TRACTOR

tractor

(noun) a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications

tractor

(noun) a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tractor (plural tractors)

(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

(US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.

Any piece of machinery that pulls something.

(aviation) An airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage

(UK, rail transportation) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.

(archaic) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

Verb

tractor (third-person singular simple present tractors, present participle tractoring, simple past and past participle tractored)

(transitive, agriculture) To prepare (land) with a tractor.

(transitive, scifi) To move with a tractor beam.

(transitive, medicine, archaic) To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

Source: Wiktionary


Tract"or, n. Etym: [NL., from L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]

1. That which draws, or is used for drawing.

2. pl. (Med.)

Definition: Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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