LekhoriLekhoripresent participle and gerund of drive
That drives (a mechanism or process).
But the dull, cool, calculating effect given cumulatively through Stalin’s long career, the air of a great glacier moving slowly and by the easiest path to overwhelm some Alpine valley, is only part of the picture. At various times - and especially in his early career - the calm of his general manner was broken, and expression given to the driving emotions that possessed him.
That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent (of wind, rain, etc
The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
[…] with all its drivings of cattle and all its tithe battles, and all the killings and maimings consequent upon those battles, […]
In particular, the action of operating a motor vehicle.
There had been the whisky and Perrier in the morning but, in my ignorance of alcoholics then, I could not imagine one whisky harming anyone who was driving in an open car in the rain.
From Middle English dryvyng, drivende, from Old English drīfende, from Proto-Germanic *drībandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), equivalent to drive + -ing. Cognate with Sa...
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The act of driving the ball; hitting the ball a long distance, especially from the tee to the putting green.
Heigh-ho! Sing heigh-ho! my Golf is most shocking; My driving is topping, my caddie's still mocking.