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driving(1)(dictionary)
Driving(medicine)
driving 1, noun(dictionary)
driving 2, adjective(dictionary)
driving licence(dictionary)
driving range(dictionary)
driving school(dictionary)
driving test(dictionary)
drunk driving(dictionary)

bitumen (iou) and driving(2) (iou)


bitumen (iou)



bitumen noun. LME.
[Latin bitumen, -min-.]
Naturally-occurring asphalt from the Middle East, used as mortar etc. LME.
Any natural or artificial black or brown solid or viscous liquid consisting largely of hydrocarbons. E17.
A pigment made from asphalt. M19.
The tarred road. Austral. colloq. M20.
bituminate verb trans. cement with bitumen; convert into or impregnate with bitumen: E17-L18.
bitumi'niferous adjective yielding bitumen L18.

driving(2) (iou)



driving verbal noun. LME.
[from DRIVE verb + -ING1.]
The action of DRIVE verb.
Attrib. & comb.: Esp. in the senses 'relating to driving a horse or a vehicle', as driving gloves, driving school, driving whip, 'relating to or used for the transmission of power', as driving axle, driving gear. Special combs., as driving band (a) = driving belt below; (b) a band of soft metal on a projectile with which the rifling of a gun barrel engages to impart rotary motion; driving belt a broad flat strap passing round two wheels or shafts to transmit motion from one to the Other; driving box the seat on which the driver of a horse-drawn carriage sits; driving iron Golf = DRIVER 3b; formerly, any of various iron clubs; driving licence an official document authorizing a person to drive a motor vehicle; driving range Golf an area equipped for practising driving; driving seat the seat on which the driver of a vehicle sits; in the driving seat, in control; driving test a test of a person's competence to drive which has to be passed before he or she is allowed to drive without individual restriction; driving-wheel each of the wheels by which the power of a motor vehicle, locomotive, etc., is conveyed to the road or track.