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   motor

   /ˈməʊtə/

   noun

   • 1. a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for another device with moving parts: "these electric motors are highly reliable"
   • ▪ a source of power, energy, or motive force: "hormones are the motor of the sexual functions"
   • 2. a car: informal British "we drove out in my motor"

   adjective

   • 1. driven by a motor: British "a motor van"
   • ▪ relating to motor vehicles: "motor insurance"
   • 2. giving or producing motion or action: "demand is the principle motor force governing economic activity"
   • ▪ relating to muscular movement or the nerves activating it: "the motor functions of each hand"

   verb

   • 1. travel in a motor vehicle: "they motored north up the M6"
   • ▪ run or move as fast as possible: "he had motored along to second base on a passed ball"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a person who imparts motion): from Latin, literally ‘mover’, based on movere ‘to move’. The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

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