01a.
Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
1.
Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
2.
Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
02n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which commun…
1.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Phrases & compounds
Consolidation locomotive —
a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers.
Locomotive car —
a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine.