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motor
[ moh-ter ]
noun
- a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- any self-powered vehicle.
- a person or thing that imparts motion, especially a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.
- Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.
- motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.
adjective
- pertaining to or operated by a motor.
- of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles:
motor freight.
- designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers:
The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.
- causing or producing motion.
- Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.
a motor response; motor images.
verb (used without object)
- to ride or travel in an automobile; drive:
They motored up the coast.
verb (used with object)
- Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car:
He motored his son to school.
motor
/ ˈməʊtə /
noun
- the engine, esp an internal-combustion engine, of a vehicle
- ( as modifier )
a motor scooter
- Also calledelectric motor a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy by means of the forces exerted on a current-carrying coil placed in a magnetic field
- any device that converts another form of energy into mechanical energy to produce motion
- an indispensable part or player that moves a process or system along
- a car or other motor vehicle
- as modifier
motor spares
adjective
- producing or causing motion
- physiol
- of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry impulses that cause muscles to contract
- of or relating to movement or to muscles that induce movement
verb
- intr to travel by car
- tr to transport by car
- informal.intr to move fast; make good progress
- tr to motivate
Other Words From
- multi·motor noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of motor1
Example Sentences
"It affected his motor abilities rather than his cognitive abilities," said Mr Smythe.
The Finance and Leasing Association, the trade body for motor finance providers, welcomed the extension.
It's sorted into different grades before being sold around the world to make products like batteries, solar panels and the motors found in electric cars.
With Fin Smith slotting all six conversions in an impressive performance off the tee, England motored 42-17 clear.
The word “motel” was coined in 1925 after many auto camps, auto courts and motor hotels had sprung up across the U.S.
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