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vehicle

[vee-i-kuh

l or, sometimes, vee-hi-]

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noun

any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport: a motor vehicle; space vehicles.

a conveyance moving on wheels, runners, tracks, or the like, as a cart, sled, automobile, or tractor.

a means of transmission or passage: Air is the vehicle of sound.

a carrier, as of infection.

a medium of communication, expression, or display: The novel is a fitting vehicle for his talents. language is the vehicle of thought.

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Theater, Movies. a play, screenplay, or the like, having a role suited to the talents of and often written for a specific performer.

a means of accomplishing a purpose: College is a vehicle for success.

Rhetoric. the thing or idea to which the subject of a metaphor is compared, as “rose” in “she is a rose.” Compare tenor (def. 3).

Pharmacology. a substance, usually fluid, possessing little or no medicinal action, used as a medium for active remedies.

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Painting. a liquid, as oil, in which a pigment is mixed before being applied to a surface.

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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin vehiculum, equivalent to veh(ere) to convey + -i- -i- + -culum -cle²

Pronunciation note
Because the primary stress in vehicle is on the first syllable, the

[h] in the second syllable tends to disappear:

[vee-i-kuh

l]. A pronunciation with primary stress on the second syllable and a fully pronounced [h] is usually considered nonstandard: [vee-hik-uh

l]. In the adjective vehicular, where the primary stress is normally on the second syllable, the [h] is always pronounced.

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Similarly, if an emergency vehicle needs to get around your car, let it.

His reputation depends not on how a vehicle arrives in his garage but on what he does to restore it to working condition.

Make the vehicle fit the task rather than focusing on what the vehicle is made of.

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Similarly, if an emergency vehicle needs to get around your car, let it.

His reputation depends not on how a vehicle arrives in his garage but on what he does to restore it to working condition.

Make the vehicle fit the task rather than focusing on what the vehicle is made of.

Manhattan's gridlocked streets were a proving ground this week for the first production gas-electric hybrid sport-utility vehicle.

Puff is attached near the exhaust pipe of your vehicle.

If your vehicle has a diesel engine, you can convert it to run on waste vegetable oil from restaurants.

Choi now had the vehicle to develop and bring this new flavor profile to a recession-hit city.

Here's the trick to getting your vehicle moving again.

European rulers are devoting considerable attention to the motor vehicle for military purposes.

They have, indeed, made it more risky to make off with a vehicle.

There are several small things you can do to make your vehicle more energy-efficient.

My vehicle comes to a hasty halt as a disabled car emerges abruptly from the murk dead ahead.

It bounces off the limo and into the road, where it explodes under the next vehicle in the motorcade.

Which may put a decade-long effort to restock the military's light tactical vehicle fleet in the ditch.

He promised full consultation over a new transport law, plus beefed-up vehicle inspections.

Choosing a fuel-efficient vehicle saves energy in the form of petroleum, saving you money at the pump.

Its main sensor sits on a perch atop the vehicle and resembles a silver coffee can with a mirror.

Then a pickup truck blew through a stop sign, totaling our vehicle.

Watching your odometer roll over into six figures is a momentous occasion, especially if you drive an electric vehicle.

First, making fuel-cells compact and cheap enough to drive an electric vehicle is far from easy.

Many vehicle manufacturers are actively researching and developing transportation fuel cell technologies.

Thornell jumped out of the vehicle and started clicking away, taking two rolls of pictures with his pair of cameras.

They said from the start that we'd see an electric vehicle born of the marriage, but neither side is breaking new ground here.

Now the team's handiwork will be tested to see if they can make a vehicle bomb-proof.

When the vehicle arrived it deployed into a full-size stage.

Sharing a family vehicle can reduce your fuel costs dramatically.

The other four people in our group linger at the vehicle.

Keeping your vehicle in good repair and running at peak performance equals fuel savings.

Very little energy seems to be being expended looking at alternative vehicle design.

With rising fuel costs, automotive efficiency has become a primary concern for many new vehicle buyers.

But the church was originally created as a vehicle for religion, so they were damaged bu the radical.

Hidden bundles of narcotics inside the pipes of a vehicle.

The vehicle employs a variety of archaeological tools.

But there's no evidence that the vehicle ever got off the.

If you drive to a workshop or a training session in your own vehicle and pay for the fuel, you can deduct the milage.

Such a vehicle would run on petrol but would use its reservoir of compressed air to boost the power when needed.

For some car aficionados, a vehicle takes on a personality all its own.

As the hover vehicle dangles from a string and slowly rotates with lights blinking on the side, it reminds me of a flying saucer.

The motor vehicle is developing steadily as a national means of transportation of merchandise.

If you have enough help when you get across the border, it might be a cheaper way to go, even with towing a vehicle.

