motor
noun
[ ˈməʊtə ]
• a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for another device with moving parts.
• "these electric motors are highly reliable"
• a car.
• "we drove out in my motor"
motor
adjective
• driven by a motor.
• "a motor van"
• giving or producing motion or action.
• "demand is the principle motor force governing economic activity"
motor
verb
• travel in a motor vehicle.
• "they motored north up the M6"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th century.
