vehicle meaning

• Noun: vehicle  veeikul
  1. A conveyance that transports people or objects 
  2. A medium for the expression or achievement of something
     "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"; "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"; "the play was just a vehicle to display her talents" 
  3. Any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it 
  4. Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
     - fomite

  Derived forms: vehicles

  See also: vehicular

  Type of: conveyance, medium, object, physical object, substance, transport

  Encyclopedia: Vehicle

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  [Architecture]
  

  In a paint, the liquid in which the pigment is dispersed.

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  [Business]
  AmE also / noun [C]

  HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE, PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLE

  1

  a car, bus, lorry/truck, etc:

  The company is renewing its fleet of vehicles.

  a commercial/delivery/(heavy) goods vehicle

  ◆ vehicle makers/manufacturers/producers to hire/lease a vehicle

  2

  something that can be used as a way of achieving sth or to express your ideas or feelings :

  The intranet provides a vehicle for teams to share information and knowledge.

  The capital will be repaid if your investment vehicle performs well.

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  [Electronics]
  An inert substance, usually a liquid, that acts as a solvent, carrier, or binder for some other, more active substance. Thus, shellac can be the vehicle for the metallic powder in a silver paint used in silk-screening electronic circuits.
  
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  [Law]
  n. See MOTOR VEHICLE.
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  [Mechanical engineering]
  "A self-propelled wheeled machine that transports people or goods on or off roads, automobiles and trucks are examples."
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  [Medicine]
  A carrier or inert medium used as a solvent (or diluent) in which the medicinally active agent is formulated and or administered. (Dictionary of Pharmacy,1986) n
  1 : an inert medium in which a medicinally active agent is administered
  2 : an agent of transmission ‹a vehicle of infection›
  

• Every disposable vehicle was sent.
• Every street was jam-packed with vehicles.
• He saw the vehicle bearing down on him.
• This might apply to caterpillar vehicles.
• He commandeered idle men and vehicle.
• Language is the vehicle of thought.
• All vehicles should keep to the right.
• The entire vehicle is covered with a stiffened skin.
• Various kinds of vehicles run to and from in the street.
• Transport vehicles were showing many signs of wear.

• "vehicle" meaning in Chinese: n. 1.车辆；载运工具；飞行器；运行工具。2.媒介物，媒质。3.【药学】赋形剂。4.【绘画、化】展色料，载色剂。...
• "vehicle" meaning in Japanese: vehicle n. 車, 乗り物; 手段; 展色剤. 【動詞＋】 ◆He learnt how to drive ...
• "vehicle" meaning in Russian: 1) сухопутное средство передвижения или перевозки (автомоб...
• "vehicle" meaning in French: n. véhicule, voiture; appareil