vehicle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a medium for the expression or achievement of something

   Their editorials provided a vehicle for their political views.

2. 2
   noun

   any inanimate object, such as a towel, money, or clothing that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

   The vehicle for the ebola outbreak was discovered to be an unwashed hospital sheet.

3. 3
   noun

   A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

   But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

4. 4
   noun

   A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.

   kinetic kill vehicle

5. 5
   noun

   A medium for expression of talent or views.

   supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle

6. 6
   noun

   The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

   an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle

7. 7
   noun

   An entity to achieve an end.

   mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews

8. 8
   noun

   a conveyance that transports people or objects

Etymology

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).