driven

verb
/ˈdɹɪvn̩/

Etymology

From drive + -en.

  1. derived from *dʰreybʰ-
  2. derived from *drībaną
  3. derived from *drīban
  4. derived from drīfan
  5. derived from driven
  6. suffixed as driven — “drive + -en

Definitions

  1. past participle of drive

  2. Obsessed

    Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

    • highly driven
    • driven person
  3. Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at driven. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01driven02obsessed03preoccupied04biased05slant

A definitional loop anchored at driven. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at driven

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA