motor

IPA: mˈoʊtɝ

A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
(colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.
(figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
(Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
(prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
Alternative form of Mator (“Samoyedic language”) [A Uralic Samoyedic language, extinct since the 1840s, formerly spoken in the northern region of the Sayan Mountains in Siberia, close to the Mongolian north border.]

(dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
(transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
(informal, figurative) To progress at a brisk pace.
(slang) To leave.

(biology) Relating to the ability to move.
Relating to motor cars.
(nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

Examples of "motor" in Sentences

She drove the motor scooter.
The motors are part of the wheels.
It is the tangential force which spins the motor.
If the power fails, the motor is disconnected from the line.
The turbine is the actual engine, the motor is the transmission.
The other of the power leads extends to the winding of the motor.
The magnitude of the active power depends on the torque of the motor.
To make the engine fit, Toyota tilted the motor towards the firewall.
The furnace is ignited during the application of the reduced power to the motor.
Means are optically coupled to the motor for controlling the speed of the motor.