tractor

UK /ˈtɹæktə/ US /ˈtɹæktɚ/

noun 5verb 4

Definitions

noun

A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

A movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.

A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.

Any piece of machinery that pulls something.

An aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.

verb

To prepare (land) with a tractor.

To drive a tractor.

To move with a tractor beam.

To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

caterpillar

agricultural, farm

VERB + TRACTOR

drive

TRACTOR + VERB

plough, work

The old tractor worked hard all morning, preparing the soil for spring planting.

TRACTOR + NOUN

driver

cab

shed

PREP

on a/the ~

The old man sat on a tractor, driving slowly across the muddy field.

PHRASES

a tractor and trailer

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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 t

Wiktionary

With a recent email from Mike Tetlow, I found out that there were two other 37s [37252 and 37031] present that day, also shuttling between Cambridge and Kings Lynn. As you correctly observe, the pic o

Wiktionary

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!

Wiktionary

The farmer keeps his tractor in the barn.

Tatoeba · #44528

At that time she was engaged in operating a tractor.

Tatoeba · #46963

I began driving our tractor when I was 12 years old to help my father out at harvest time.

Tatoeba · #266264

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, tractor is marked as archaic, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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