power driven.
/ˈpaʊə drʌɪv/, U.S. /ˈpaʊ(ə)r ˌdraɪv/ 1. A piece of equipment which drives machinery using mechanical or electrical power. Cf. drive n. 20a.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > equipment for driving machine
power plant1871
power drive1909
the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > capacity for exertion of mechanical force > motive power or force > driving machinery by
motor-drive1906
power drive1909
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > operation of machinery > [noun]
power drive1909
1909 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 19 Mar. 8/5 (advt.) Call..and see the J. T. Case power drive corn planter and high lift gang plow.
1926 Industr. Managem. 34 (advt.) Sure and efficient power drives make for higher overall plant efficiency.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. (Suppl.) 13 The rugged, reliable AEI ‘Stayrite’ Single-phase power-drive has been specifically developed for arduous farming applications.
2000 G. Lucas Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace 23 (stage direct.) Sparks are flying, and water is leaking into the cabin. The sound of the power drive drops.
2. Originally U.S. Chiefly Sport. A powerful offensive manoeuvre, stroke, or shot; an energetic or powerful attempt or display.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or intensity of action > force or intensity of operation or effect
strengthOE
forcec1320
vigour?a1445
forcibleness1563
accent1591
edgea1593
strongnessa1604
keenness?1606
forcefulness1825
power drive1927
kilowattage1935
wattage1964
welly1977
1927 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 4 Dec. (Sports section) 1/7 A terrific attack by San Mateo in the first few minutes—a power drive that marched for 55 yards before it was stopped on Berkeley's 25 yard line.
1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xvii. 203 Lionel Hampton..added..a power-drive on vibes and drums all his own.
1996 F. C. Pogue Supreme Command ii. 51 The United States, believing that only a power drive to the heart of the Continent would defeat the enemy quickly, chose the cross-Channel operation.
2003 Daily Star (Nexis) 2 Mar. Matt Brazier had put Orient ahead with a spectacular 65th-minute powerdrive.
3. Chiefly Psychology and Sociology. The impulse to acquire or exercise power.
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society > authority > power > [noun] > desire for power
power lust1914
power urge1922
power drive1933
1933 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 44 117 Conscience..bids to engulf the ego in its power drive for unity.
1943 Jrnl. Philos. 40 24 Coming now to the hard-boiled, realistic conception of conscience as a form of power-drive, I am uncertain how to interpret it.
1979 J. Sherwood Hour of Hyenas ii. 23 You are very striking-looking, but..my power drive is far stronger nowadays than my sex drive.
1992 Internat. Affairs 68 525 The makers of foreign and defence policy in the United States have a ‘power-drive’ beyond any rational needs of the state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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