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present participle and gerund of drive examples
comparative more driving, superlative most driving
That drives (a mechanism or process). examples
That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent (of wind, rain, etc) examples
countable and uncountable, plural drivings
The action of the verb to drive in any sense. quotations examples
[…] 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. quotations examples
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 Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 156
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 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76
(golf) The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green. quotations examples
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, Daniel Stewart Acuff, Golf Talk, page 57
There is no such being as a golfer uninterested in his driving.
2012, Jeff Silverman, Classic Golf Stories: 26 Incredible Tales from the Links