Definitions of motor
British English : motor A motor in a machine, vehicle, or boat is the part that uses electricity or fuel to produce movement, so that the machine, vehicle, or boat can work.She got in the boat and started the motor.ˈməʊtə NOUN
noun
- the engine, esp an internal-combustion engine, of a vehicle (as modifier) ⇒ a motor scooter
- the engine, esp an internal-combustion engine, of a vehicle
- (as modifier) ⇒ a motor scooter
- Also called : electric 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
- (mainly British ) a car or other motor vehicle (as modifier) ⇒ motor spares
- (mainly British ) a car or other motor vehicle
- (as modifier) ⇒ motor spares
- the engine, esp an internal-combustion engine, of a vehicle
- (as modifier) ⇒ a motor scooter
- (mainly British ) a car or other motor vehicle
- (as modifier) ⇒ motor spares
adjective
- producing or causing motion
- (physiology ) 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
- 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
- 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
- (intransitive) to travel by car
- (transitive) (British ) to transport by car
- (intransitive) (informal ) to move fast; make good progress
- (transitive) to motivate