Synonyms:
locomotive, locomotor
Meaning: of or relating to locomotion
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
locomotive, engine, locomotive_engine, railway_locomotive
Meaning: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
Usage examples
The idea of running after a locomotive would have seemed too ridiculous.
He took a pull at the stout, laid his head on the table, and sobbed like a locomotive."
The locomotive, slackening its speed, tried to clear the way with its cow-catcher; but the mass of animals was too great.
Undoubtedly, if he had known that a party of Northern raiders had taken it, he would have waited until a locomotive came from Atlanta.
I should like to know if Mr. Fogg foresaw this mishap in his programme! And here's an engineer who doesn't dare to run the locomotive into this herd of beasts!"
He would have crushed the first buffaloes, no doubt, with the cow-catcher; but the locomotive, however powerful, would soon have been checked, the train would inevitably have been thrown off the track, and would then have been helpless.
Snow began to fall an hour after they started, a fine snow, however, which happily could not obstruct the train; nothing could be seen from the windows but a vast, white sheet, against which the smoke of the locomotive had a greyish aspect.