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Riving
(gcide) | Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p.
pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r[imac]fa, akin to Sw. rifva
to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear.
Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel.]
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive
timber for rails or shingles.
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I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.
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The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.
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Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak.
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driving
(mass) | driving
- jazda, riadiaci |
driving school
(mass) | driving school
- autoškola |
arriving
(encz) | arriving,přijíždějící v: |
be driving at something
(encz) | be driving at something,narážet na něco [fráz.] např. "I don't see what
you're driving at." Pino |
contriving
(encz) | contriving, |
depriving
(encz) | depriving,vyvlastňování n: Zdeněk Broždepriving,zbavování n: Zdeněk Brož |
deriving
(encz) | deriving,odvozování n: Zdeněk Brož |
drink-driving
(encz) | drink-driving, |
driving
(encz) | driving,jízda n: driving,řidičský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
driving axle
(encz) | driving axle, n: |
driving belt
(encz) | driving belt, n: |
driving force
(encz) | driving force,hnací síla Mgr. Dita Gálová |
driving iron
(encz) | driving iron, n: |
driving lesson
(encz) | driving lesson,hodina jízdy n: lunodriving lesson,hodina jízdy v autoškole n: luno |
driving licence
(encz) | driving licence,řidičák n: "hovorově" driving licence,řidičský průkaz n: |
driving license
(encz) | driving license, n: |
driving range
(encz) | driving range,cvičné odpaliště n: golfový pojem |
driving school
(encz) | driving school,autoškola n: Zdeněk Brož |
driving wheel
(encz) | driving wheel, n: |
log driving
(encz) | log driving,plavení dříví n: [dřev.] pltníctvo Ivan Masárlog driving,vorařství n: [dřev.] pltníctvo Ivan Masárlog driving,voroplavba n: [dřev.] pltníctvo Ivan Masár |
striving
(encz) | striving,usilování n: Zdeněk Brož |
test-driving
(encz) | test-driving, |
thriving
(encz) | thriving,bující adj: Oldřich Švecthriving,prosperování n: Pinothriving,prosperující Jaroslav Šedivýthriving,prospívání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Arriving
(gcide) | Arrive \Ar*rive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Arrived; p. pr. & vb.
n. Arriving.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F.
arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad
+ ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian.]
1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in
progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by
water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by
to), also by in and from. "Arrived in Padua." --Shak.
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[[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived
. . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.
--Holland.
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There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at
Ipswich. --Macaulay.
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2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass
an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning,
or experiment.
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To arrive at, or attain to.
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When he arrived at manhood. --Rogers.
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We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the
generalization of facts. --McCosh.
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If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.
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3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
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4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
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Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
--Waller.
[1913 Webster]arriving \arriving\ adj. prenom.
directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving
trains.
Syn: inbound, inward.
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arriving
(gcide) | Arrive \Ar*rive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Arrived; p. pr. & vb.
n. Arriving.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F.
arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad
+ ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian.]
1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in
progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by
water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by
to), also by in and from. "Arrived in Padua." --Shak.
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[[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived
. . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.
--Holland.
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There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at
Ipswich. --Macaulay.
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2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass
an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning,
or experiment.
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To arrive at, or attain to.
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When he arrived at manhood. --Rogers.
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We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the
generalization of facts. --McCosh.
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If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.
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3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
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4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
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Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
--Waller.
[1913 Webster]arriving \arriving\ adj. prenom.
directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving
trains.
Syn: inbound, inward.
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Contriving
(gcide) | Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven,
contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver;
con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
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Depriving
(gcide) | Deprive \De*prive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived; p. pr. &
vb. n. Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest
of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF.
depriver. See Private.]
1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
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'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak.
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2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from
possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter
object, usually preceded by of.
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God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix.
17.
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It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over
himself. --Macaulay.
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3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity,
especially ecclesiastical.
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A minister deprived for inconformity. --Bacon.
Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
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Deriving
(gcide) | Derive \De*rive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derived; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deriving.] [F. d['e]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus
stream, brook. See Rival.]
1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute
into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to
transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.]
