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n. A self-propelled vehicle, usually electric or diesel-powered, for pulling or pushing freight or passenger cars on railroad tracks.

n. A driving or pulling force; an impetus: "The US could no longer serve as the locomotive for the world economy” ( George Soros).

adj. Of, relating to, or involved in locomotion.

adj. Serving to put into motion or propel forward: "It may be that the founding fathers overestimated the locomotive force of the collective and mutual self-interest” ( Ian Davidson).

adj. Able to move independently from place to place.

adj. Of or relating to a self-propelled locomotive.

adj. Of or relating to travel.

adj. of or relating to locomotion

adj. of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself

n. The power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself, but pulls the coaches or rail cars or wagons.

n. A traction engine

n. A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed

n. A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports. (i.e. The United States).

adj. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place.

adj. Used in producing motion.

n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to effect change of (its own) place: as, a locomotive animal.

Having the power to produce motion, or to move (something else) from place to place: as, a locomotive organ of the body; a locomotive engine.

Of or pertaining to locomotion; locomotory.

n. A steam-engine which travels on wheels turned by its own power; specifically, an engine designed and adapted to travel on a railway; a railroad-engine.

n. Geared locomotives having toothed driving-wheels, the teeth of which engage a rack, are used for steep grades in mountain railways.

adj. of or relating to locomotion

n. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

"There's no spunk to it, no life; it's very straightforward, almost to the point where I'm going to have to call it locomotive, which is an adjective I try not to use much when describing fiction."

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geared locomotive    locomotive person    double-truck tank-locomotive    street-locomotive    compound locomotive    rack-rail locomotive    fireless locomotive    passenger-locomotive    camel-back locomotive    mason locomotive   

choo-choo    traction engine    tank locomotive    switch engine    donkey engine    diesel locomotive    steam locomotive    electric locomotive    shunter    pilot engine   

automotive    emotive    motive    nonautomotive   

automobile    engine    railway    tractor    telegraph    truck    airplane    steamer    boiler    turbine