motor
verb/ˈməʊtə(r)/
/ˈməʊtər/
[intransitive] (British English, old-fashioned)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they motor | /ˈməʊtə(r)/ /ˈməʊtər/ |
| he / she / it motors | /ˈməʊtəz/ /ˈməʊtərz/ |
| past simple motored | /ˈməʊtəd/ /ˈməʊtərd/ |
| past participle motored | /ˈməʊtəd/ /ˈməʊtərd/ |
| -ing form motoring | /ˈməʊtərɪŋ/ /ˈməʊtərɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to travel by car, especially for pleasure
- We motored down to Oxford for the day.
Word Originlate 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 cent.Want to learn more?
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