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Sounds | mow'ter |
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Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 621 more rhymes in ter at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS. |
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Examples | "motor nerves" |
Synonyms | centrifugal |
Similar to | efferent, motorial |
Meaning | Causing or able to cause motion. |
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Examples | "motor energy" |
Synonyms | motive |
Similar to | causative |
Meaning | Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion. |
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Narrower | electric motor; engine; stepper, stepping motor |
Broader | machine |
Verbs | motor; motorize; motorize; motorize |
Meaning | A nonspecific agent that imparts motion. |
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Examples | "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action" |
Broader | agent |
Meaning | Travel or be transported in a vehicle. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | They motor up the hill |
Examples | "They motored to London for the theater" |
Synonyms | drive |
Category | driving |
Entails | ride |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | drive, take |
Nouns | motorist; motoring; motor |