DRIVING

verb

1. To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
2. To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
3. To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.

adjective

1. That drives (a mechanism or process).
2. Of wind, rain, etc That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent