Phrase Hound found 125 phrases and 20 compound words that contain drives. The most common are listed below. Open drives in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 125
- hard drivesplural of hard drive: An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
- disk drivesplural of disk drive: A computer drive that reads disks.
- flash drivesplural of flash drive: A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
- tape drivesplural of tape drive: A cassette drive.
- floppy disk drivesplural of floppy disk drive: A floppy drive; a disk drive for floppy disks.
- hard disk drivesplural of hard disk drive: A hard drive or hard disk; a fixed disc drive containing rigid disks.
- game drivesplural of game drive: A safari. A trip into the wild to see animals in their own environment.
- blood drivesplural of blood drive: An activity, usually charitable, in which persons are requested to donate blood, either to maintain a general supply or in response to a specific shortage or emergency.
- chain drivesplural of chain drive: transmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels (for example), by means of a chain.
- DVD drivesplural of DVD drive: An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a DVD.
- gene drivesplural of gene drive: The process or result of causing a gene to spread rapidly through a population; especially the use of one or more molecular tools to stimulate biased inheritance of particular genes to alter entire populations of …
- jump drivesplural of jump drive: A USB flash drive.
- key drivesplural of key drive: A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
- MO drivesplural of MO drive: magnetooptical drive
- reduction drivesplural of reduction drive: A device which reduces the input rotational speed to a lower output speed, and can also increase torque.
- space drivesplural of space drive: A non-Newtonian propulsion system (a drive that propels while violating the Newtonian law requiring an equal and opposite reaction to an action); a reactionless drive (a drive which does not use propellant).
- USB drivesplural of USB drive: A USB flash drive.
- virtual drivesplural of virtual drive: A software component that emulates a physical disk drive.
- Zip drivesplural of Zip drive: A storage device, similar to a floppy disk drive but using disks with a much larger capacity (100, 250, or 750 MB, compared to a normal floppy disk capacity of 1.44 MB).
- pen drivesplural of pen drive: A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive; a flash drive.
- drinks and drivesthird-person singular simple present indicative of drink and drive: To drive a motor vehicle shortly after having consumed alcohol beverages.
- drives to drinkthird-person singular simple present indicative of drive to drink: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, drink.
- drives a wedgethird-person singular simple present indicative of drive a wedge: To separate.
- cattle-drivesplural of cattle-drive: The process of transporting a herd of bovine animals (such as bulls, cows, or steers) by compelling them to walk across a significant distance of countryside, under the escort of drovers on horseback and often over …
- thumb drivesplural of thumb drive: A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
Compound words 20
- harddrivesplural of harddrive: An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
- microdrivesplural of microdrive: A miniature hard disk.
- sterndrivesplural of sterndrive: A form of marine propulsion similar to an outboard motor
- overdrivesplural of overdrive: To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
- counterdrivesplural of counterdrive: A drive that counteracts another drive.
- flashdrivesplural of flashdrive: A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
- hyperdrivesplural of hyperdrive: A spaceship engine that allows faster-than-light travel by entering hyperspace.
- jumpdrivesplural of jumpdrive: Alternative form of jump drive (“a flash drive”).
- outdrivesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outdrive: To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
- piledrivesthird-person singular simple present indicative of piledrive: To use a piledriver on.