Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

let drive

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: let -drive
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm).

Obsolete

verb

To allow (a vessel) to be propelled by the wind, current or tide.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—"
"[…] if ever love had any cause to revenge the wrongs which are done unto him, it is against them they ought to let drive all the arrows of his justice, and make them exemplary unto all such as abuse the name of Lovers."
"While he was drinking, one of our men snatcht up his Gun, and let drive at him, and kill’d his Horse"
"1720, William Rufus Chetwood, The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Falconer, London: for the author et al., Book III, p. 155, They turn’d immediately upon me, and let drive at me several Blows, which had the good Fortune not to hit me […]"
"Without any ceremony the near man let drive at my throat with one of those beastly wavy daggers they go in for."
"And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

lets drive (present, singular) letting drive (participle, present)

Synonyms

loose off let fly

Questions

What does let drive mean?: To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm).

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