tractor
UK/ˈtɹæktə//ˈtɹæktɚ/
tractor noun: a vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
Noun
tractor (plural tractors)
- 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.
- A British Rail Class 37 locomotive.
- 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 time they were nippy enough for use on the Anglian mainlines for 20 years.1995 May 23, Andrew Cooke, “Re: British Rail: At Last The 1948 Show”, in misc.transport.rail.europe (Usenet)
- 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 of little me shows that I am in a Dutch liveried tractor.2000 April 25, Grandpops, “Calling Norfolk tractor bashers with a good brain for numbers! Possible conclusion?”, in uk.railway (Usenet)
- A metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.
Verb
tractor (third-person singular simple present tractors, present participle tractoring, simple past and past participle tractored)
- To prepare (land) with a tractor.
- To drive a tractor.
- To move with a tractor beam.
- To treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.
tractor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tractor in Hindi
- farm vehicle
- ट्रैक्टर ṭraikṭar, ट्रेक्टर ṭrekṭar
tractor in Tamil
- இழுபொறி, உழவு இயந்திரம்
tractor in Marathi
- ट्रॅक्टरिंग, ट्रॅक्टरींग, ट्रॅक्टरला
tractor in Urdu
- farm vehicle
- ٹْرَیکْٹَر ṭraikṭar, ٹَرَیکْٹَر ṭaraikṭar
More languagesFewer languages
- tractor in Bengali
- ট্র্যাক্টর ṭrjakṭor
- tractor in Telugu
- ట్రాక్టరింగ్
- tractor in Malayalam
- വലിക്കുന്ന യന്ത്രം, യന്ത്രക്കലപ്പ
- tractor in Kannada
- ಎಳೆಬಂಡಿ, ಟ್ರಾಕ್ಟರ್
- tractor in Odia
- ଟ୍ରାକ୍ଟରିଙ୍ଗ
- tractor in Sanskrit
- भूकर्षणयानम् bhūkarṣaṇayānam
- tractor in Sinhala
- ට්රැක්ටර් ṭrækṭar
- tractor in Assamese
- টেক্টৰ tektor, ট্ৰেক্টৰ trektor
- tractor in Nepali
- ट्र्याक्टरिङ्
- tractor in Pashto
- تراکتور tarāktor, ټراکټور ṭrākṭor, ټرکټر ṭraktar
- tractor in Tagalog
- guyod
- tractor in Arabic
- جَرَار jarār, تَرَاكْتُور tarāktūr
- tractor in Malay
- traktor, tarakihana
- tractor in Indonesian
- traktor
- tractor in Thai
- แทรกเตอร์ trɛ́k-dtə̂ə
- tractor in Vietnamese
- máy kéo
- tractor in Myanmar
- ထွန်စက် htwancak, ထော် လာဂျီ htau lagyi
Examples of tractor in a sentence
- The tractor plant is slated for the axe.
- The set I'm making right now needs a power on it, but we don't have any tractors left in the yard.
- Joe definitely doesn't know how to drive a tractor.
Forms of tractor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tractors |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tractors |
| present participle | tractoring |
| past participle | tractored |
| past | tractored |
Origin of tractor
Formed from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of trahō, trahere (“to pull”), + agent noun suffix -or.
Words formed from tractor
- amtrac
- Chelsea tractor
- chicken tractor
- minitractor
- monowheel tractor
- semi-tractor
- single-axle tractor
- steam tractor
- traction
- tractorable
- tractor beam
- tractor driver
- tractorise
- tractorism
- tractorist
- tractorize
- tractorless
- tractorlike
- tractor out
- tractor pull
- tractor-trailer
- tractor trailer
- tractor unit
- tractor vaporising oil
- truck-tractor
- two-wheel tractor
- walking tractor
Phrases with tractor
Words that rhyme with tractor
- factor
- actor
- extractor
- retractor
- protractor
- reactor
- abstracter
- abstractor
- attractor
- compacter
- exactor
- impactor
16 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about tractor
- What does tractor mean?
- Tractor means a vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
- What is tractor in Hindi?
- Tractor in Hindi is ट्रैक्टर (ṭraikṭar), ट्रेक्टर (ṭrekṭar). See Tractor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tractor?
- Tractor can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tractor?
- Tractor is pronounced /ˈtɹæktə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tractor?
- The plural of tractor is tractors.
Words near tractor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tractor (page history and authors); tractor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tractor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tractor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tractor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tractor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tractor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tractor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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