tractor

A tractor (farm vehicle).

Meanings

Noun

  • 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 airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
  • A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
  • A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

Verb

Origin

  • Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere, + agent noun suffix -or.

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