drev

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a drive (of hunters), a beat, a battue
  • a media drive (journalists going like a drive of hunters after a game)
  • (mechanics) a drive, a pinion
  • tow, stuffing (around windows or in the threads of pipes)
  • (mechanical engineering) sprocket

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse dreif derived from Proto-Germanic *draibō (a drive, drove, push, movement) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (push, drive).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰreybʰ-

Gloss

push, drive

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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