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Webster 1913 Edition
Driving
Driv′ing
,Adj.
1.
Having great force of impulse;
as, a
. driving
wind or storm2.
Communicating force; impelling;
as, a
. driving
shaftDriving 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
.Driv′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.
2.
Tendency; drift.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Driving
DRIVING
,ppr.
DRIVING
,Noun.
1.
The act of impelling.2.
Tendency.Definition 2024
driving
driving
English
Verb
driving
- present participle of drive
Adjective
driving (comparative more driving, superlative most driving)
- That drives (a mechanism or process).
- (of wind, rain, etc): That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent
Translations
forceful of rain
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Derived terms
- driving force
- driving notes
- driving power
- driving rain
- driving spirit
- driving wind
Noun
driving (countable and uncountable, plural drivings)
- The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
- In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
- 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.
- In the European Union, driving on the right is practised everywhere except in the British Isles, Malta and Cyprus, where driving on the left is practised.
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Derived terms
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Translations
action of the verb to drive in any sense