frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

operate, conduct, manoeuvre, manipulate, handle, steer, control;
pilot: Have you a valid licence to drive this car? 3 ride,
travel, motor, go, move, proceed, journey, tour, Colloq tool
along: Luckily, when the tyre blew out, we were driving at only
20 m.p.h. 4 stab, plunge, thrust, sink, push, send, dig, ram:
He has driven the dagger deep into the monster's heart. 5 herd,
drove, shepherd, ride herd (on): We used to drive the cattle up
the old Chisholm Trail to market in Abilene. 6 drive at. hint
(at), suggest, imply, intimate, allude or refer to, intend,
mean, have in mind, indicate, Colloq get at: He was so na‹ve he
had no idea what she was driving at.
--n. 7 ride, trip, outing, journey, run, tour, excursion,
Colloq spin, whirl: On Sundays we would go for a drive in the
country. 8 energy, effort, impetus, vigour, vim, spunk,
enterprise, industry, initiative, ambition, ambitiousness,
determination, persistence, urgency, zeal, enthusiasm, keenness,
aggressiveness, Colloq get-up-and-go, pep, zip, push, hustle:
She owes her success to her drive as well as her talent. 9
driveway, approach, (private) road or street, lane, byway,
(scenic) route: The drive up to the house is lined with trees.
10 campaign, effort, appeal, crusade: The club has had a
successful membership drive this year.
drivel v. 1 dribble, drool, slobber, slaver: You're drivelling all
over the front of your shirt! 2 babble, prate, prattle, gibber,
jabber, burble, gabble, chatter, blether or US blather, Colloq
jibber-jabber, gab, Brit rabbit or witter or natter on, US run
off at the mouth: She keeps drivelling on about her family.
--n. 3 gibberish, rubbish, (stuff and) nonsense, twaddle,
balderdash, hogwash, Colloq eyewash, tripe, garbage, malarkey,
hooey, hot air, bosh, boloney or baloney, Slang crap, bull,
bilge (water), codswallop, US horse feathers, Taboo bullshit,
balls, Brit (load of old) cobblers: I've never heard so much
drivel from a candidate in my entire life!
droop v. 1 sag, hang (down), wilt, dangle: Flags drooped in the
windless heat. 2 languish, weaken, flag, wilt, wither, be limp,
slump, sag: Halfway through the marathon she began to droop a
bit.
drop n. 1 globule, bead, drip, droplet, tear: A drop of sweat hung