Car
[kɑː] or [kɑr]
Definition
(noun.) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; 'he needs a car to get to work'.
(noun.) a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; 'three cars had jumped the rails'.
(noun.) where passengers ride up and down; 'the car was on the top floor'.
(noun.) the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant.
Inputed by Barbara--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
(n.) A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.
(n.) A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.
(n.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
(n.) The cage of a lift or elevator.
(n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
(n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Typed by Dido
Definition
(old form Carr) applied to very various forms—a large and splendid vehicle as a triumphal car a funeral car the two-wheeled Irish jaunting-car; in Birmingham a four-wheeled cab as opposed to a hansom (cab); in America applied to all vehicles for railway travelling as passenger-car palace-car freight-car &c.; in England applied only to the carriages of street tramways: a railway carriage: (poet.) a chariot: the part of a balloon in which the aeronauts sit.—n. Car′man a man who drives a car or cart: a carter.
Typist: Portia
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing cars, denotes journeying and changing in quick succession. To get on one shows that travel which you held in contemplation will be made under different auspices than had been calculated upon. To miss one, foretells that you will be foiled in an attempt to forward your prospects. To get off of one, denotes that you will succeed with some interesting schemes which will fill you with self congratulations. To dream of sleeping-cars, indicates that your struggles to amass wealth is animated by the desire of gratifying selfish and lewd principles which should be mastered and controlled. To see street-cars in your dreams, denotes that some person is actively interested in causing you malicious trouble and disquiet. To ride on a car, foretells that rivalry and jealousy will enthrall your happiness. To stand on the platform of a street-car while it is running, denotes you will attempt to carry on an affair which will be extremely dangerous, but if you ride without accident you will be successful. If the platform is up high, your danger will be more apparent, but if low, you will barely accomplish your purpose.
Edited by Allison
Examples
- The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the hydraulic form of elevator, a motor worked by water is employed to lift the car, although steam power is also employed to raise the water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The baggage-car was divided into three compartments--one for trunks and packages, one for the mail, and one for smoking. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Go muck yourself, he said in English and then, in Spanish, to the armored car driver. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The bodies are shipped separate from the chassis, being stood on end in one-half of the car and protected from dust by coverings. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Finally I put a rope to my trunk, which was about the size of a carpenter's chest, and started to pull this from the baggage-car to the passenger-car. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The _cable car_ is a factor which has cut no small figure in the activities of city life. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He stopped the car and got down to put up the hood. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The photograph shows the hanging car of the Russia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The current is transmitted to the electric motors, actuating each of the wheels of the power car and the trailers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I had been driving and I sat in the car and the driver took the papers in. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Two carabinieri held the car up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But it was still clear of any car, or tank or men. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And didn't I car Mas'r Haley night five miles out of de road, dis evening, or else he'd a come up with Lizy as easy as a dog arter a coon. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is absolutely no reason why horses should be allowed within city limits; for between the gasoline and the electric car, no room is left for them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Several motor cars. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Page in accordance with his subsequent patent of 1854, drew a train of cars from Washington to Bladensburg at a rate of nineteen miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Approximately 150 loaded freight cars are sent out every day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The quarters were small, the staff was composed of two men, and the entire work was confined to making photographs of the cars and parts for advertising literature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The next afternoon we heard there was to be an attack up the river that night and that we were to take four cars there. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Among them was the owner of a colliery in the north named Blackett, who built a number of engines for propelling coal-cars and used them at his mines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In two days the offensive was to start and I would go with the cars to Plava. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The company has its own logging crews that cut the timber and pile it on flat cars, whence it is transported over a private railroad until it arrives at the company sawmills. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They brought the cars around to the front of the villa and we loaded them with the hospital equipment which was piled in the hallway. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The lower view shows typical subway construction for third rail train and surface cars. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We took the cars and came up here to ancient Cairo, which is an Oriental city and of the completest pattern. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The bridge is divided into five avenues: one central one for foot passengers, two outer ones for vehicles, and the others for the street cars. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- While he was doing this Stephenson was patiently building new locomotives, and trying to induce the mine-owners along the Tyne to replace their horse-cars with his engines. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Paula