tractor

  1. Noun.  (context, agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
  2. Noun.  (US) A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer..
  3. Noun.  Any piece of machinery that pulls something.
  4. Noun.  (aviation) (aircraft configuration) An airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.
  5. Noun.  (rfv-sense) An apparatus which creates drag by pulling against a surface.

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