Tractor

//ˈtɹæktə// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
  2. 2
    a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications wordnet
  3. 3
    A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
  4. 4
    a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans wordnet
  5. 5
    A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer. US
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  1. 6
    Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
  2. 7
    An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
  3. 8
    A British Rail Class 37 locomotive. UK

    "On the other hand the EE type 3's have offered in a 1750 hp package, probably the most successful loco BR bought. As any crew will tell you a tractor will pull anything anywhere, and yet at the same time they were nippy enough for use on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years."

  4. 9
    A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism. archaic
Verb
  1. 1
    To prepare (land) with a tractor. transitive
  2. 2
    To drive a tractor. intransitive
  3. 3
    To move with a tractor beam. transitive
  4. 4
    To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism. archaic, transitive

Synonyms

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amphibianautomobilebulldozercalfdozercatcaterpillar

Example

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"The farmer keeps his tractor in the barn."

Etymology

Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.

Related phrases

Chelsea tractorchicken tractormonowheel tractorsemi-tractorsingle-axle tractorsteam tractortractor beamtractor drivertractor outtractor pulltractor trailertractor unit

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