motorized Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb equip with a motor vehicle
    motorize.
    • The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback
  2. verb equip with a motor
    motorize.
    • motorized scooters are now the rage
  3. verb equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
    mechanize; motorize; motorise; mechanise.
    • mechanize armies
  4. adjective equipped with a motor or motors
    motorised; motored.
    • a motorized wheelchair
  5. adjective satellite using vehicles
    mechanised; mechanized.
    • motorized warfare

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