1. To aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; SYN. take, train, take aim, direct.
2. To direct (a remark) toward an intended goal.
3. To propose or intend; SYN. purpose, purport, propose.
4. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
5. Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
6. Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
7. Move into a desired direction of discourse
8. Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
To have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal; SYN. aim, shoot for.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: drove, driven).
1. To operate a vehicle; To travel in a vehicle; SYN. motor, cruise, travel.
2. To push or propel.
3. To cause someone or something to move by driving.
4. To cause to function.
5. To cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force.<br />
6. To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on.
7. To compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment.
8. To have certain properties when driven; SYN. ride.
9. To hit (a ball) very hard and straight, as (in cricket) with the bat swinging more or less vertically.
10. To strike (the ball) with a driver, as in teeing off; in golf.
11. To move into a desired direction of discourse; SYN. get, aim.
12. To SYN. tool.
13. To search (an area) for game.
14. To excavate horizontally, in mining.
15. To chase (game) from cover into more open ground.
To tip at an angle; to slope; to form a rising slope.
ETYM Cf. Italian scalare, from Latin scalae, scala. Related to Scale a ladder.
1. To reach the highest point of; SYN. surmount.
2. To climb up by means of a ladder.
3. To take by attacking with scaling ladders.
4. To measure by or as if by a scale.
5. To measure with or as if with scales.
6. To pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard.
7. To size or measure according to a scale.
8. To remove the scales from; SYN. descale.
(Homonym: Sikh).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: sought).
1. To go to or towards.
2. To inquire for.
3. To try to get or reach.