There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DRIVEN
compulsive, determined, driven
(adjective) strongly motivated to succeed
driven, impelled
(adjective) urged or forced to action through moral pressure; âfelt impelled to take a stand against the issueâ
driven, goaded
(adjective) compelled forcibly by an outside agency; âmobs goaded by blind hatredâ
DRIVE
drive, get, aim
(verb) move into a desired direction of discourse; âWhat are you driving at?â
drive
(verb) (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground; âdrive the gameâ
drive
(verb) (hunting) search for game; âdrive the forestâ
drive
(verb) cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; âThe amplifier drives the tubeâ; âsteam drives the enginesâ; âthis device drives the disks for the computerâ
drive
(verb) excavate horizontally; âdrive a tunnelâ
drive
(verb) hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; âdrive a ballâ
drive
(verb) strike with a driver, as in teeing off; âdrive a golf ballâ
repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back
(verb) cause to move back by force or influence; ârepel the enemyâ; âpush back the urge to smokeâ; âbeat back the invadersâ
drive
(verb) cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; âdrive the ball far out into the fieldâ
drive
(verb) push, propel, or press with force; âDrive a nail into the wallâ
force, drive, ram
(verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; âShe rammed her mind into focusâ; âHe drives me madâ
drive
(verb) compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; âShe finally drove him to change jobsâ
drive, motor
(verb) travel or be transported in a vehicle; âWe drove to the university every morningâ; âThey motored to London for the theaterâ
drive
(verb) operate or control a vehicle; âdrive a car or busâ; âCan you drive this four-wheel truck?â
drive
(verb) cause someone or something to move by driving; âShe drove me to school every dayâ; âWe drove the car to the garageâ
drive
(verb) move by being propelled by a force; âThe car drove around the cornerâ
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
(verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal; âShe tugged for years to make a decent livingâ; âWe have to push a little to make the deadline!â; âShe is driving away at her doctoral thesisâ
drive
(verb) to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; âShe is driven by her passionâ
drive, ride
(verb) have certain properties when driven; âThis car rides smoothlyâ; âMy new truck drives wellâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
driven
past participle of drive
Adjective
driven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)
Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
(of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.
Hyponyms
• behavior-driven
• behaviour-driven
• compiler-driven
• community-driven
• data-driven
• demand-driven
• destination-driven
• domain-driven
• event-driven
• model-driven
• space-driven
• test-driven
Anagrams
• Verdin, Virden, verdin
Source: Wiktionary
Driv"en, p. p.
Definition: of Drive. Also adj. Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well.
DRIVE
Drive, v. t. [imp. Drove, formerly Drave (p. p. Driven; p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] Etym: [AS. drifan; akin to OS. driban, D. drijven, OHG. triban, G. treiben, Icel. drifa, 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. A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. Pope. Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. Pope.
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. How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! Thackeray.
3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to drive one mad." Tennyson. 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.
4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] Bacon. The trade of life can not be driven without partners. Collier.
5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained. To drive the country, force the swains away. Dryden.
6. (Mining)
Definition: To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. Tomlinson.
7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to cause to move by applying the force before, or in front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to place them in a machine, which, by a current of air, drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them by themselves. "My thrice-driven bed of down." Shak.
Drive, v. i.
1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. Dryden. Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. Prescott. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Tennyson.
2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. Byron. The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers. Thackeray.
3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at. Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. South.
5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.] To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me." Shak.
Drive, p. p.
Definition: Driven. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Drive, n.
1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business. The Murdstonian drive in business. M. Arnold.
4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.]
Syn.
– See Ride.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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