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trac·tor

(trăk′tər)

1. A vehicle having a powerful gasoline or diesel motor and usually large, heavily treaded rear tires, used especially for pulling farm implements or machinery.

2. A truck having a cab and no body, used for pulling large vehicles such as vans or trailers.

a. An airplane propeller mounted in front of the supporting surfaces.

b. An airplane having such a propeller.

4. A toothed mechanism that automatically advances perforated continuous-form paper through a computer printer.

[From Latin tractus, past participle of trahere, to draw.]

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tractor

(ˈtræktə)

1. (Automotive Engineering) a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester. It usually has two large rear wheels with deeply treaded tyres

2. (Automotive Engineering) a short motor vehicle with a powerful engine and a driver's cab, used to pull a trailer, as in an articulated lorry

3. (Aeronautics) an aircraft with its propeller or propellers mounted in front of the engine

[C18: from Late Latin: one who pulls, from trahere to drag]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

trac•tor

art at trader

(ˈtræk tər)

n.

1. a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.

2. a short truck with a driver's cab but no body, designed for hauling a trailer or semitrailer.

3. something used for drawing or pulling.

4. an airplane with a propeller mounted at the front, so as to exert pull.

[1855–60; < Latin trac-, variant s. of trahere to pull, draw + -tor -tor]

traction, tractor - Traction and tractor trace back to Latin tractus, "drawing, pulling," and trahere, "draw, pull."

tractor

[ˈtræktəʳ]

A. N → tractor m

B. CPD tractor drive N → tractor m
tractor driver N → tractorista mf
tractor feed N → arrastre m de papel por tracción

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tractor

[ˈtræktə^r] n → tracteur mtractor-trailer [ˌtræktə^rˈtreɪlə^r] n (US) → semi-remorque m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tractor

→ Traktor m, → Trecker m, → Zugmaschine f

(of truck) → Sattelschlepper m

tractor

tractor driver

n → Traktorfahrer(in) m(f), → Traktorist(in) m(f)

tractorfeed

n (Comput) → Traktor m

tractor-trailer

n (Aut) → Sattelzug m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tractor

[ˈtræktəʳ] n → trattore m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tractor

(ˈtrӕktə) noun

a motor vehicle for pulling especially agricultural machinery. I can drive a tractor.

tractor

→ جَرَّار traktor traktor Traktor τρακτέρ tractor traktori tracteur traktor trattore トラクター 트랙터 tractor traktor traktor trator трактор traktor รถแทรกเตอร์ traktör máy kéo 拖拉机

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

trac·tor

n. tractor, instrumento o máquina usada para aplicar tracción.

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Noun	1.	tractor - a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications bulldozer, dozer - large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground self-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion skidder - a tractor used to haul logs over rough terrain
	2.	tractor - a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans motortruck, truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling