tractor

plural tractors

1. agricultureA vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
2. agricultureA movable coop without a floor to allow for free ranging.
3. USA truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.
4. Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
5. aeronauticsAn aeroplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
6. UKrail transportA British Rail Class 37 locomotive.

   EWS are also denying any rumours of tractors going to Spain, then again they denyed the rumours of tractors going to France until the contract was signed!

   2000 May 17, Matt, “Re: "Unfixing" Class 37s and Doncaster control (rant!!)”, in uk.railway (Usenet)

   2 more examples

   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)

7. archaicA metal rod used in tractoration, or Perkinism.

present singular third person tractors · participle present tractoring · participle past tractored · past tractored

1. transitiveagricultureTo prepare (land) with a tractor.
2. intransitiveTo drive a tractor.
3. transitiveliteratureTo move with a tractor beam.
4. archaictransitivemedicineTo treat by means of tractoration, or Perkinism.