English Explanatory Dictionary

vehicle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
  2. A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
  3. A medium for expression of talent or views.
  4. A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
  5. The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
  6. An entity to achieve an end.
  7. A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
  8. An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
verb
  1. To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
  2. To travel in a vehicle.

Pronunciation

/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/ /ˈvɪə̯.kəl/ /ˈvi.ə.kəl/ /ˈviˌ(h)ɪ.kəl/ /ˈvɪː(ə).kəl/ /ˈvɛ.hɪ.kəl/ en-us-vehicle.ogg

Word forms

vehicle vehicles vehicling vehicled

Etymology

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).

Synonyms

vahan vehicle conveyance

Related words

vector vectorial vectorise vectorize :Category:Vehicles

Derived words

air-cushion vehicle air cushion vehicle air vehicle alien reproduction vehicle all-terrain vehicle armored combat vehicle armored fighting vehicle armoured combat vehicle armoured fighting vehicle ascent vehicle Asian utility vehicle autonomous vehicle battery electric vehicle chase vehicle custom vehicle deep-submergence vehicle descent vehicle Earth return vehicle electric vehicle emergency vehicle emotional support vehicle e-vehicle fuel cell vehicle gross vehicle weight rating ground-effect vehicle ground vehicle heavy-duty vehicle heavy goods vehicle heavy vehicle high-occupancy vehicle high occupancy vehicle hostile vehicle human-occupied vehicle hybrid electric vehicle hybrid vehicle hydrogen vehicle hypersonic glide vehicle infantry fighting vehicle in-vehicle kinetic kill vehicle landing vehicle tracked large goods vehicle launch vehicle light-duty vehicle light vehicle motor vehicle neighborhood electric vehicle neighbourhood electric vehicle new energy vehicle optionally piloted vehicle peak vehicle requirement pilot vehicle public utility vehicle rail vehicle railway vehicle recovery vehicle recreational vehicle relativistic kill vehicle reply vehicle road-rail vehicle
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