vehiculum

  • 121u̯eĝh- —     u̯eĝh     English meaning: to move, carry, drive     Deutsche Übersetzung: “bewegen, ziehen, fahren under dgl”     Note: eine zero grade uĝh only in Ar. and probably also in Alb.     Material: O.Ind. váhati “leads, travels, zieht, fũhrt… …

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  • 122vehicle — ► NOUN 1) a thing used for transporting people or goods on land. 2) a means of expressing, embodying, or fulfilling something: she used paint as a vehicle for her ideas. 3) a film, programme, song, etc., intended to display the leading performer… …

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  • 123vehicular — vehicle ► NOUN 1) a thing used for transporting people or goods on land. 2) a means of expressing, embodying, or fulfilling something: she used paint as a vehicle for her ideas. 3) a film, programme, song, etc., intended to display the leading… …

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  • 124vehicle — [17] A vehicle is etymologically something that ‘carries’. The word comes via French véhicule from Latin vehiculum, a derivative of vehere ‘carry’. This also gave English convex, inveigh, vector [18] (etymologically a ‘carrier’), and vex [15],… …

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  • 125vehicle — [vē′ə kəl, vē′hik΄əl] n. [Fr véhicule < L vehiculum, carriage < vehere, to carry: see WAY] 1. any device or contrivance for carrying or conveying persons or objects, esp. over land or in space, as an automobile, bicycle, sled, or spacecraft …

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  • 126genus Plethodon — noun type genus of the Plethodontidae • Syn: ↑Plethodon • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Plethodontidae, ↑family Plethodontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 127Plethodon — noun type genus of the Plethodontidae • Syn: ↑genus Plethodon • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Plethodontidae, ↑family Plethodontidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 128vehicle — n. 1 any conveyance for transporting people, goods, etc., esp. on land. 2 a medium for thought, feeling, or action (the stage is the best vehicle for their talents). 3 a liquid etc. as a medium for suspending pigments, drugs, etc. 4 the literal… …

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