Locomotive

locomotive
    adj 1: of or relating to locomotion [syn: {locomotive},
           {locomotor}]
    n 1: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine
         that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn:
         {locomotive}, {engine}, {locomotive engine}, {railway
         locomotive}]
    

Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See
   {Locomotion}.]
   1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to
      change place; as, a locomotive animal.
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   2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an
      animal.
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Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n.
   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.
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   {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}.
      [1913 Webster] Locomotiveness
    

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