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flexible
Adjective
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When something is flexible, it can bend.
The thin wood stick was so flexible that it would bend but not break.
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By extension, the word is used as a metaphor. For example, when a person or thing is flexible, they can change.
Jim was very flexible and enjoyed every new experience when he travelled.
I think we can make working hours much more flexible.
They used to treat everyone the same but now take a more flexible approach.
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.
shaft
Noun
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A shaft is a long rod or pole.