driving

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The action of operating and steering a vehicle.

   Driving in heavy rain can be dangerous.

2. 2
   adj

   Strong and forceful; giving energy or power to something.

   Her driving ambition pushed the whole team forward.

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 Saterland Frisian drieuwend, West Frisian driuwend, Dutch drijvend, German Low German drievend, German treibend, Swedish drivande.

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