noun
- Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion.
- A nonspecific agent that imparts motion.
- usage: "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"
verb
- Travel or be transported in a vehicle.
- usage: "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
- synonyms: drive
adjective
- Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS.
- usage: "motor nerves"
- synonyms: centrifugal
- Causing or able to cause motion.
- usage: "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"
- synonyms: motive
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