engine
Meanings
Plural: engines
Noun
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- something used to achieve a purpose
- "an engine of change"
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
- "medieval engines of war"
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- A tool; a utensil or implement.
- 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.
- 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 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).
- Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
- The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
- Natural talent; genius.
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
Verb
- To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
- To assault with an engine.
- To contrive; to put into action.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.
Synonyms
locomotive, locomotive engine, motor, railway locomotive
Scrabble Score: 7
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