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tractor.

A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɹæktə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɹæktɚ/General-American
  1. A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

  2. A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.

  3. A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.

    US
  4. Any piece of machinery that pulls something.

  5. An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.

  6. A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.

    UK
  7. A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahō, trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.

verb/ˈtɹæktə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɹæktɚ/General-American
  1. To prepare (land) with a tractor.

    transitive
  2. To drive a tractor.

    intransitive
  3. To move with a tractor beam.

    transitive
  4. To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahō, trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.

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