Definitions for driven

(operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?")

(travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater")

(cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage")

(force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad")

(to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly; "She is driven by her passion")

(cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders")

(compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs")

(push, propel, or press with force; "Drive a nail into the wall")

(cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force; "drive the ball far out into the field")

(strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis")

(move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?")

(have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well")

(work as a driver; "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark")

(move by being propelled by a force; "The car drove around the corner")

(urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn")

(proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work")

(strike with a driver, as in teeing off; "drive a golf ball")

(hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball")

(excavate horizontally; "drive a tunnel")

(cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer")

(hunting: search for game; "drive the forest")

(hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game")

(compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred")

(urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue")

(strongly motivated to succeed)