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engine
/ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/
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What does engine mean?
noun
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
More meanings (12)
noun
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
- A locomotive.
- A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- (archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement.
- (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
- (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
- (obsolete) Natural talent; genius.
verb
- (dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
- (obsolete) To assault with an engine.
- (obsolete) To contrive; to put into action.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/
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After wearing and wasting her palpitating heart with every engine of regret that lonely inexperience could devise, common sense had illuminated her.
The engine which the two brothers managed was a very small one, and the master and apprentice served for engineman and fireman.
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I had a four horsepower engine, which I had made at Edinburgh, ready to be placed in position, together with the boiler.
The envelope was attached to a keel on which was mounted the engine, a 35 horse-power Anzani, driving two swivelling four-bladed propellers.
From now on, French engineers began to give serious attention to the new engine, and soon great improvements were made in it.