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Motor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Motor has 2 senses
- motor(n = noun.artifact) Array - machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion; Array has particulars: electric motor, engine, stepper, stepping motor
- motor(n = noun.object) Array - a nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action" is a kind of agent
is a kind of machine
Derived forms verb motor1, adjective motor2, verb motorize3, verb motorize2, verb motorize1
Derived form adjective motor2
Verb Motor has 1 sense
- motor(v = verb.motion) drive - travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived forms noun motor1, noun motoring1, noun motorist1
Sample sentence:
They Motor up the hill
Adjective Motor has 2 senses
- motor(s = adj.all) centrifugal - conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves"
- motor(s = adj.all) motive - causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy" Derived forms noun motor1, noun motor2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Motor, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.].
- One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power. [1913 Webster]
- A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work. [1913 Webster]
- A motor car; an automobile. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Motor, n. & v.
--n.
1 a thing that imparts motion.
2 a machine (esp. one using electricity or internal combustion) supplying motive power for a vehicle etc. or for some other device with moving parts.
3 Brit. = motor car.
4 (attrib.) a giving, imparting, or producing motion. b driven by a motor (motor-mower). c of or for motor vehicles. d Anat. relating to muscular movement or the nerves activating it.
--v.intr. & tr. Brit. go or convey in a motor vehicle.
--n.
1 a thing that imparts motion.
2 a machine (esp. one using electricity or internal combustion) supplying motive power for a vehicle etc. or for some other device with moving parts.
3 Brit. = motor car.
4 (attrib.) a giving, imparting, or producing motion. b driven by a motor (motor-mower). c of or for motor vehicles. d Anat. relating to muscular movement or the nerves activating it.
--v.intr. & tr. Brit. go or convey in a motor vehicle.
Idiom
motor area the part of the frontal lobe of the brain associated with the initiation of muscular action. motor bicycle a motor cycle or moped. motor bike colloq. = motor cycle. motor boat a motor-driven boat. motor car Brit. see CAR 1. motor cycle a two-wheeled motor-driven road vehicle without pedal propulsion. motor cyclist a rider of a motor cycle. motor mouth US sl. a person who talks incessantly and trivially. motor nerve a nerve carrying impulses from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle. motor scooter see SCOOTER. motor vehicle a road vehicle powered by an internal-combustion engine.
Derivative
motorial adj. (in sense 4a of n.). motory adj. (in sense 4a of n.).
Etymology
L, = mover (as MOVE)
THESAURUS
Motor
active, aeromotor, alembic, anvil, appliance, arc-jet engine, auto, autocar, automobile, axial-flow turbojet, bicycle, bike, boat, buggy, bus, caldron, cam engine, car, catch a train, charioteer, chauffeur, convenience, crate, crucible, cycle, drive, driving, engine, enginery, entrain, facility, fixture, gas jet, go by rail, heap, impelling, impulse duct engine, in motion, inverted engine, jalopy, joyride, lathe, machine, machinery, make a train, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, melting pot, mobile, mortar, motile, motivational, motive, motive power, motor vehicle, motorcar, motorcycle, motorized vehicle, moving, pancake engine, pedal, pilot, piston engine, power plant, power source, propellant, propeller-jet engine, propelling, propjet, radial engine, ramjet, reciprocating engine, retort, ride, rocket motor, rotary engine, stirring, supercharged engine, take a joyride, taxi, test tube, tool, transducer, transformer, transitional, traveling, tub, turbine, turbojet, turboprop, utility, vertical engine, voiture, wheel, wheels, wreckROGET THESAURUS
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Carrier
N carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer, cargador, express, expressman, stevedore, coolie, conductor, locomotive, motor, beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer, racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse, ketch, Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie, garran, garron, jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding, bronco, broncho, cayuse, creature, critter, cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler, stud, Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante, ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, burro, cuddy, ladino, reindeer, camel, dromedary, llama, elephant, carrier pigeon, pallet, brace, cart, dolley, support, fork lift, carriage, ship, equine, asinine.
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