different between locomotive vs shrivel

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)

1. (rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
2. (rare) A traction engine
3. (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed
4. (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)

1. of or relating to locomotion
2. 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

1. feminine singular of locomotif

Noun

locomotive f (plural locomotives)

1. locomotive

Further reading

• “locomotive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

locomotive f

1. plural of locomotiva

English

Etymology

First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwan? (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpan? (“to shrink”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shr?'v?l, IPA^(key): /????v?l/
• Rhymes: -?v?l

Verb

shrivel (third-person singular simple present shrivels, present participle (UK) shrivelling or (US) shriveling, simple past and past participle (UK) shrivelled or (US) shriveled)

1. (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.

   The plant shrivelled from lack of water.

2. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.

   His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.

3. (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.

   The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.

Derived terms

• shrivel up

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