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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchvéhicule, fromLatinvehiculum(a carriage,conveyance), fromvehere(to carry).

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Noun

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vehicle (pluralvehicles)

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vehicle
vehicle
airplane
airplane
airplane
ambulance
ambulance
ambulance
bicycle
bicycle
bicycle
boat
boat
boat
bulldozer
bulldozer
bulldozer
bus
bus
bus
car
car
car
carriage
carriage
carriage
crane
crane
crane
excavator
excavator
excavator
fire engine
fire engine
fire engine
helicopter
helicopter
helicopter
motorcycle
motorcycle
motorcycle
police car
police car
police car
rocket
rocket
rocket
scooter
scooter
scooter
ship
ship
ship
submarine
submarine
submarine
tank
tank
tank
taxi
taxi
taxi
tractor
tractor
tractor
train
train
train
tram
tram
tram
truck
truck
truck
  1. Aconveyance: aspaciousdevice forcarrying ortransportingsubstances,objects,people oranimals.
    • 2006,Edwin Black, chapter 1, inInternal Combustion:
      But electricvehicles 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.
    • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8842, page28:
      Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[]Rock-filled torrents smashedvehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
    • 2013 June 7,Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume188, number26, page 6:
      In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerialvehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
  2. Amedium forexpression oftalent orviews.
    supporting actors in a Steven Spielbergvehicle
  3. Aliquidcontent (e.g., oil) which acts as abinding anddryingagent in paint.
  4. (pharmaceuticals) The mainexcipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
    an ointment with a petrolatumvehicle
  5. Anentity toachieve an end.
    mission service as avehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews
  6. (Buddhism) A mode or method ofspiritualpractice; ayana.
  7. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which aHindu deity rides or sits.

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conveyance
medium
binding and drying agent
pharmaceuticals: main excipient
entity to achieve an end
Buddhism: yana
Hinduism: animal or plant on which a Hindu deity sits
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Verb

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vehicle (third-person singular simple presentvehicles,present participlevehicling,simple past and past participlevehicled)

  1. To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
  2. To travel in a vehicle.

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinvehiculum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vehicle m (pluralvehicles)

  1. vehicle

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