driver

noun

1. 1

   One who drives something.

   Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry […]

2. 2

   One who drives something. A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.

   The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion.

   Tipping your driver is optional but is much appreciated.

   Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into four crashes of Teslas operating with a partial-automation system (which can navigate highways and steer the car on city streets but requires a licensed driver to be present), including one in which a pedestrian was killed. In a news release, NHTSA said reduced visibility may have led to the crashes.

3. 3

   slangOne who drives something. A pilot (person who flies aircraft).

4. 4

   One who drives something. A person who drives livestock: a drover.

5. 5

   Something that drives something else.

   The character of work is a driver of social change, at the same time that any new forms of work are the result of broader social change.

   The aim is to secure up to £140 million for the combined road and rail improvements, including a new road bridge to replace a level crossing at Totton. A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water.

6. 6

   Something that drives something else. A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.

7. 7

   Something that drives something else. A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.

   The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […]

8. 8

   Something that drives something else. A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.

9. 9

   Something that drives something else. A factor contributing to something; a cause.

   Compared with June 2023, consumers’ perceptions of the main drivers of inflation shifted towards wages, although other input costs were still seen as the strongest driver overall.

10. 10

    Something that drives something else. Any driving element in any mechanism, which drives the driven element.

    The driver engages the follower intermittently, as dictated by the solenoid.

11. 11

    Something that drives something else. A mallet.

12. 12

    Something that drives something else. A tamping iron.

13. 13

    Something that drives something else. A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.

14. 14

    Something that drives something else. A screwdriver, a nutdriver, or a bit for such a tool; such bits include nutsetters.

    Among the driver and screw types available, you'll find several cross-slot varieties including the Reed & Prince […]

15. 15

    Something that drives something else. A device that converts an electrical signal to sound waves; the principal component of loudspeakers and headphones.

16. 16

    Something that drives something else. A driving wheel of a locomotive.

    The later iterations of these locomotives had 56-inch drivers.

    With a toot on her chime whistle, No. 6 set her 3 ft. 9 in. drivers turning and we were off round the curve through Pennyburn works.

Forms

plural

drivers