DRIVE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drive in mean? 

• DRIVE IN (verb)
  The verb DRIVE IN has 3 senses:

1. cause a run or runner to be scored

2. arrive by motorcar

3. cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

  Familiarity information: DRIVE IN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRIVE IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause a run or runner to be scored

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run

Cause:

hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrive by motorcar

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country

Hypernyms (to "drive in" is one way to...):

arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

drive in; screw

Context example:

drive in screws or bolts

Hypernyms (to "drive in" is one way to...):

go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

It certainly was agreeable to fare sumptuously, drive in a fine carriage, wear her best frock every day, and do nothing but enjoy herself.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You must have started early, and yet you had a good drive in a dog-cart, along heavy roads, before you reached the station.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When the trap pulled up on the grass-grown drive in front of the blotched and weather-stained door, I had doubts as to my wisdom in visiting a man whom I knew so slightly.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

U.S. electric car manufacturer Tesla is close to testing a long-haul self-driving electric truck that could drive in convoys following a lead vehicle.

(Tesla to Test Self-driving Electric Trucks, VOA News)

So it was that White Fang's method when he took the offensive, was: first to find a young dog alone; second, to surprise it and knock it off its feet; and third, to drive in with his teeth at the soft throat.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Several large truck manufacturers, such as Volvo and Mercedes, as well as Silicon Valley companies have been working on the so-called ‘platooning’ technology that will enable long-range trucks to drive in formation, with only the lead vehicle having a human driver.

(Tesla to Test Self-driving Electric Trucks, VOA News)