Definitions for Engine
ˈɛn dʒənen·gine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. enginenoun

   motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

2. enginenoun

   something used to achieve a purpose

   "an engine of change"

3. locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotivenoun

   a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

4. enginenoun

   an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

   "medieval engines of war"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enginenoun

   Cunning, trickery.

2. enginenoun

   The result of cunning; a plot, a scheme.

3. enginenoun

   A device to convert energy into useful mechanical motion, especially heat energy

4. enginenoun

   A powered locomotive used for pulling cars on railways.

5. enginenoun

   A person or group of people which influence a larger group.

6. enginenoun

   the brain or heart.

7. enginenoun

   A software system, not a complete program, responsible for a technical task (as in layout engine, physics engine).

8. engineverb

   To assault with an engine.

   To engine and batter our walls. uE00027131uE001 T. Adams.

9. engineverb

   To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.

   Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

10. Etymology: From engin, from engin, from ingenium, from ingenitum, past participle of ingigno; see ingenious. Engine originally meant 'ingenuity, cunning' which eventually developed into meaning 'the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare' and 'tool, weapon'.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ENGINEnoun

   Etymology: engin, French; ingegno, Italian.

   1. Any mechanical complication, in which various movements and parts concur to one effect.2. A military machine.

   This is our engine, towers that overthrows;
   Our spear that hurts, our sword that wounds our foes. Edward Fairfax.

   3. Any instrument.

   The sword, the arrow, the gun, with many terrible engines of death, will be well employed. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   He takes the scissars, and extends
   The little engine on his fingers ends. Alexander Pope, Rape of the Lock.

   4. Any instrument to throw water upon burning houses.

   Some cut the pipes, and some the engines play;
   And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. Dryden.

   5. Any means used to bring to pass, or to effect. Usually in an ill sense.

   Prayer must be divine and heavenly, which the devil with all his engines so violently opposeth. Brian Duppa, Rules for Devotion.

   6. An agent for another. In contempt.

   They had th’ especial engines been, to rear
   His fortunes up into the state they were.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Engine

   An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power generation), heat energy (e.g. geothermal), chemical energy, electric potential and nuclear energy (from nuclear fission or nuclear fusion). Many of these processes generate heat as an intermediate energy form, so heat engines have special importance. Some natural processes, such as atmospheric convection cells convert environmental heat into motion (e.g. in the form of rising air currents). Mechanical energy is of particular importance in transportation, but also plays a role in many industrial processes such as cutting, grinding, crushing, and mixing. Mechanical heat engines convert heat into work via various thermodynamic processes. The internal combustion engine is perhaps the most common example of a mechanical heat engine, in which heat from the combustion of a fuel causes rapid pressurisation of the gaseous combustion products in the combustion chamber, causing them to expand and drive a piston, which turns a crankshaft. Unlike internal combustion engines, a reaction engine (such as a jet engine) produces thrust by expelling reaction mass, in accordance with Newton's third law of motion. Apart from heat engines, electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical motion, pneumatic motors use compressed air, and clockwork motors in wind-up toys use elastic energy. In biological systems, molecular motors, like myosins in muscles, use chemical energy to create forces and ultimately motion (a chemical engine, but not a heat engine). Chemical heat engines which employ air (ambient atmospheric gas) as a part of the fuel reaction are regarded as airbreathing engines. Chemical heat engines designed to operate outside of Earth's atmosphere (e.g. rockets, deeply submerged submarines) need to carry an additional fuel component called the oxidizer (although there exist super-oxidizers suitable for use in rockets, such as fluorine, a more powerful oxidant than oxygen itself); or the application needs to obtain heat by non-chemical means, such as by means of nuclear reactions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Enginenoun

   (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill

2. Enginenoun

   anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent

3. Enginenoun

   any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture

4. Enginenoun

   a compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect

5. Engineverb

   to assault with an engine

6. Engineverb

   to equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another

7. Engineverb

   (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture

8. Etymology: [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin a snare.]

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1. Engine

   An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines burn a fuel to create heat, which then creates motion. Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical motion, pneumatic motors use compressed air and others—such as clockwork motors in wind-up toys—use elastic energy. In biological systems, molecular motors, like myosins in muscles, use chemical energy to create motion.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Engine

   en′jin, n. a complex and powerful machine, esp. a prime mover: a military machine: anything used to effect a purpose: a device: contrivance: (obs.) ability, genius.—v.t. to contrive: to put into action.—ns. En′gine-driv′er, one who manages an engine, esp. who drives a locomotive; Engineer′, an engine maker or manager: one who directs works and engines: a soldier belonging to the division of the army called Engineers, consisting of men trained to engineering work.—v.i. to act as an engineer.—v.t. to arrange, contrive.—ns. Engineer′ing, the art or profession of an engineer; En′gine-man, one who drives an engine; En′gine-room, the room in a vessel in which the engines are placed; En′ginery, the art or business of managing engines: engines collectively: machinery; En′gine-turn′ing, a kind of ornament made by a rose-engine, as on the backs of watches, &c.—Civil engineer (see Civil). [O. Fr. engin—L. ingenium, skill. See Ingenious.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. engine

   1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but can't be used without some kind of front end. Today we have, especially, print engine: the guts of a laser printer. 2. An analogous piece of software; notionally, one that does a lot of noisy crunching, such as a database engine.The hacker senses of engine are actually close to its original, pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill, clever device, or instrument (the word is cognate to ‘ingenuity’). This sense had not been completely eclipsed by the modern connotation of power-transducing machinery in Charles Babbage's time, which explains why he named the stored-program computer that he designed in 1844 the Analytical Engine.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. engine

   A type of machine created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

   The engine worked so effectively.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 20, 2020  

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1. engine

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Engine' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2141

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Engine' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1710

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Engine' in Nouns Frequency: #680

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Engine in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Engine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Engine in a Sentence

1. The EU:

   Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine. These practices have denied rivals the chance to innovate and compete on the merits.

2. James Kelly:

   I looked at the driver of the engine and I said, 'Turn it around, we're going to the hospital,'.

3. Loren Naftz:

   When I was little, my dad always had girl-themed birthday parties on his birthday, so now I’ll have boy-themed birthday parties on my birthday. It’ll be like Thomas the Tank Engine and dinosaur birthday parties forever.

4. Huang Chin-shun:

   I thought something's wrong with the engine because I always take this flight.

5. Ocean Tankers:

   We have been training the operators in proper bunker management and segregation, preventive maintenance, as well as to ensure that heating temperature is in accordance with engine maker's specifications, we do have concerns which is why we're now in a trial period where our own fleet is starting to burn LSFO.

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