tractor

Betekenis

Noun

1. A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
2. A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
3. A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
4. Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
5. An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
6. A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
7. A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

Verb

1. To prepare (land) with a tractor.
2. To drive a tractor.
3. To move with a tractor beam.
4. To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtɹæktə/

Etymologie

Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.