motored

[ moh-terd ]

/ ˈmoʊ tərd /

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adjective

having a motor or motors, especially of a specified number or type (usually used in combination): a bimotored airplane.

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Origin of motored

First recorded in 1925–30; motor + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM motored

mul·ti·mo·tored, adjectiveun·mo·tored, adjective

How to use motored in a sentence

Colbert motored through the entire shoot, never requiring so much as a second take or flubbing a line.
Ashton Kutcher’s History of Idiocy: Ubergate, Brownface, Joe Paterno, and More|Marlow Stern|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few minutes later, a man in a 1990s Ford Probe motored up to the scene, smoking a long cigarette.
Do the Walmart Protests Matter?|Winston Ross|November 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the evening, crossed the glassy bay and motored to pay a double-barrelled visit to the Military and Civil Governors.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2|Ian Hamilton
The Fords had motored her up to town to see the celebrations and to go to a ball at one of the big hotels that night.
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg

Tiny Moth planes stood wing to wing with huge tri-motored cabin ships that would hold a dozen passengers each.
The Flying Reporter|Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
They call their smaller single-motored machines their "avions de rglage," or "regulating aeroplanes."
Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches|Ralph Pulitzer
One morning during the time that I was stationed in that district I motored over to see him.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for motored

-motored

adjective

(in combination) having a specified type of motor or number of motors

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