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Automotive

Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.

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crack

Automotive; Automobile

(1) To open something just a little. (2) A fracture in something which does not split it open. A hairline crack is a very narrow fracture which is often barely visible with the ...

deliver

Automotive; Automobile

(1) To pump or discharge a liquid. (2) To drive a new car from the factory to the distributor or dealer. Or to drive it to the customer.

damp

Automotive; Automobile

(1) To reduce the oscillations of spring, carburetor piston, etc.; (2) To reduce the vibration in a crankshaft.

degrease

Automotive; Automobile

(1) To remove oil and grease from the surface of a parat. (2) Wiping the surface to be painted with a clean cloth saturated in a solvent. This is essential to good paint adhesion.

customize

Automotive; Automobile

(1) To restyle or modify a vehicle. (2) To mount a new body on an existing chassis.

drive

Automotive; Automobile

(1) to travel in a car as in the expression, "We drove to Chicago." (2) to operate a vehicle as in the expression, "Martha drove to New York by herself." (3) to cause a wheel, ...

duals

Automotive; Automobile

(1) Two sets of exhaust pipes and mufflers -- one for each bank of cylinders. (2) Two tires on each end of an axle.