motor

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈməʊtə/

Verb

dated transitive informal slang

(dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive. / (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

Japanese Meaning

（車で）移動する、運転する / （航空）燃料供給なしにスターターでジェットエンジンやターボプロップエンジンを回転させる

What is this buttons?

We decided to motor to the coast before dawn.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちは夜明け前に車で海岸へ向かうことにした。

Details

Sense（1）

(dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

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Details

Sense（2）

(transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.

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