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engine
[ en-juhn ]
noun
- a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- a railroad locomotive.
- a fire engine.
- Computers. a piece or collection of software that drives a later process (used in combination, as in game engine software engine ). search engine.
- any mechanical contrivance.
- a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
- a means by which something is achieved, accomplished, or furthered:
Trade is an engine of growth that creates jobs, reduces poverty, and increases economic opportunity.
- Obsolete. an instrument of torture, especially the rack.
engine
/ ˈɛndʒɪn /
noun
- any machine designed to convert energy, esp heat energy, into mechanical work
a petrol engine
a steam engine
- a railway locomotive
- ( as modifier )
the engine cab
- military any of various pieces of equipment formerly used in warfare, such as a battering ram or gun
- obsolete.any instrument or device
engines of torture
engine
- A machine that turns energy into mechanical force or motion, especially one that gets its energy from a source of heat, such as the burning of a fuel. The efficiency of an engine is the ratio between the kinetic energy produced by the machine and the energy needed to produce it.
- See more at internal-combustion engineSee also motor
Other Word Forms
- en·gine·less adjective
- mul·ti·en·gine noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of engine1
Example Sentences
Job opportunities at the Port of Los Angeles are dwindling as President Trump’s steep tariffs take a hit on global trade and a major economic engine for the regional economy.
Responding to claims that the "engine room" of the unit had now been lost, Mr Collins said: "The engine room is the 57 councillors that have been elected to run this council."
I was continually scaling walls and dragging him, covered in engine grease, out from under a car in the morning after he slipped out the front door left ajar.
But the engine that fires up the plot of “The Great Mann,” and which sets it apart from “Gatsby,” is the battle Black creatives and business owners faced to hold onto their properties.
On Tuesday morning, a Portuguese fire engine and four vehicles carrying German police arrived.
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