motor
IPA: mˈoʊtɝ
noun
- 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.]
verb
- (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.
adjective
- (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).
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