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1. (n.) locomotive
a self-propelled, vehicular engine for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
2. locomotive
an organized group cheer, as at an athletic contest, that progressively increases in speed.
3. locomotive
Archaic. any self-propelled vehicle.
4. (adj.) locomotive
of or pertaining to locomotives.
5. locomotive
of, pertaining to, or aiding in locomotion.
6. locomotive
moving or traveling by means of its own mechanism or powers.
7. locomotive
serving to produce such movement:
locomotive organs.
Etymology: (1605–15; < L locō, abl. of locus place +motive (adj.); cf. ML in locō movērī to change position)
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| Definition of 'Locomotive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
2. (adj) locomotive, locomotor
of or relating to locomotion
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Locomotive
moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal
2. (adj) Locomotive
used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal
3. (noun) Locomotive
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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Sense: a railway engine.
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 Afrikaans: lokomotief |
 Arabic: قاطِرَه |
 Bulgarian: локомотив |
 Brazilian: locomotiva |
 Czech: lokomotiva |
 German: die Lokomotive |
 Danish: lokomotiv |
 Greek: ατμομηχανή |
 Spanish: locomotora |
 Estonian: vedur |
 Farsi: لوکوموتیو |
 Finnish: veturi |
 French: locomotive |
 Hebrew: קַטָר |
 Hindi: संचलनशील |
 Croatian: lokomotiva |
 Hungarian: mozdony |
 Indonesian: lokomotif |
 Icelandic: eimreið |
 Italian: locomotiva |
 Japanese: 機関車 |
 Korean: 기관차 |
 Lithuanian: lokomotyvas |
 Latvian: lokomotīve |
 Malay: lokomotif |
 Dutch: locomotief |
 Norwegian: lokomotiv |
 Polish: lokomotywa |
 Persian: لوکوموتیو |
 Pashto: لوكوموتيف،د اورګاډى ماشين |
 Portuguese: locomotiva |
 Romanian: locomotivă |
 Russian: локомотив |
 Slovak: lokomotíva |
 Slovenian: lokomotiva |
 Serbian: lokomotiva |
 Swedish: lokomotiv |
 Thai: หัวรถจักร |
 Turkish: lokomotif |
 Taiwanese: 火車頭 |
 Ukrainian: локомотив; паровоз |
 Urdu: ریل کا انجن |
 Vietnamese: đầu máy xe lửa |
 Chinese: 火车头 |
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