tractor
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tractor
- /ˈtɹæktə/ UK
- /ˈtɹæktɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æktə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahō, trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.
noun tractors
- A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
- A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
- A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
- Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
- An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
- A British Rail Class 37 locomotive. On the other hand the EE type 3's have offered in a 1750 hp package, probably the most successful loco BR bought. As any crew will tell you a tractor will pull anything anywhere, and yet at the same time they were nippy enough for use on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years.
- A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
verb tractors · tractoring · tractored
- To prepare (land) with a tractor.
- To drive a tractor.
- To move with a tractor beam.
- To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cart, wagon, truck, towing, lorry, mule, boathouse, trolley, vehicle, shed, motor, traction, hangar, trailer, drawing, radius
Translations
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noun farm vehicle
| Español | tractor, tractor agrícola, tractor agrario, agrotractor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 트랙타 teuraekta, 트랙터 teuraekteo |
| 日本語 | トラクター torakutā |
| 中文 | 拖拉機 /拖拉机 tuōlājī |
| हिन्दी | ट्रैक्टर ṭraikṭar, ट्रेक्टर ṭrekṭar |
| Kiswahili | trekta |
| Português | trator |
| Français | tracteur |
| Deutsch | Traktor, Schlepper |
| Italiano | trattore |
| Ελληνικά | ελκυστήρας elkystíras, τρακτέρ traktér |
| Română | tractor |
| Русский | тра́ктор tráktor |
| Tiếng Việt | máy kéo |
| العربية | جَرَار jarār, تَرَاكْتُور tarāktūr |
| עברית | טְרַקְטוֹר tráktor |
noun truck (or lorry) for pulling a trailer
| Español | cabezal, tractocamión, camión tractor |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sattelzugmaschine |
| Italiano | motrice |
| Ελληνικά | γερανός geranós |
| Русский | тра́ктор-тяга́ч tráktor-tjagáč, тяга́ч tjagáč |
noun any piece of machinery that pulls something
| Español | tractor |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Zugmaschine |
| Italiano | motrice |
| Ελληνικά | γερανός geranós, ελκυστήρας elkystíras |
noun aircraft configuration
| 日本語 | 牽引式飛行機 ken'inshiki hikōki |
|---|
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