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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 |