motor :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

motor

adj. causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"

motive

adj. causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"

centrifugal

adj. conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves"

steer, direct oneself

v. direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

pass, nail, make it

v. go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

pound, lumber

v. move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

smash, blast, boom, nail, hit hard

v. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

abortifacient

adj. causing abortion

activating, actuating

adj. causing motion or action or change

anorectic, anorexigenic

adj. causing loss of appetite; "an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug"

causal, causative of

adj. involving or constituting a cause; causing; "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices"

conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, contributive to

adj. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"

errhine

adj. causing nasal discharge

inductive, inducive

adj. inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton

motive, motivative, motivating

adj. impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"

precipitating

adj. bringing on suddenly or abruptly; "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce"

responsible, responsible for

adj. being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage"

sternutatory, sternutative

adj. causing sneezing; "pepper is a sternutatory substance"

corticoefferent, corticofugal, corticifugal

adj. of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex; "corticofugal discharges"

neuromotor

adj. relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors; "neuromotor impulses"

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