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# locomotive

noun (a locomotive, locomotives); adjective (locomotive — formal, science)

«locomotive» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A railway engine that pulls a train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#m1)
2. (science, formal) To do with movement from place to place; «locomotion» is how animals move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons about the Industrial Revolution, George Stephenson's «Rocket» (1829) was a famous steam locomotive. In science, animals' locomotion (walking, swimming, flying) is studied. In everyday life, children see diesel and electric locomotives. Phrases: steam locomotive, diesel locomotive, Locomotion No. 1.

### Examples

- The steam locomotive puffed out clouds of smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#x1)
- Stephenson's Rocket was an early locomotive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#x2)
- The locomotive pulled twenty wagons of coal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#x3)
- An electric locomotive takes power from wires above the track. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#x4)
- We visited a museum full of old locomotives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#x5)
- Birds and fish have different kinds of locomotion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#x6)
- The locomotive's driver blew the whistle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Pronounced loh-kuh-MOH-tiv. In everyday speech «engine» or «train engine» is more common. Related: locomotion (movement). Trap: the «train» is the whole line of carriages; the locomotive is the engine.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «locomotive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/locomotive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«locomotive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/locomotive.html) on Mova free.