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- [moh-terd]
- /ˈmoʊ tərd/
- /ˈməʊ.tər/
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- [moh-terd]
- /ˈmoʊ tərd/
Definitions of motored word
- adjective motored pertaining to or operated by a motor. 1
- adjective motored of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles: motor freight. 1
- adjective motored designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers: The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers. 1
- adjective motored causing or producing motion. 1
- adjective motored Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve. 1
- adjective motored Psychology, Physiology.. Also, motoric. of, relating to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images. 1
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Origin of motored
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30; motor + -ed3
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Parts of speech for Motored
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
motored popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
motored usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for motored
verb motored
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
- run — execution
- propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- spin — to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
Antonyms for motored
verb motored
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
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