Locomotive

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See
     {Locomotion}.]
     1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to
        change place; as, a locomotive animal.
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     2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an
        animal.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n.
     A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
     especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
     steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
     propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
     or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
     Appendix.
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     {Consolidation locomotive}, a locomotive having four pairs of
        connected drivers.
  
     {Locomotive car}, a locomotive and a car combined in one
        vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
  
     {Locomotive engine}. Same as {Locomotive}, above.
  
     {Mogul locomotive}. See {Mogul}.
        [1913 Webster] Locomotiveness

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  locomotive
       adj : of or relating to locomotion [syn: {locomotor}]
       n : a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that
           is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: {engine},
            {locomotive engine}, {railway locomotive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "locomotive":
     aeromechanical, ambulant, ambulative, ambulatory, automechanical,
     automobile, automotive, biomechanical, circuit-riding,
     expeditionary, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, going, horseless,
     itinerant, itinerary, journeying, locomotor, mechanical,
     mechanistic, moving, mundivagant, on tour, passing, pedestrian,
     perambulating, perambulatory, peregrinative, peregrine,
     peripatetic, pilgrimlike, progressing, self-drive, self-moved,
     self-moving, self-propelled, strolling, touring, touristic,
     touristy, transportational, traveling, trekking, vehicular,
     walking, wayfaring, zoomechanical