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Term: drives

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "drives": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

drives

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of applying force to propel something
  2. A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
  3. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  4. A road leading up to a private house
  5. The trait of being highly motivated
  6. Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
  7. The act of driving a herd of animals overland
  8. A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
  9. A physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
  10. (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
  11. A wide scenic road planted with trees
  12. (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

Verb

  1. Operate or control a vehicle
  2. Travel or be transported in a vehicle
  3. Cause someone or something to move by driving
  4. Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
  5. To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
  6. Cause to move back by force or influence
  7. Compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
  8. Push, propel, or press with force
  9. Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
  10. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  11. Move into a desired direction of discourse
  12. Have certain properties when driven
  13. Work as a driver
  14. Move by being propelled by a force
  15. Urge forward
  16. Proceed along in a vehicle
  17. Strike with a driver, as in teeing off
  18. Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
  19. Excavate horizontally
  20. Cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
  21. Hunting: search for game
  22. Hunting: chase from cover into more open ground

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "drives".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 drives 1 6

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "drives".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 derives 2 9
2 droves 1 1
3 delves 1 0
4 draves 1 0
5 drive's 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "drives".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 drive 1 105
2 driver 2 49
3 driven 2 44
4 drivers 2 24
5 rivers 2 17
6 derives 2 9
7 driver's 2 5
8 dives 1 4
9 dries 1 1
10 drivers' 2 1
11 rivets 2 1
12 droves 1 1
13 drive's 1 0
14 rives 1 0
15 deprives 2 0
16 rivest 2 0
17 rieves 1 0
18 drivel 2 0
19 driest 2 0
20 draves 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "drives" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 drives were 1 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "drives" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "drives" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 couple 2 2
2 electricity 5 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "drives".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 droves 1 1
2 draves 1 0
3 dravis 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 34

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 5

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 2

Consonant Matches: 3

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