Thesaurus: locomotive
Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
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Definitions
- a. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
- a. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
- n. 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.
- adj. of or relating to locomotion
- n. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- n:100 n. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks a. of or relating to locomotion