driving
That drives (a mechanism or process).
Adjective
- That drives (a mechanism or process).
- But the dull, cool, calculating effect given cumulatively through Stalin’s long career, the air of a great glacier moving slowly and by the easiest path to overwhelm some Alpine valley, is only part of the picture. At...
- That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent (of wind, rain, etc)
Origin
From Middle English dryvyng, drivende, from Old English drīfende, from Proto-Germanic *drībandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), equivalent to drive + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian drieuwend, West Frisian driuwend, Dutch drijvend, German Low German drievend, German treibend, Swedish drivande.
Forms
Noun
- The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
- […] with all its drivings of cattle and all its tithe battles, and all the killings and maimings consequent upon those battles, […] - 1825, Cobbett's Political Register, volume 54, page 789:
- In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
- There had been the whisky and Perrier in the morning but, in my ignorance of alcoholics then, I could not imagine one whisky harming anyone who was driving in an open car in the rain. - 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A...
- Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. - 2013 June...
- The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green.
- Heigh-ho! Sing heigh-ho! my Golf is most shocking; My driving is topping, my caddie's still mocking. - 1899, L.P., “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind”, in Golf Illustrated, volume 2, page 233:
- Ever since I started talking to myself with this new attitude toward my driving and my performance on the first tee and the first few holes, I have experienced consistently better performance with my driver. - 2003,...
- There is no such being as a golfer uninterested in his driving. - 2012, Jeff Silverman, Classic Golf Stories: 26 Incredible Tales from the Links:
Origin
From Middle English driving, drivinge, equivalent to drive + -ing. Compare Dutch drijving, German Treibung.
Forms
Derived
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Verb
- present participle and gerund of drive