English > driving: 4 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal. |
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| Category of | angle-park | park at an angle |
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| automobile | Travel in an automobile |
| brake | Cause to stop by applying the brakes |
| brake | stop travelling by applying a brake |
| coach | Drive a coach / coach |
| cruise | drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure |
| double-park | park a vehicle alongside another |
| draw up, pull up, haul up | Come to a halt after driving somewhere |
| draw up, pull up | Cause (a vehicle) to stop |
| drive, motor | travel or be transported in a vehicle |
| drive | operate or control a vehicle |
| drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle |
| drive up | approach while driving |
| joyride, tool, tool around | ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it |
| parallel-park | park directly behind another vehicle |
| park | maneuver a vehicle into a parking space |
| pull up short | stop abruptly |
| rein, rein in | stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins |
| snowmobile | ride a snowmobile |
| stall, conk | Come to a stop |
| test drive | Test a vehicle by driving it |
| turn on a dime | Have a small turning radius |
| Narrower | motoring | The act of driving an automobile |
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| Broader | steering, guidance, direction | The act of setting and holding a course |
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| travel, traveling, travelling | The act of going from one place to another |
| Spanish | conducción, manejo |
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| Catalan | conducció |
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| Verbs | drive | push, propel, or press with force |
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| drive | operate or control a vehicle |
