| Main Entry: | motor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | engine |
Synonyms: |
cylinder, diesel, generator, mechanism, piston, power train, transformer, turbine, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | car |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle driven on streets |
Synonyms: |
auto, automobile, bucket, buggy, bus, clunker, compact, convertible, conveyance, coupe, gas guzzler, hardtop, hatchback, heap*, jalopy, jeep, junker, limousine, machine, motor, motorcar, pickup, ride*, roadster, sedan, station wagon, subcompact, touring car, truck, van, wagon, wheels, wreck* |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moving, controlling a vehicle |
Synonyms: |
actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber, burn up the road, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, fire up, floor it, fly, guide, handle, impel, lean on it, make sparks fly, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, pour it on, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, step on it, step on the gas, tailgate, tool*, transport, travel, turn, vehiculate, wheel |
Antonyms: |
halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
Synonyms: |
agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | father/mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | founder, inventor |
Synonyms: |
administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, dean, elder, encourager, generator, initiator, introducer, leader, maker, matriarch, motor, mover, organizer, originator, patriarch, patron, prime mover, promoter, promulgator, publisher, sire, sponsor, supporter |
| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that performs a task |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, automaton, automobile, computer, contraption, contrivance, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, mechanism, motor, robot, thingamabob, tool, vehicle, widget |
| Main Entry: | machinery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devices performing work |
Synonyms: |
accouterment, agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, habiliments, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, shifts, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works |
| Main Entry: | mechanism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine, device |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, black box, components, contrivance, doohickey, gadget, gears, gimmick, innards, instrument, machinery, motor, structure, system, tool, workings, works |
| Main Entry: | ride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry or be carried |
Synonyms: |
be supported, control, cruise, curb, direct, drift, drive, float, go, go with, guide, handle, hitch a ride, hitchhike, journey, manage, motor, move, post, progress, restrain, roll, sit, sit on, thumb a ride, tool around, tour, travel |
| Main Entry: | sail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel through water, air; glide |
Synonyms: |
boat, captain, cast anchor, cast off, cross, cruise, dart, drift, embark, flit, float, fly, get under way, leave, make headway, motor, move, navigate, pilot, put to sea, reach, run, scud, set sail, shoot, skim, skipper, skirr, soar, steer, sweep, tack, voyage, weigh anchor, wing |