Such a vehicle would run on petrol but would use its reservoir of compressed air to boost the engine's power when needed.

Or, if a vehicle needs to be destroyed quickly without collateral damage, then this too is possible with the same weapon.

After shutting down the boost stage, the reusable launch vehicle will return to earth and make a vertical landing.

Some electric vehicle manufacturers have jettisoned the old model of franchise auto.

They provide friction, so the vehicle can grip the road, but some of the power supplied to the tyres is lost as heat.

Cars and trucks have a small, rugged box of electronics that can reveal how the vehicle was operating before a crash.

It's even more so when the vehicle in question is a student-built electric vehicle.

The route to a fully charged electric vehicle runs through the parking lot.

The checkback can be a late-in-the-game vehicle for either delivering or reinforcing the message that your case is in trouble.

Can you imagine having to vault three quarters of a ton upwards from underneath the vehicle into a confined engine compartment.

Continued advances in unmanned aerial vehicle technology have profound implications regarding the nature of modern warfare.

In this corner: a defense secretary who takes a dim view of an expensive, delayed vehicle.

Buying an extended warranty for a vehicle can be a tough decision for consumers, whether purchasing one for a new or used car.

The badly parked vehicle drew the police's attention and led to a five-hour evacuation of more than a square mile.

They provide friction, so that the vehicle can grip the road, but some of the power supplied to the tyres is then lost as heat.

Food symbolizes many aspects of everyday culture and is a vehicle for social relations.

Continued advances in unmanned aerial vehicle technology have profound implications regarding the nature of modern.

Drivers also can monitor the state of charge of their vehicle online and by cell phone.

The vehicle of the future may not be sleek and streamlined.

Or, to help them let off steam, they might offer an annual spin with that gas-guzzling sports-utility vehicle of their dreams.

Carrying unnecessary weight in your vehicle makes your engine work harder.

The problem arises when a speeding vehicle heats the air in front of it, ionizing it into plasma that blocks radio transmissions.

My poor old field vehicle is once again bulging at the doors.

The vehicle has to be brought to the surface in order to retrieve its data, which is time-consuming.

Mexico city has long had such tests, but drivers have taken to bribing the vehicle inspectors.

Adding noise to a quiet vehicle will not make it safer, only more noisy.

Hydrogen is an attractive way of powering a vehicle because it can be made from all the sources that electricity can.

Continued advances in unmanned aerial vehicle technology have profound implications regarding the.

The biggest benefits were from vehicle damage that didn't happen and medical bills that were never incurred.

It was a sign that she viewed our vehicle as a safe place and accepted us without fear of danger.

Bees could be trained, through altered feeding habits, to swarm a vehicle packed with dynamite.

Allow the rest of your vehicle to warm up by driving it.

If there is a match, security forces will intercept the vehicle.

When you purchase a hybrid, you would expect to save gasoline, since the vehicle operates partially on electricity.

The award-winning site is a vehicle to help students learn how to do in-depth research and write.

It is a flash of the human spirit, a vehicle though which the soul of a particular culture comes into the material world.

The only advantage to chemical fuels in a vehicle is increased range.

We maneuvered the vehicle closer and saw no metal fittings or fasteners, no rigging, no canvas sails.

Jazz has been his platform for musical ideas, and the best vehicle for connecting with nature and with traditional musicians.

Here, a driver waits for his support vehicle after completing his run.

Metals parts of the vehicle are shredded and smelted for reuse.

Kolkata's densely populated city center is served by every manner of vehicle.

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World English Dictionary

vehicle (ˈviːɪk^əl)

—n
1.	any conveyance in or by which people or objects are transported, esp one fitted with wheels
2.	a medium for the expression, communication, or achievement of ideas, information, power, etc
3.	pharmacol a therapeutically inactive substance mixed with the active ingredient to give bulk to a medicine
4.	Also called: base a painting medium, such as oil, in which pigments are suspended
5.	(in the performing arts) a play, musical composition, etc, that enables a particular performer to display his talents
6.	a rocket excluding its payload

[C17: from Latin vehiculum, from vehere to carry]

vehicular

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

vehicle

1612, "a medium through which a drug or medicine is administered," 1615 in the sense of "any means of conveying or transmitting," from Fr. véhicule, from L. vehiculum "means of transport, a vehicle," from vehere "to carry," from PIE *wegh- "to go, transport in a vehicle" (cf. O.E. wegan "to carry;"

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O.N. vegr, O.H.G. weg "way;" M.Du. wagen "wagon;" see wagon). Sense of "cart or other conveyance" first recorded 1656.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

vehicle ve·hi·cle (vē'ĭ-kəl)
n.
A substance of no therapeutic value that is used to convey an active medicine for administration.

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