Driving

Pronunciation

• enPR: drīʹvÄ­ng, IPA: /ˈdraɪvɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of drive

Full definition of driving

Adjective

1. That drives (a mechanism or process).
2. (of wind, rain, etc) That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent

Derived terms

• driving force
• driving notes
• driving power
• driving rain
• driving spirit
• driving wind

Noun

1. The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
2. In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
• 2013-06-22, Snakes and ladders, 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.
3. In European Union, driving on the right is practiced everywhere except in the British Isles, Malta and Cyprus, where driving on the left is practised.

Derived terms

• driving-box
• driving-gear
• driving iron, driving-iron
• driving licence
• driving mirror
• driving-putter
• driving school
• driving seat
• driving-stick
• driving test
• driving-wheel
• drunk driving