(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a large vehicle that is used to transport goods by road. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use lorry )
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is an open vehicle used for carrying goods on a railway. (BRIT; in AM, use freight car )
They were loaded on the railway ~s to go to Liverpool.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
3.
When something or someone is ~ed somewhere, they are driven there in a lorry. (mainly AM)
The liquor was sold legally and ~ed out of the state.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv
4.
If you say that you will have no ~ with someone or something, you are refusing to be involved with them in any way.
He would have no ~ with deceit...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n