motor

/ˈmoʊtəɹ/ verb C2

To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive. (dated, transitive) · On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine. (transitive)
To progress at a brisk pace. (figuratively, informal, intransitive) · Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
To leave. (intransitive, slang) · I gotta motor.

He/she/it motors · Past motored · Past participle motored · -ing form motoring

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Verb forms

Base form: motor
He/she/it: motors
Past: motored
Past participle: motored
-ing form: motoring

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Van Schuylight Suffolk-Jones—came out to his waiting motor-car, wrinkling a contumelious nostril, as usual, at the Italian renaissance sculpture of the soap palace’s front elevation.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 8 · C1

Furthermore, the intricate fine motor skills required to manipulate a pen stimulate specific neural pathways directly associated with creativity and sustained focus.

The Disappearing Signature, p. 1 · C1

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