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Fahren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • driving noun The activity of operating and steering a motor vehicle.
  • fare noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
  • fly noun A small flying insect, especially the common housefly.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  • hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  • ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
  • sweep verb To clean a surface by brushing dirt or debris away, usually with a broom.
  • travel verb To go from one place to another, often over a distance.
  • trip noun A journey, especially for pleasure or a specific purpose.

Senses

Fahren is used for these senses in English:

  • driving The action of the verb to drive in any sense.
  • fare (intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.
  • fly (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
  • go (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
  • hover (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
  • ride (ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]
  • ride (ambitransitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. [from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.]
  • sweep (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.

drive — full definition

  1. verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  2. verb To motivate, push, or compel someone or something toward an outcome.
  3. noun A journey made in a vehicle.
  4. noun Strong motivation or determination to achieve something.
  5. noun A device used to store and retrieve computer data.

driving — full definition

  1. noun The activity of operating and steering a motor vehicle.
  2. adj Powering or forcing something forward with great energy; intensely forceful, as of wind or rain.

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