drive

1. past tense - drove; verb

1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) kjøre (bil)

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) kjøre

3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) drive, jage

4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) slå, drive ned, smelle til

5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) drive(s)

2. noun

1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) kjøretur

2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) inn-/oppkjørsel

3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) handlekraft, pågangsmot, driv

4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) kampanje, framstøt

5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) drive, slag

6) ((computers) a disk drive.) diskettstasjon; drev

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- driver

- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive on

kampanje

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subst. \/draɪv\/

1) kjøretur, biltur, reise, kjøring

2) kjørevei, oppkjørsel, innkjørsel

• Crescent Drive

3) (teknikk) drift, kraftoverføring, trekk, styring (bil)

• electric drive

• four-wheel drive

firehjulsdrift

• left-hand drive

venstrestyring

4) (sport) drive, kraftig slag, utslag (golf)

5) energi, drivkraft, initiativ, pågangsmot, handlekraft

• plenty of drive

6) kampanje, fremstøt, satsing, kraftanstrengelse, kraftig offensiv

7) (i arbeid) hardt press, travelhet

• a drive of business

8) (kortspill) parti, omgang

9) (amer., fotball) angrepsserie

10) retning, tendens, hensikt, formål

11) (amer. også) spydighet

12) (psykologi) drift

13) (jakt) drivjakt

14) (fe)drift

15) (amer.) tømmerfløting

go for\/take a drive ta seg en kjøretur

whist drive (kortspill) whistturnering

II

verb (drove - driven) \/draɪv\/

1) drive(s), drive(s) frem

• drive ashore

drive i land

• the machine is driven by steam

maskinen er\/blir drevet med damp

2) jage, drive

• drive cattle

3) trenge, tvinge, presse

• he was driven into a corner

han ble trengt inn i et hjørne

4) piske, slå

• the rain was driving in our faces

regnet pisket\/slo oss i ansiktet

5) (jakt) drive, gjennomsøke

• drive the birds towards the guns

• drive the woods for game

6) kjøre, bile, fare, reise

• drive a car to the station

7) gi skyss, skysse

8) drive på, presse, (over)anstrenge seg

• he was hard driven

han var ganske kjørt

9) (sport) slå (en ball)

10) (golf også) slå med en driver, slå en drive

• he drove long

11) slå (inn), drive ned, ramme ned

• drive a nail into the wall

• drive a pile

12) bore, grave

• drive a tunnel

• drive a well

13) (be)drive, få i stand, gjennomføre

• he is driving a roaring trade

han gjør glimrende forretninger

14) utsette

• she drove it to the last minute

hun utsatte det til siste øyeblikk

15) komme farende, komme styrtende

16) gå, gå inn, trenge inn

• it wouldn't drive any further

den gikk ikke lenger inn

• the harpoon drove deep

harpunen trengte dypt inn

drive a good bargain få i stand en god handel

drive a hard bargain se ➢ bargain, 1

drive at sikte til, sikte på, gjelde, mene

• what are you driving at?

hva mener du med det?\/hva sikter du til?

(også let drive at) sikte mot, gå løs på, angripe

drive away at (hverdagslig) fortsette (med)

drive four-in-hand kjøre med firspann

drive (in)to presse til, tvinge til

drive logs (spesielt amer.) fløte tømmer

drive on! kjør videre! , fortsett!

drive one's own car ha egen bil, holde seg med egen bil

drive out (også) fordrive, drive ut

drive somebody out of his\/her senses eller drive somebody mad\/crazy\/frantic gjøre noen gal, drive noen til vanvidd

drive something home slå fast noe, overbevise

drive up (om bil) kjøre frem

• drive up to the door

it's enough to drive one mad man kunne bli gal av mindre, det er til å bli gal av