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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 ).
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
/ ˈɛԻɪ /
noun
any machine designed to convert energy, esp heat energy, into mechanical work
a steam engine
a petrol 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
obsoleteany 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 engine steam engine See also motor
Other 51Թ Forms
- engineless adjective
- multiengine noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of engine1
Example Sentences
Ms Logan's coffin, draped in the Union flag, was carried atop an aerial ladder platform fire engine.
Crews were sent to the scene at the junction of Scott Street and South Street at about 01:30 and about 11 fire engines remained at the scene by 08:00.
It is a big deal for the US to share what has been described as the "crown jewel" of its defence technology, and no small thing for the UK to hand over engine blueprints either.
The general hum of the canteen was pierced by the sound of approaching jet engines - and then the room exploded.
“We could hear the howl — like the roar of a thousand lions, like a fleet of jet engines passing overhead — the sound of fire devouring everything,“ Ramsey writes.
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