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drive

draɪv

Driving a nail and driving a car are one force

The picture Force is pushed in from behind, over and over, sending the thing the way you want it to go. DRIVE is pushing something along from behind; RIDE is sitting on what already moves and being carried.

Core verbs

Where the picture shows up in drive

  1. take the car

    I drive to work every day.

    aɪ draɪv tə wɜːrk ˈevri deɪ

    I take the car to work every day.

    Both hands on the wheel, pushing the nose of the car into the road you chose

  2. carry someone by car

    Let me drive you home.

    let miː draɪv juː hoʊm

    I'll run you home.

    A passenger is seated alongside and the car is pushed all the way to their door

  3. force it in

    He drove the nail into the wall.

    hiː droʊv ðə neɪl ˈɪntə ðə wɔːl

    He hammered a nail into the wall.

    A hammer strikes the nail head and the nail sinks into the wall a notch at a time

  4. push a person into a state

    This noise is driving me crazy.

    ðɪs nɔɪz ɪz ˈdraɪvɪŋ miː ˈkreɪzi

    This noise is making me lose my mind.

    A sound that never stops pushes a person, ears covered, back against the wall

  5. turn a machine

    This belt drives the big wheel.

    ðɪs belt draɪvz ðə bɪɡ wiːl

    This belt turns the big wheel.

    A belt pulls taut and keeps shoving the big wheel around in one direction

All of it in one picture

Drive is one picture: force pushed from behind, steering something the way you want. Hands on the wheel pushing the car down the road is driving; putting a person in that car and pushing it to their door is driving them home. A hammer pushing a nail into the wall is driving the nail, and an endless noise pushing at a mind is driving someone crazy. A belt pushing a big wheel round is the belt driving the wheel.

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