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bellini (medicine)


Bellini


Lorenzo, Italian physician and anatomist, 1643-1704.

See: Bellini's ducts, Bellini's ligament.


drive 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?vehicle?
2 ?make somebody move?
3 ?make somebody do something?
4 ?make somebody/something be in a bad state?
5 ?hit/push something into something?
6 ?make somebody work?
7 ?Sports?
8 ?provide power?
9 ?rain/wind etc?
10 drive a coach and horses through something
11 ?make a hole?
12 drive something Home
13 drive a wedge between somebody
Phrasal verbs
drive at something
drive somebody ¡û¡ú away
drive something ¡û¡ú down
drive somebody/something ¡û¡ú in
drive off
drive somebody/something ¡û¡ú out
drive something ¡û¡ú up
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[Language: Old English; Origin: drifan]
?VEHICLE?
a) [I and T] to make a car, truck, bus etc move along
drive to/down/off etc
::I am planning to drive to Morocco next year.
::the man driving the car
::Can you drive?
::So when did you learn to drive ?
::Bye! Drive carefully!
::He drives 12 miles to work.
::He drives (=has) a BMW estate.
b) [I always + adverb/preposition] if a car, truck etc drives somewhere, it moves there
::After the accident, the Other car just drove off.
c) [I] if people drive somewhere, they Travel somewhere in a car
::Shall we drive or take the bus?
drive to/down/off etc
::They drove back to Woodside.
d) [T always + adverb/preposition] to take someone somewhere in a car, truck etc
::She drove Anna to London.
::I'll drive you Home .
drive yourself
::I drove myself to hospital.
?MAKE SOMEBODY MOVE?
[T] to force a person or animal to go somewhere
::Torrential rain drove the players off the course.
::With a few loud whistles, they drove the donkeys out of the enclosure.
?MAKE SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING?
[T] to strongly influence someone to do something
drive sb to do sth
::The detective wondered what had driven Christine to phone her.
drive sb to/into sth
::The noises in my head have nearly driven me to suicide.
::Phil, driven by jealousy, started spying on his wife.
?MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING BE IN A BAD STATE?
[T] to make someone or something get into a bad or extreme state, usually an emotional one
drive sb crazy/nuts/mad/insane
(=make someone feel very annoyed)
::This cough is driving me mad!
drive sb crazy/wild
(=make someone feel very sexually excited)
drive sb up the wall/out of their mind
(=make someone feel very annoyed)
drive sb to distraction/desperation
::The mosquitoes drive me to distraction.
drive sb/sth into sth
::The factory had been driven into bankruptcy.
?HIT/PUSH SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING?
[T] to hit or push something into something else
drive sth into sth
::We watched Dad drive the posts into the ground.
::She drove her heels into the sand.
?MAKE SOMEBODY WORK?
[T] to make a person or animal work hard
drive yourself
::Don't drive yourself too hard.
?Sports?
[I and T] a) to move a ball etc forward in a game of Baseball, Football, Golf etc by hitting or kicking it hard and fast
::He drove the ball into the corner of the net.
b) to run with the ball towards the goal in Sports such as Basketball and American Football
?PROVIDE POWER?
[T] to provide the power for a vehicle or machine
petrol-driven/electrically-driven/battery-driven etc
::a petrol-driven lawn mower
?RAIN/WIND ETC?
[I always + adverb/preposition] if rain, snow, wind etc drives somewhere, it moves very quickly in that direction
::The rain was driving down hard.
drive a coach and horses through sth
to destroy an argument, plan etc completely
::The new bill will drive a coach and horses through recent trade agreements.
?MAKE A HOLE?
[T always + adverb/preposition] to make a large hole in something using heavy equipment or machinery
::They're planning to drive a tunnel through the mountains.
drive sth Home
to make something completely clear to someone
::He didn't have to drive the point Home . The videotape had done that.
drive a wedge between sb
to do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each Other
::I don't want to drive a wedge between you and your father.
-see also drive/strike a hard bargain at hard 1 (18)
drive at [drive at sth] phr v
what sb is driving at
the thing someone is really trying to say
-synonym get at get at
::I still couldn't understand what Toby was driving at.
drive away [drive sb ¡û¡ú away] phr v
to behave in a way that makes someone leave
::He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away.
drive down [drive sth ¡û¡ú down] phr v
to make prices, costs etc fall quickly
::We have to drive down costs.
drive in [drive sb/sth ¡û¡ú in] phr v
to hit the ball so that another player can score a run in Baseball
drive off phr v
to hit the ball to begin a game of Golf
drive sb ¡û¡ú off
to force a person or animal to go away from you
::We keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders.
drive out [drive sb/sth ¡û¡ú out] phr v
to force someone or something to leave
::Downtown stores are being driven out by crime.
written to make something stop existing
::As we went forward, our fear was driven out by horror.
drive up [drive sth ¡û¡ú up] phr v
to make prices, costs etc rise quickly
::The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon.