Alice recognizes it, a big wedge has been driven into her old structure of meaning.
Marina Beach, the rest of the Angels were being rounded up and driven north along Highway 156 toward the county line.
But when, lately, he desired to make some experiments on animals, still further to perfect our practice, so many obstructions were thrown in his way in England that HE WAS DRIVEN TO TOULOUSE to pursue his humane researches.
Dervish Ansar hacked their way on board and the passengers were driven like sardines before a barracuda to the far rail of the ungainly craft.
As it was the British men of Anzac were temporarily driven back, retiring with terrible loss.
Like frightened sheep they ran, and behind them, driving them as sheep might be driven, came Tarzan and Sheeta and the hideous apes of Akut.
Nectanebes and roast him living upon the altar in the great temple of Ptah here at Memphis, or otherwise to make him fight with the bull Apis after the beast had been driven mad by fiery darts.
Artaxerxes had served with great reputation in the armies of Artaban, the last king of the Parthians, and it appears that he was driven into exile and rebellion by royal ingratitude, the customary reward for superior merit.
Dismukes might never have been harnessed to the beam of an arrastra and driven like a mule, and his awful tread-mill toil in the terrible heat under the lacerating lash was as if it had never been.
Both the ashes and the shell of the burnedout building where Tom Harrow had died had been cleared away since he had driven in with Nan on Thursday to check out the smoke.