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tractor

[ trak-ter ]

noun

  1. a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
  2. Also called truck tractor. a short truck with a driver's cab but no body, designed for hauling a trailer or semitrailer.
  3. something used for drawing or pulling.
  4. Aeronautics.
    1. a propeller mounted at the front of an airplane, thus exerting a pull.
    2. Also called tractor airplane. an airplane with a propeller so mounted.


tractor

/ ˈٰæə /

noun

  1. a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester. It usually has two large rear wheels with deeply treaded tyres
  2. a short motor vehicle with a powerful engine and a driver's cab, used to pull a trailer, as in an articulated lorry
  3. an aircraft with its propeller or propellers mounted in front of the engine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tractor1

1855–60; < Latin trac-, variant stem of trahere to draw, pull + -tor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tractor1

C18: from Late Latin: one who pulls, from trahere to drag
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The celebration began at about 11:40 BST and featured picnic benches, bars on the back of tractors and food served straight from a boat at high tide.

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During maintenance, workers roll through on a tractor equipped with a frame bearing metal bristles that scrape the tunnel walls, cleaning off algae and any growth of invasive mussels.

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He was raised in Japan by Vietnamese parents, and his family imports tractors from Japan and Vietnam.

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Among billboards for restaurants, gun silencers and tractors, a digital sign hints at the crisis gripping the community: a warning about the dangers of measles, which can cause complications including pneumonia, brain swelling and death.

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If the main parties are downbeat, Farage is all revved up: arriving on stage at his campaign launch on a tractor.

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