English dictionary
motor
/'m/oU/t/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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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.
Source: webster1913
noun
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machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
ExamplesHappiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.
Source: webster1913
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A motor car; an automobile.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
ExamplesMotor nerves.
Synonyms centrifugalSource: WordNet 3.0
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causing or able to cause motion
ExamplesMotor energy.
Synonyms motiveSource: WordNet 3.0
verb
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travel or be transported in a vehicle
ExamplesThey motored to London for the theater.
Synonyms driveSource: WordNet 3.0