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

Related formsmul·ti·mo·tored, adjectiveun·mo·tored, adjective

motor

[ moh-ter ]

/ ˈmoʊ tər /

noun

a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.

any self-powered vehicle.

a person or thing that imparts motion, especially a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.

Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.

motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.

adjective

pertaining to or operated by a motor.

of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles: motor freight.

designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers: The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.

causing or producing motion.

Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.

Psychology, Physiology. Also motoric. of, relating to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images.

verb (used without object)

to ride or travel in an automobile; drive: They motored up the coast.

verb (used with object)

Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car: He motored his son to school.

Origin of motor

1580–90; < Latin mōtor mover, equivalent to mō- (variant stem of movēre to move) + -tor -tor

Related formsmul·ti·mo·tor, noun

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Several months ago we motored down into this part of the country.
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British Dictionary definitions for motored

motor

/ (ˈməʊtə) /

noun

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 Britisha car or other motor vehicle
as modifiermotor spares

adjective

producing or causing motion

physiol

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

(intr) to travel by car

(tr) British to transport by car

(intr) informal to move fast; make good progress

(tr) to motivate

Word Origin for motor

C16: from Latin mōtor a mover, from movēre to move

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Word Origin and History for motored

motor

mid-15c., "controller, prime mover," from Latin motor, literally "mover," agent noun from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). From 15c. as "controller, prime mover" (in reference to God); sense of "agent or force that produces mechanical motion" is first recorded 1660s; that of "machine that supplies motive power" is from 1856. First record of slang motor-mouth "fast-talking person" is from 1970.

motor

1896, from motor (n.). Related: Motored; motoring.

Medicine definitions for motored

motor

[ mō′tər ]

adj.

Causing or producing motion.

Of or being nerves that carry impulses from the nerve centers to the muscles.

Involving or relating to movements of the muscles.

Of or relating to an organism's overt reaction to a stimulus.

Science definitions for motored

motor

[ mō′tər ]

Noun

A machine that uses energy, such as electric or chemical energy (as from burning a fuel), to produce mechanical motion. See also engine.

Adjective

Involving the muscles or the nerves that are connected to them. Compare sensory.

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