"on drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-on drive.ogg [Australia] Forms: on drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} on drive (plural on drives)
  1. (cricket) a type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid on. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-on_drive-en-noun-m1P6buhi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Audio: en-au-on drive.ogg [Australia] Forms: on drives [present, singular, third-person], on driving [participle, present], on drove [past], on driven [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|on drive<,,drove,driven>}} on drive (third-person singular simple present on drives, present participle on driving, simple past on drove, past participle on driven)
  1. To play such a shot. Related terms: square drive, cover drive, off drive
    Sense id: en-on_drive-en-verb-e90PoW3D

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for on drive meaning in English (2.5kB)

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