Drive

  • 101drive — [OE] As far as is known, drive is an exclusively Germanic word. It and its relatives German treiben, Dutch drijven, Swedish driva, Danish drive, and Gothic dreiban point to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *drīban. Its base also produced English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 102drive-by — I UK / US adjective used for describing a situation in which someone is shot from a moving car a drive by shooting II UK / US noun [countable] Word forms drive by : singular drive by plural drive bys the act of shooting someone from a moving car …

    English dictionary

  • 103drive-in — I UK / US adjective used about a place where you can have a meal or watch a film without leaving your car a drive in diner II UK / US noun [countable] Word forms drive in : singular drive in plural drive ins a) mainly American a restaurant where… …

    English dictionary

  • 104drive-by — [[t]ˈdraɪvˌbaɪ[/t]] adj. n. pl. bys. 1) cvb occurring while driving past a person: a drive by shooting[/ex] 2) cvb casual; superficial; offhand: a drive by news analysis[/ex] 3) cvb involving a brief stay in a hospital, clinic, etc.: a drive by… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 105drive — [OE] As far as is known, drive is an exclusively Germanic word. It and its relatives German treiben, Dutch drijven, Swedish driva, Danish drive, and Gothic dreiban point to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *drīban. Its base also produced English… …

    Word origins

  • 106drive-in — {adj.}/{n.} A kind of movie theater, fast food restaurant, or church, where the customers, spectators, or worshippers do not leave their automobiles but are served the food inside their cars, can watch a motion picture from inside their cars, or… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 107drive-in — {adj.}/{n.} A kind of movie theater, fast food restaurant, or church, where the customers, spectators, or worshippers do not leave their automobiles but are served the food inside their cars, can watch a motion picture from inside their cars, or… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 108drive — 1. In psychoanalysis, a basic compelling urge. 2. In psychology, classified as either innate ( e.g., hunger) or learned ( e.g., hoarding) and appetitive ( e.g., hunger, thirst, sex) or aversive ( e.g., fear …

    Medical dictionary

  • 109drive-in — dri·ve in s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} cinema all aperto cui si può accedere con la propria automobile, usufruendo dei servizi offerti senza scendere dalla vettura; anche agg.inv.: cinema drive in Sinonimi: cineparco. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 110drive-in — adj noun A kind of movie theater, fast food restaurant, or church, where the customers, spectators, or worshippers do not leave their automobiles but are served the food inside their cars, can watch a motion picture from inside their cars, or can …

    Словарь американских идиом