Vehicle Definition–noun | 1. | 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. | | 2. | a conveyance moving on wheels, runners, tracks, or the like, as a cart, sled, automobile, or tractor. | | 3. | a means of transmission or passage: Air is the vehicle of sound. | | 4. | a carrier, as of infection. | | 5. | 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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| | 6. | Theater, Movies. a play, screenplay, or the like, having a role suited to the talents of and often written for a specific performer. | | 7. | a means of accomplishing a purpose: College is a vehicle for success. | | 8. | 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). | | 9. | Pharmacology. a substance, usually fluid, possessing little or no medicinal action, used as a medium for active remedies. | | 10. | Painting. a liquid, as oil, in which a pigment is mixed before being applied to a surface. | |
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