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motor in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
    "motor nerves"
    centrifugal  motor 
  2. causing or able to cause motion
    "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"
    motive  motor 
verb
  1. travel or be transported in a vehicle
    "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
    drive  motor 
noun
  1. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
    motor 
  2. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
    "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"
    motor 
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