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Driving Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Driving?
[n] the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
[n] hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced his drive out of bounds" [adj] having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [adj] acting with vigor; "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive" Synonyms | Synonyms for Driving: drive | dynamic | dynamical | energetic | impulsive Related Terms | Find terms related to Driving: acid | action | active | actuating | advancing | adventuresome | adventurous | agency | aggressive | ambitious | animating | assailing | assaulting | attacking | automobiling | bicycling | biking | biting | blinding | busing | cat-and-doggish | causal | causative | charging | coactive | compelling | compulsatory | compulsive | compulsory | conduct | constraining | corrosive | cutting | cycling | direction | directive | drippy | drizzling | drizzly | drumming | dynamic | effective | enterprising | equitation | execution | exercise | forceful | forcible | functioning | go-ahead | gripping | gutsy | handling | holding | horseback riding | horsemanship | hustling | impellent | impelling | imperative | imperious | impressive | impulsive | in motion | incisive | incursionary | incursive | inducive | invading | invasionary | invasive | irresistible | irruptive | lively | management | manipulation | misty | misty-moisty | mizzly | mobile | mordant | motile | motivating | motivational | motive | motor | motorcycling | motoring | moving | nervous | obsessing | obsessional | obsessive | occupation | operancy | operation | pedaling | pelting | penetrating | performance | performing | piercing | pluvial | pluviose | pluvious | poignant | possessing | pouring | powerful | practice | preoccupying | pressing | propellant | propelling | propulsive | propulsory | pulsive | punchy | pushful | pushing | pushy | rainy | responsibility | restraining | riding | running | sensational | shoving | showery | sinewed | sinewy | slashing | steering | stirring | streaming | striking | strong | telling | thrusting | transitional | traveling | trenchant | up-and-coming | urgent | venturesome | venturous | vigorous | vital | work | working | workings See Also | direction | golf shot | golf stroke | guidance | motoring | steering | swing | travel | traveling | travelling Driving In Webster's Dictionary \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
{Driving axle}, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
{Driving box} (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
{Driving note} (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
{Driving spring}, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
{Driving wheel} (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of {Locomotive}.
\Driv"ing\, n. 1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously. 2. Tendency; drift. [R.] |
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