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TRACTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tractive mean?
• TRACTIVE (adjective)
The adjective TRACTIVE has 1 sense:
1. exerting traction and serving to pull
Familiarity information: TRACTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exerting traction and serving to pull
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
traction (the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road))
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