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
- verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
- verb To motivate, push, or compel someone or something toward an outcome.
- noun A journey made in a vehicle.
- noun Strong motivation or determination to achieve something.
- noun A device used to store and retrieve computer data.
driving — full definition
- noun The activity of operating and steering a motor vehicle.
- adj Powering or forcing something forward with great energy; intensely forceful, as of wind or rain.