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locomotive
English
Etymology
From French locomotif, from Latin loc? (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + Vulgar Latin m?tivus (“moving”) (see motive).
Pronunciation
- (Gen) IPA(key): /?lo?k??mo?tiv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??k???m??tiv/
Noun
locomotive (plural locomotives)
- (rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
- (rare) A traction engine
- (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed
- (economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports. (i.e. The United States).
Usage notes
Sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for train.
Synonyms
- loco
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
locomotive (comparative more locomotive, superlative most locomotive)
- of or relating to locomotion
- of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.k?.m?.tiv/
- Homophone: locomotives
Adjective
locomotive
- feminine singular of locomotif
Noun
locomotive f (plural locomotives)
- locomotive
Further reading
- “locomotive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
locomotive f
- plural of locomotiva
locomotive From the web:
- what locomotive is the polar express
- what locomotive is the hogwarts express
- what locomotives does amtrak use
- what locomotives does csx use
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- what locomotive pulled the orient express
- what locomotives does bnsf use
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railroad
English
Etymology
From rail +? road.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??e?l?o?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??e?l???d/
- Hyphenation: rail?road
Noun
railroad (plural railroads)
- (chiefly US) A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
- Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
- (chiefly US) The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- (chiefly US) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets
- Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
- (figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
- The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
Synonyms
- railway (Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth of Nations)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
railroad (third-person singular simple present railroads, present participle railroading, simple past and past participle railroaded)
- (transitive) To transport via railroad.
- (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
- The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
- (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
- (intransitive) To travel by railroad.
- (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
- (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
- The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
- (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
- They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
- (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
- He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
- (role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
- (upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
- 2015, Vicky Grubb, The Beginner's Guide to Upholstery, David & Charles:
- If you are upholstering a larger item, such as a sofa, it's a good idea to see if the fabric you are buying can be railroaded. Railroading refers to being able to run the fabric from left to right, rather than the conventional top to bottom. […] [W]hen a pattern is railroaded you can turn it on its side and roll it out to the width of the sofa without join lines.
- 2015, Vicky Grubb, The Beginner's Guide to Upholstery, David & Charles:
Derived terms
- railroader
Translations
railroad From the web:
- what railroad did vanderbilt own
- what railroad is near me
- what railroad transports oil from canada
- what railroad does buffett own
- what railroad hauls oil from canada
- what railroad is bnsf
- what railroad does george soros own
- what railroads made up conrail
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