vehicles

Noun

vehicle (plural vehicles)

1. A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
   • But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
2. A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
   • kinetic kill vehicle
3. A medium for expression of talent or views.
   • supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle
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.
   • an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle
6. An entity to achieve an end.
   • mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews

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