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[ loh-kuh -moh -tiv ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌloʊ kəˈmoʊ tɪv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a self-propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
an organized group cheer, usually led by a cheerleader, as at a football or basketball game, that begins slowly and progressively increases in speed in such a way as to suggest a steam locomotive.
Archaic . any self-propelled vehicle.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adjective of or relating to locomotives.
of, relating to, or aiding in locomotion or movement from place to place: the locomotive powers of most animals.
moving or traveling by means of its own mechanism or powers.
serving to produce such movement; adapted for or used in locomotion: locomotive organs.
having the power of locomotion: an animal that is locomotive at birth.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of locomotive 1605–15; <Latin locō, ablative of locus place + motive (adj.); compare Medieval Latin in locō movērī to change position
OTHER WORDS FROM locomotive lo·co·mo·tive·ly, adverb lo·co·mo·tive·ness, lo·co·mo·tiv·i·ty, noun un·lo·co·mo·tive, adjective Words nearby locomotive locoism, locoman, locomobile, locomote, locomotion, locomotive , locomotive engineer, locomotor, locomotor ataxia, loco primo citato, loco supra citato
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Example sentences from the Web for locomotive When it was first introduced some 170 years ago, the locomotive ran on a domestic fuel source.
Diesel Trains May Soon Use Natural Gas Instead | The Daily Beast| May 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
His torso was nude and his legs had been amputated by the locomotive engine.
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Another time, I was shooting a locomotive and it blew up, and some of the stuff got in my air scoop, but I managed to fly it back.
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When a tiger attacks a zookeeper, it is "making a noise like a locomotive ."
Great Weekend Reads | The Daily Beast| March 13, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Coal is really stored-up sunlight and the locomotive , devouring it, is devouring sunlight.
Insect Adventures | J. Henri Fabre
In this locomotive the gear is the same as that of the next illustration, but it is securely boxed in a watertight iron cover.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 | Various
I don't know how long I had been asleep, but what made me wake up was the whistle of a locomotive .
Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels | Percy Keese Fitzhugh
If the brake cylinder pipe breaks, can the locomotive brake be applied with the automatic brake valve?
The Traveling Engineers' Association | Anonymous
Off to the right of them windows showed lights; the clang of a locomotive bell came to them as from a great distance.
Truxton King | George Barr McCutcheon
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British Dictionary definitions for locomotive noun Also called: locomotive engine a self-propelled engine driven by steam, electricity, or diesel power and used for drawing trains along railway tracks (as modifier ) a locomotive shed ; a locomotive works adjective of or relating to locomotion
moving or able to move, as by self-propulsion
Derived forms of locomotive locomotively , adverb locomotiveness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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