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tractor

noun
/ˈtɹæktə/UK/ˈtɹæktɚ/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from tractus

Definitions

  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. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Any piece of machinery that pulls something.

    2. An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.

    3. A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.

      • EWS are also denying any rumours of tractors going to Spain, then again they denyed the rumours of tractors going to France until the contract was signed!

    4. A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

    5. To prepare (land) with a tractor.

    6. To drive a tractor.

    7. To move with a tractor beam.

    8. To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

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Derived

Chelsea tractor, chicken tractor, monowheel tractor, semi-tractor, single-axle tractor, steam tractor, traction, tractor beam, tractor driver, tractor out, tractor pull, tractor-trailer, tractor trailer, tractor unit, tractor vaporising oil, truck-tractor, two-wheel tractor, walking tractor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tractor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tractor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at tractor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA