English to English
adjective
- 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: Webster 1913
noun
- machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
source: WordNet 3.0
- a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
Happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action.
source: WordNet 3.0
- One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.
source: Webster 1913
- A motor car; an automobile.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
Motor nerves.
source: WordNet 3.0
- causing or able to cause motion
A motive force.
Motive power.
Motor energy.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- travel or be transported in a vehicle
We drove to the university every morning.
They motored to London for the theater.
source: WordNet 3.0
