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cable
Noun
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A cable is a strong wire or rope that is often made out of metal.
A strong cable held the two trees together.
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A cable can also be a cord that allows information to pass through.
My internet wasn't working because a cable was unplugged.
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Sometimes cable is short for cable television.
Do you have cable or satellite television?
cable
Verb
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To cable something, you use strong wires to attach two things together.
Cable the boats together so that they don't float away.
drive
Verb
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If you drive a car or other vehicle, you control its movements.
I've been learning how to drive a bus.
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If you drive somewhere, you go there by car.
The bus is too slow. Let's drive to school instead.
Mom, can you drive me to Cindy's house?
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If you drive someone or something, you make them move.
The dogs drove the cows into the field.
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If you drive someone to mathX/math, you make them do or feel mathX/math.
The death of her son drove her to drink.
drive
Noun
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A drive is a trip by car.
Let's go for a drive down to the lake.
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Drive is the feeling that you want or need to do something.
She has a strong drive to succeed.
If you're tired, it often affects your sex drive.
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A (disk) drive is part of a computer that reads and writes information to a disk.
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A drive is the short road outside a house to put a car on.
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A drive is a short strong effort to do something.
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Drive is the power that makes a vehicle move.
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In sports, a drive a ball that has been hit hard.
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A drive is when people direct a group of animals to move in a particular direction.
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A drive is kind of road.