NOUN
- a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle
- a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system
How To Use four-wheel drive In A Sentence
- Tell Transportation I want the largest vehicle they have with four-wheel drive, preferably a step-up maxi-van. CHAINS OF COMMAND
- We slogged around looking for suicidal prairie dogs and learned that hills and gumbo can overcome the best four-wheel drive trucks.
- This half-day guided tour will bring them right onto the golden sand dunes of Arabia in four-wheel drives.
- You can horse-ride with the jackeroos or Australian cowboys who work this station, or have a camel ride, explore the tropical gorges, go canoeing, experience nature walks or four-wheel drive treks, or fish one of the rivers.
- Two men arrived at the compound with authority from the owner to obtain the twin turbo four-wheel drive hot hatch, which was legitimately released to them.
- I disagree strongly with the answer in last week's Car Clinic regarding the comparative merits of a 4x4 off-roader and a car with four-wheel drive in snowy conditions in a hilly area.
- Then the going got a bit snowy and steep and it was time to engage four-wheel drive. Times, Sunday Times
- Speaking of real off-roading, one of the best Outlander features is a locking four-wheel drive system which gets the same amount of torque and horsepower to all four wheels. Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle
- Four-wheel drives can claw their way along mud tracks, wet grass and the occasional snowscape. Times, Sunday Times
- The answer was to give all X-type models four-wheel drive and this accounts for the car's truly exceptional handling and roadholding, even on poor road surfaces.
