The meaning of Engine

Engine – definition

noun
A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
Usage examples:
The roar of a car engine
Synonims:
Motor Mechanism Machine Power source Drive
noun
A locomotive.
Usage examples:
And a final word… in about three years it will be time to mark the bi-centenary of the first succes…

noun
A machine that uses the energy from fuel or steam to produce movement
Usage examples:
The car has a four-cylinder engine., fig. the health-care industry has been an engine of growth., t…

noun
A machine that uses energy to produce movement
Usage examples:
A jet engine, a car/aircraft engine, for much of the 19th century britain was the workshop of the w…

Engine translation into English

Engine: translate from English into Chinese

引擎, 发动机, 机, 机车

Engine: translate from English into Dutch

Motor, Machine, Locomotief, Brandspuit

Engine: translate from English into French

Moteur, Machine, Locomotive, Moyen

Engine: translate from English into German

Motor, Maschine, Triebwerk, Lokomotive

Engine: translate from English into Hindi

यन्त्र, इंजन

Engine: translate from English into Italian

Motore, Macchina, Locomotiva

Engine: translate from English into Korean

엔진, 기관차, 발동기, 수단, 기관을 장치하는

Engine: translate from English into Russian

Двигатель, Мотор, Машина, Паровоз, Средство, Локомотив, Инструмент, Орудие

Engine: translate from English into Spanish

Motor, Máquina, Locomotora, Ingenio, Núcleo de máquina

Word origin

Middle English (formerly also as ingine ): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; compare with ingenious. The original sense was ‘ingenu

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Engine – similar words

engineered

adjective
(of an organism) modified by manipulation of genetic material.
Usage examples:
Genetically engineered plants

verb
Design and build (a machine or structure).
Usage examples:
The men who engineered the tunnel

adjective
Designed and built using scientific principles
Usage examples:
Commercial intertech corp. is a manufacturer of engineered products., this is a precision engineere…

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engineer

noun
A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures.
Usage examples:
This is important to the engineers who design and build products, because it gives them a tool to d…

verb
Design and build (a machine or structure).
Usage examples:
The men who engineered the tunnel

noun
A person specially trained to design and build machines, structures, and other things, including bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings
Usage examples:
He is an engineer at a large electronics company., the bridge is engineered to withstand an earthqu…

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engined

suffix
Used for showing what type or number of engines something has
Usage examples:
Twin-engined, jet-engined

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Engine synonims

drive

verb
Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
Usage examples:
He got into his car and drove off

noun
(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.
Usage examples:
He was driven by ambition

verb
To travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it
Usage examples:
[ t ] we drove 40 miles to visit my aunt., [ i ] she drove through pennsylvania to ohio., [ i ] she…

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machine

noun
An apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.
Usage examples:
A fax machine

verb
Make or operate on with a machine.
Usage examples:
The cylinder covers are waiting to be machined

noun
A device with moving parts that uses power to do work of a particular type
Usage examples:
A sewing/washing machine, an answering machine, he was a product of an old-line party machine.

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mechanism

noun
A system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.
Usage examples:
A third motor powers the tape eject mechanism

noun
A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together
Usage examples:
Automatic cameras have a special focusing mechanism., the mechanism for collecting taxes needs revi…

noun
A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together
Usage examples:
The elevator has a safety mechanism which prevents it from falling., a mechanism to do sth we need …

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motor

noun
A machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for another device with moving parts.
Usage examples:
These electric motors are highly reliable

adjective
Driven by a motor.
Usage examples:
A motor van

verb
Travel in a motor vehicle.
Usage examples:
They motored north up the m6

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