To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
You drive nails into wood with a hammer.
2
To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction.
3
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
4
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.