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For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they
[the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland.
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Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.
--Spenser.
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Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by
descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; --
followed by from.
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3. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to
recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from
the Anglo-Saxon.
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From these two causes . . . an ancient set of
physicians derived all diseases. --Arbuthnot.
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4. (Chem.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or
theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid
from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
Syn: To trace; deduce; infer.
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driving
(gcide) | dynamical \dynamical\ adj. [Narrower terms: can-do; driving;
energizing, energising, kinetic; {forceful, slashing,
vigorous}; projectile; {propellant, propellent, propelling,
propulsive}; renascent, resurgent; {self-propelled,
self-propelling}; {high-octane, high-powered, high-power,
high-voltage}]
[WordNet 1.5] Dynamically \Dy*nam"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving
forces. --J. Peile.
[1913 Webster]Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v),
formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p.
pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[imac]fan; akin to OS.
dr[imac]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[imac]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
dr[imac]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.
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2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
a person to his own door.
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How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
--Thackeray.
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3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to
drive one mad." --Tennyson.
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He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do
the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
done for his. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
[Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.
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The trade of life can not be driven without
partners. --Collier.
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5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden.
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6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
or tunnel. --Tomlinson.
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7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
throw.
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9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by
manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
[PJC]Driving \Driv"ing\, n.
1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of
pressing or moving on furiously.
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2. Tendency; drift. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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Driving
(gcide) | dynamical \dynamical\ adj. [Narrower terms: can-do; driving;
energizing, energising, kinetic; {forceful, slashing,
vigorous}; projectile; {propellant, propellent, propelling,
propulsive}; renascent, resurgent; {self-propelled,
self-propelling}; {high-octane, high-powered, high-power,
high-voltage}]
[WordNet 1.5] Dynamically \Dy*nam"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving
forces. --J. Peile.
[1913 Webster]Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v),
formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p.
pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[imac]fan; akin to OS.
dr[imac]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[imac]ban, G. treiben, Icel.
dr[imac]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from
one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to
move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to
drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
--Pope.
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope.
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2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which
draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also,
to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by
beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive
a person to his own door.
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How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother!
--Thackeray.
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3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain;
to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive
a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of
circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to
drive one mad." --Tennyson.
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He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do
the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had
done for his. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
[Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon.
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The trade of life can not be driven without
partners. --Collier.
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5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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To drive the country, force the swains away.
--Dryden.
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6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
or tunnel. --Tomlinson.
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7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
throw.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by
manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
[PJC]Driving \Driv"ing\, n.
1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of
pressing or moving on furiously.
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2. Tendency; drift. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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Driving axle
(gcide) | Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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Driving box
(gcide) | Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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Driving note
(gcide) | Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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Driving spring
(gcide) | Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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Driving wheel
(gcide) | Driving \Driv"ing\, a.
1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or
storm.
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2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
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Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a
locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving
axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a
weak part of a measure and held through the next accented
part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving
axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and
deaden shocks. [Eng.] --Weale.
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion;
one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the
connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called
also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
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Shriving
(gcide) | Shrive \Shrive\, v. t. [imp. Shrivedor Shrove; p. p.
Shrivenor Shrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriving.] [OE.
shriven, schriven, AS. scr[imac]van to shrive, to impose
penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[imac]va to impose
punishment; cf. OS. biskr[imac]ban to be troubled. Cf.
Shrift, Shrovetide.]
1. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer
confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the
agent.
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That they should shrive their parishioners. --Piers
Plowman.
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Doubtless he shrives this woman, . . .
Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
--Shak.
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Till my guilty soul be shriven. --Longfellow.
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2. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.
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Get you to the church and shrive yourself. --Beau. &
Fl.
[1913 Webster]Shriving \Shriv"ing\, n.
Shrift; confession. --Spenser.
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Striving
(gcide) | Striving \Striv"ing\,
a. & n. from Strive. -- Striv"ing*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]Strive \Strive\, v. i. [imp. Strove; p. p. Striven(Rarely,
Strove); p. pr. & vb. n. Striving.] [OF. estriver; of
Teutonic origin, and akin to G. streben, D. streven, Dan.
straebe, Sw. str[aum]fva. Cf. Strife.]
