locomotive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
    engine; railway locomotive; locomotive engine.
  2. adjective of or relating to locomotion
    locomotor.

WordNet

Lo"co*mo`tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. locomotif. See Locomotion.
Definitions
  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.
Lo"co*mo`tive noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913