motor
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin mōtorder.
Middle English motour
English motor
From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“to set in motion”).
Inflected forms:
form: motors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: motour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: motors
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: motoring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: motored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: motored
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
pos: noun
gloss: A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
pos: noun
examples: Nice motor!
Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters.
It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]
'However, you go and try your luck and see how you like it.' With that he flung himself into his motor and was off.
The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.
Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.
gloss: A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
pos: noun
gloss: The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
poetic
gloss: The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Relating to the ability to move.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: She has excellent motor skills.
gloss: Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A motor yacht for its size has about 30 per cent more accommodations than a steamer of the same size.
gloss: To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
pos: verb
tags: dated
examples: On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day.
Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66
gloss: To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
gloss: To progress at a brisk pace.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
informal
examples: Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring".
gloss: To leave.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: I gotta motor.
Synonyms: engine
Related words: motoric
Derived words: aeromotor
affectomotor
agrimotor
air motor
arteriomotor
audiomotor
barring motor
bimotor
Brownian motor
coastal motor boat
corticomotor
crate motor
depressomotor
diesel motor
dorsomotor
driving motor
electric motor
electromotor
extramotor
fine motor skill
gearmotor
graphomotor
gross motor skill
hydromotor
hypermotor
hysteresis motor
ideomotor
idiomotor
induction motor
kick motor
linear motor
magnetomotor
micromotor
monomotor
Motability
motel
motopia
motorable
motor accident
motorail
motor-ambulance
motor aphasia
motoraxon
motor banca
motorbicycle
motorbike
motorboard
motor boat
motorboat
motor bogie
motorbus
motorcab
motorcade
motorcamp
motorcar
motorcaravan
motor caravan
motor-coach
motorcoach
motor coach
motor cop
motor cortex
motor court
motor cruiser
motor cycle
motor-cycle
motorcycle
motorcyclist
motordom
motordrome
motor factor
motor glider
motorhand
motorhead
motor-home
motor home
motorhome
motor hotel
motorial
motor inn
motor insurance
motorise
motorism
motorist
motorize
motorjet
motorkhana
motorless
motorlike
motor lodge
motorman
motormania
motor memory
motor mount
motormouthed
motor mouth
motormouth
motor-mouth
motorneer
motor nerve
motor neuron
motor neuron disease
motor neurone disease
motor octane number
motor oil
Motorola
motorpathy
motorphobe
motorphobia
motorphone
motorplex
motor plow
motor pool
motor protein
motor pulley
motor race
motor racing
motor sailer
motorsailer
motor scooter
motor ship
motor show
motor spirit
motorsport
motorsports
motor station
motor theory
motor torpedo boat
motor trade
motortruck
motor truck
motor-van
motor variable
motor vehicle
motor vessel
motor voter
motorway
motor yacht
Motown
mountain motor
multimotor
musculomotor
nanomotor
neuromotor
nonmotor
olfactomotor
optomotor
oromotor
outboard motor
paramotor
pedomotor
phonomotor
photomotor
pilomotor
pony motor
premotor
primus motor
propriomotor
pupillomotor
railmotor
rail-motor
rail motor
reluctance motor
repulsion motor
retinomotor
rheomotor
rocket motor
sand motor
secretomotor
serro-motor
shaded-pole motor
skeletomotor
somatomotor
squirrel-cage motor
starter motor
step motor
stepper motor
stepping motor
supplementary motor area
synchronous motor
telemotor
traction motor
trimotor
tumble motor
ullage motor
vasomotor
vestibulomotor
vibromotor
visceromotor
visuomotor
water motor
motor unit
psychomotor
sensorimotor
supramotor
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