Definition of "tractor"

tractor

/ˈtɹæktə/

noun
plural tractors
1. (agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
2. (agriculture) A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
3. (US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
4. Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
5. (aviation) An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
6. (UK, rail transport) A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
  Quotations
  On the other hand the EE type 3's have offered in a 1750 hp package, probably the most successful loco BR bought. As any crew will tell you a tractor will pull anything anywhere, and yet at the same time they were nippy enough for use on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years.
  1995 May 23, Andrew Cooke, “Re: British Rail: At Last The 1948 Show”, in misc.transport.rail.europe‎ (Usenet)
  With a recent email from Mike Tetlow, I found out that there were two other 37s present that day, also shuttling between Cambridge and Kings Lynn. As you correctly observe, the pic of little me shows that I am in a Dutch liveried tractor.
  2000 April 25, Grandpops, “Calling Norfolk tractor bashers with a good brain for numbers! Possible conclusion?”, in uk.railway‎ (Usenet)
  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!
  2000 May 17, Matt, “Re: "Unfixing" Class 37s and Doncaster control (rant!!)”, in uk.railway‎ (Usenet)
7. (archaic) A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
verb
third-person singular simple present tractors, present participle tractoring, simple past and past participle tractored
1. (transitive, agriculture) To prepare (land) with a tractor.
2. (intransitive) To drive a tractor.
3. (transitive, science fiction) To move with a tractor beam.
4. (transitive, medicine, archaic) To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

Definition of "tractor"

tractor

noun

Quotations

verb