motor
- noun
- /ˈmoʊtər/
- The brain is the engine, Sarah, the motor that drives them.
And on some level, that's a motor that I can leverage to advance myself.
- And on some level, that's a motor that I can leverage to advance myself.
- And that delusion can be a powerful motor that can get you to achieve things in the world.
Examples
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Whatever damage was done by your stroke, it left your motor abilities relatively unimpaired.
Fiction book (1998) -
You can drive there in your very own motor home.
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And so South Africa, you know, it's a big kind of motor of the African economy.
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At over one hundred pops a minute, you lost your fine motor skills entirely.
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She managed to keep some of her motor functions and cognitive functions separate from the demon within her.
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Motor function is clear.
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Our motor's conked out.
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Physical therapy helps them develop gross motor skills needed to roll over, sit up, and stand.
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The scientist Stephen Hawking has lived with motor neurone disease for more than 40 years.
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She's able to stand, she's got motor control, so she's able to write.
Synonyms
A person or thing that causes something to happen
A force that pushes something forward, like an engine or wind
The force that moves something forward, like the push from an engine
A force that makes something move forward
Energy that makes a machine like a car or train move
A person or thing that makes something start to go
Compounds
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An engine attached to the back of a small boat that moves and steers it
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The part of the brain that plans and controls movements you make on purpose
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A nerve cell that sends signals from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle to make it move
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A body part that sends messages from the brain and spine to make muscles move or glands work
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An electric machine with a cup-shaped metal part that turns around a fixed magnet inside
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A motor that runs on alternating current and turns by a changing magnetic field
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A problem where a person cannot easily say or write words but can understand others
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A skill that lets you do movements learned by practice without thinking
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Loss of control of muscle movements makes walking unsteady and staggering
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A nerve that sends signals from the brain or spinal cord to muscles to make them move
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A thin thread that carries messages from the brain to a muscle to make it move
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An inherited nerve disease that causes gradual weakness and loss of feeling in the hands and lower legs
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A machine that uses changing electric current and magnets to turn and drive equipment
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A motor that runs on direct current and keeps a steady speed when load changes
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A direct current motor whose parts are connected in parallel to keep a steady speed when the load changes
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An electric motor with a round metal turning part shaped like a cage
A small electric device that turns in exact small steps to move parts exactly, for example in 3D printers
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Motor (noun, force) comes from movere 'to move' and is related to the word motive, meaning 'a driving force'. So when we call something the motor of change, we mean it is the thing that makes people or events move or happen.