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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.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
pen
Noun
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A pen is a writing tool that uses ink.
She sat down with pen and paper and started a letter to her aunt.
He picked up his ballpoint pen, crossed out some words.
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A pen is a small area with a fence around it, usually for animals.
The pigs walked slowly around their pen.
pen
Verb
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If you pen something, you compose it and write it down.
The letter was penned by Shakespeare just before he died.
I penned my first song when I was in college.
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If you pen an animal, you put it in a pen.
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If someone is penned in, they are in a place and cannot get out easily.
Most of them were penned in watching the TV with their parents.