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vehicle [ˈviːɪkəl] n 1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) any conveyance in or by which people or objects are transported, esp one fitted with wheels 2. a medium for the expression, communication, or achievement of ideas, information, power, etc. 3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Pharmacol a therapeutically inactive substance mixed with the active ingredient to give bulk to a medicine 4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) Also called base a painting medium, such as oil, in which pigments are suspended 5. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (in the performing arts) a play, musical composition, etc., that enables a particular performer to display his talents 6. (Astronautics) a rocket excluding its payload [from Latin vehiculum, from vehere to carry] vehicular [vɪˈhɪkjʊlə] adj A self-propelled, boosted, or towed conveyance for transporting a burden on land or sea or through air or space. See also air cushion vehicle; amphibious vehicle; combat vehicle; commercial vehicle; ground effect machine; remotely piloted vehicle; special-equipment vehicle; special-purpose vehicle; substitute transport-type vehicle; transport vehicle. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
vehicle noun 1. conveyance, machine, motor vehicle, means of transport a vehicle which was somewhere between a tractor and a truck Related words see aircraft, bicycles, boats and ships, carriages and cartsfear ochophobia Types of vehicleaircraft, ambulance, articulated lorry or (informal) artic, autocycle, autorickshaw, barrow, bicycle or (informal) bike, Black Maria, boat, bulldozer, bus, cab, cabriolet, camion, camper (U.S. & Canad.), camper van, car, caravan, carriage, Caterpillar (trademark), chaise, charabanc (Brit.), chariot, coach, combine harvester, Conestoga wagon (U.S. & Canad.), coupé, cycle, delivery van or (U.S. & Canad.) panel truck, Dormobile (trademark), double-decker (chiefly Brit.), dray, dump truck or dumper-truck, dustcart or (U.S. & Canad.) garbage truck, estate car, fire engine, fork-lift truck, gritter (Brit.), hansom or hansom cab, hatchback or hatch, hog (informal), jaunting car or jaunty car, JCB (trademark), Jeep (trademark), jet ski, jinricksha, jinrickshaw, jinrikisha or jinriksha, jitney (U.S., rare), kart, go-cart, or go-kart, kibitka, komatik, koneke (N.Z.), landaulet or landaulette, light engine or (U.S.) wildcat, limousine, litter, locomotive, lorry, low-loader, luge, milk float, minibus, moped, motorbicycle, motorbike, motorbus, motorcar, motor caravan, motorcycle, motor scooter, motor vehicle, off-road vehicle, omnibus, panda car (Brit.), pantechnicon (Brit.), pick-up (Austral. & N.Z.) utility truck, or (informal) ute, police car, postbus, post chaise, pram, racing car, railcar, ratha, rickshaw, roadroller, road train (Austral.), rocket, scooter, scout car, shandrydan, ship, single-decker (Brit.), skibob, sledge or (especially U.S. & Canad.) sled, sleigh, Sno-Cat (trademark), snowmobile, snow plough, space capsule, spacecraft, space probe, spaceship, space shuttle, sports car, stagecoach, steamroller, sulky, tandem, tank, tank engine or locomotive, tanker, tarantass, taxi, telega, three-wheeler, tipper truck or lorry, toboggan, tonga, tourer or (especially U.S.) touring car, traction engine, tractor, trail bike, trailer, train, tram, tramcar, or (U.S. & Canad.) streetcar or trolley car, travois, tricycle, troika, trolley, trolleybus, troop carrier, truck, tumbrel or tumbril, unicycle, van, wagon or waggon, wagonette or waggonette, wheelbarrow Translations vehicle [ˈviːɪkl] N 1. (= form of transport) → vehículo m 2. (fig) (= means) → vehículo m, medio m, instrumento m (for para) the programme was a vehicle for promoting himself → el programa era un vehículo or medio or instrumento para promocionarse they see the new constitution as a vehicle for change → ven la nueva constitución como un instrumento de cambio vehicle [ˈviːɪkəl] vehicle n → Fahrzeug nt; (Pharm) → Vehikel nt, → Trägersubstanz f; (Art) → Lösungsmittel nt; (fig: = medium) → Mittel nt, → Vehikel nt (geh); this paper is a vehicle of right-wing opinions → diese Zeitung ist ein Sprachrohr nt → der Rechten; language is the vehicle of thought → die Sprache ist das Medium des Denkens n vehicle [ˈviəkl] any means of transport on land, especially on wheels, eg a car, bus, bicycle etc. voertuig مَرْكَبَه، عَرَبَه превозно средство vozidlo køretøj das Fahrzeug όχημα, τροχοφόρο vehículo liiklusvahend وسیله نقلیه ajoneuvo véhicule כְּלִי רֶכֶב सवारी vozilo jármű kendaraan farartæki veicolo 乗り物 수단, 운반구, 차, 탈것 (sausumos) transporto priemonė transporta līdzeklis kenderaan voertuig kjøretøy, transportmiddel pojazd veívulo vehicul транспортное средство vozidlo vozilo vozilo fordon ยานพาหนะ araç, taşıt 車輛 засіб пересування گاڑي xe cộ 运输车辆 vehicle → عَرَبة vůz køretøj Fahrzeug όχημα vehículo ajoneuvo véhicule vozilo veicolo 乗り物 차량 voertuig kjøretøy pojazd veículo транспортное средство fordon ยานพาหนะ araç xe cộ 车辆 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The little vehicle came to a standstill only a few feet away. Mudge, who was at the rudder, kept in a straight line, and by a turn of his hand checked the lurches which the vehicle had a tendency to make. They followed the way till they reached the beginning of the ascent, on the crest of which the vehicle from Trantridge was to receive her, this limit having been fixed to save the horse the labour of the last slope. |
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