From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Locomotive \Lo"co*mo'tive\, noun A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
{Consolidation locomotive}, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.
{Locomotive car}, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
{Locomotive engine}. Same as {Locomotive}, above.
{Mogul locomotive}. See {Mogul}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Locomotive \Lo"co*mo'tive\, adjective [Cf. F. locomotif. See {Locomotion}.]
1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of or relating to locomotion [syn: {locomotor}]
noun
1: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: {engine}, {locomotive engine}, {railway locomotive}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "locomotive": aeromechanical, ambulant, ambulative, ambulatory, automechanical, automobile, automotive, biomechanical, circuit-riding, expeditionary, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, going, horseless, itinerant, itinerary, journeying, locomotor, mechanical, mechanistic, moving, mundivagant, on tour, passing, pedestrian, perambulating, perambulatory, peregrinative, peregrine, peripatetic, pilgrimlike, progressing, self-drive, self-moved, self-moving, self-propelled, strolling, touring, touristic, touristy, transportational, traveling, trekking, vehicular, walking, wayfaring, zoomechanical
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