Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to motor
Participle: motored
Gerund: motoring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | motor |
| you | motor |
| he;she;it | motors |
| we | motor |
| you | motor |
| they | motor |
Perfect
| I | have motored |
| you | have motored |
| he;she;it | has motored |
| we | have motored |
| you | have motored |
| they | have motored |
Past
| I | motored |
| you | motored |
| he;she;it | motored |
| we | motored |
| you | motored |
| they | motored |
Pluperfect
| I | had motored |
| you | had motored |
| he;she;it | had motored |
| we | had motored |
| you | had motored |
| they | had motored |
Future
| I | will motor |
| you | will motor |
| he;she;it | will motor |
| we | will motor |
| you | will motor |
| they | will motor |
Future Perfect
| I | will have motored |
| you | will have motored |
| he;she;it | will have motored |
| we | will have motored |
| you | will have motored |
| they | will have motored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | motor |
| you | motor |
| he;she;it | motor |
| we | motor |
| you | motor |
| they | motor |
Perfect
| I | have motored |
| you | have motored |
| he;she;it | have motored |
| we | have motored |
| you | have motored |
| they | have motored |
Imperfect
| I | motored |
| you | motored |
| he;she;it | motored |
| we | motored |
| you | motored |
| they | motored |
Pluperfect
| I | had motored |
| you | had motored |
| he;she;it | had motored |
| we | had motored |
| you | had motored |
| they | had motored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would motor |
| you | would motor |
| he;she;it | would motor |
| we | would motor |
| you | would motor |
| they | would motor |
Perfect
| I | would have motored |
| you | would have motored |
| he;she;it | would have motored |
| we | would have motored |
| you | would have motored |
| they | would have motored |
Imperative
| you | motor |
| we | Let's motor |
| you | motor |
Verbs conjugated like 'motor'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'motor'
moor,
botox,
Botox,
color,
doctor,
door,
honor,
kotow,
major,
mentor,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
4. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
5. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
6. Proto-Italic *moweō
7. Latin moveō
8. Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
9. Proto-Italic *-tōr
10. Latin -tor
11. Latin mōtorder.
12. Middle English motour
13. English motor
14. From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“to set in motion”). See: Latin '
mōtor'.
Sample Sentences
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On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
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The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day. [1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, pages 336–337:]
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Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66 [1946 April 22, Bobby Troup, “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”, in New Juke Box Hits, performed by Chuck Berry, published March 1961, side 2, track 2:]
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1983, Kelly Keagy (of the music group Night Ranger), "Sister Christian"
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You're motoring / What's your price for flight / In finding mister right? / You'll be alright tonight
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During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
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Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
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More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring". [2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 34:]
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I gotta motor.