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/ˈməʊtə/ · noun
A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion..
Nice motor!
Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters.
It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]
'However, you go and try your luck and see how you like it.' With that he flung himself into his motor and was off.
The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.
Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.
She has excellent motor skills.
Use motor when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Motor means A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion..
Common synonyms include engine, drive, kicker, moto.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Nice motor!
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