All 7 Uses of
interstate
in
The Horse Whisperer
- Wayne knew the interstate would be okay, they'd have had the snowplows and sanders out hours ago.†
Chpt 1standard prefix: When a word begins with the prefix, "inter-", the prefix often means between. In this case, interstate means between different states. Interstate is often used as an abbreviation for interstate highway, a highway that runs between states. It has also come to mean freeway in a place like Hawaii where no major highway connects to another state.
- He could hear the drone of trucks already moving out on the interstate.†
Chpt 1
- The interstate was fine, as Wayne Tanner had expected.†
Chpt 1
- As he forked away from the interstate he flipped the four-wheel-drive switch, locking in the cab's front axle.†
Chpt 1
- They had breakfast, checked out and drove back up to the interstate.†
Chpt 13
- Some forty miles into Montana, neither looking nor caring where it led, she took an exit off the interstate.†
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- She looped back onto the interstate and drove through the night, all the way to Choteau.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
freeway, or highway that runs between states
or:
relating to the mutual relations between states -- especially of the United States
or:
relating to the mutual relations between states -- especially of the United States
Note that interstate is often contrasted with intrastate. An intrastate highway is used to move from one location in a state to another, rather than to move between states. Similarly, interstate commerce is business between states; whereas intrastate commerce affects a state without affecting other states. Under the U.S. Constitution, the interstate/intrastate distinction is important when determining when the federal government has authority to override state government.