1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with
earnestness; to labor hard.
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Was for this his ambition strove
To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove? --Cowley.
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2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute;
to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with
before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against
temptation; strive for the truth. --Chaucer.
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My Spirit shall not always strive with man. --Gen.
vi. 3.
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Why dost thou strive against him? --Job xxxiii.
13.
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Now private pity strove with public hate,
Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. --Denham.
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3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. --Chaucer.
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[Not] that sweet grove
Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired
Castalian spring, might with this paradise
Of Eden strive. --Milton.
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Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
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Strivingly
(gcide) | Striving \Striv"ing\,
a. & n. from Strive. -- Striv"ing*ly, adv.
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Thriving
(gcide) | Thrive \Thrive\ (thr[imac]v), v. i. [imp. Throve (thr[=o]v) or
Thrived (thr[imac]vd); p. p. Thrived or Thriven
(thr[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Thriving.] [OE.
[thorn]riven, Icel. [thorn]r[imac]fask; probably originally,
to grasp for one's self, from [thorn]r[imac]fa to grasp; akin
to Dan. trives to thrive, Sw. trifvas. Cf. Thrift.]
1. To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of
property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer
thrives by good husbandry.
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Diligence and humility is the way to thrive in the
riches of the understanding, as well as in gold.
--I. Watts.
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2. To prosper in any business; to have increase or success.
"They by vices thrive." --Sandys.
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O son, why sit we here, each other viewing
Idly, while Satan, our great author, thrives?
--Milton.
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And so she throve and prospered. --Tennyson.
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3. To increase in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or
luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle
thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.
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Thrivingly
(gcide) | Thrivingly \Thriv"ing*ly\, adv.
In a thriving manner.
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Thrivingness
(gcide) | Thrivingness \Thriv"ing*ness\, n.
The quality or condition of one who thrives; prosperity;
growth; increase.
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Uncontriving
(gcide) | Uncontriving \Uncontriving\
See contriving. |
Unthriving
(gcide) | Unthriving \Unthriving\
See thriving. |
deriving
(wn) | deriving
n 1: (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical
origins of a word or phrase [syn: deriving, derivation,
etymologizing] |
driving
(wn) | driving
adj 1: having the power of driving or impelling; "a driving
personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate
enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force" [syn: driving,
impulsive]
2: acting with vigor; "responsibility turned the spoiled playboy
into a driving young executive"
n 1: hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver; "he sliced
his drive out of bounds" [syn: drive, driving]
2: the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle
or animal |
driving axle
(wn) | driving axle
n 1: the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the
driving power [syn: live axle, driving axle] |
driving belt
(wn) | driving belt
n 1: a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery |
driving force
(wn) | driving force
n 1: the act of applying force to propel something; "after
reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" [syn:
drive, thrust, driving force] |
driving iron
(wn) | driving iron
n 1: (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face
[syn: driving iron, one iron] |
driving licence
(wn) | driving licence
n 1: a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
[syn: driver's license, driver's licence, {driving
license}, driving licence] |
driving license
(wn) | driving license
n 1: a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
[syn: driver's license, driver's licence, {driving
license}, driving licence] |
driving range
(wn) | driving range
n 1: a practice range for practicing golf shots [syn: {golf
range}, driving range] |
driving school
(wn) | driving school
n 1: a school where people are taught to drive automobiles |
driving wheel
(wn) | driving wheel
n 1: a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into
a tractive force) |
striving
(wn) | striving
n 1: an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving,
nisus, pains, strain] |
thriving
(wn) | thriving
adj 1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a
palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new
business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist
center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn:
booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering,
prosperous, roaring, thriving] |
wardriving
(foldoc) | wardriving
(From wardialer in the "carrier scanner" sense of
that word) To drive around with a laptop with a {wireless
card}, and an antenna, looking for accessible {wireless
networks}.
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war-driving
(jargon) | war-driving
[play on war dialer; also as single word wardriving] Driving around
looking for unsecured wireless Internet access points to connect to. More
at the War Driving home page. Compare war-chalking.
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