'Engine' definitions:
Definition of 'engine'
From: WordNet
noun
Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
noun
Something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change"
noun
A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive]
noun
An instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; "medieval engines of war"
Definition of 'Engine'
From: GCIDE
- Engine \En"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n), n. [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.] 1.
- Note: (Pronounced, in this sense, [e^]n*j[=e]n".) Natural capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; a machine; an agent. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. "Terrible engines of death." --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. [1913 Webster]
- Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive.
- Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.
- Engine tool, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth.
- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Engine'
From: GCIDE
- Engine \En"gine\, v. t.
- 1. To assault with an engine. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To engine and batter our walls. --T. Adams. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Pronounced, in this sense, ?????.) To rack; to torture. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'engine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AC motor,
- aeromotor,
- air engine,
- alembic,
- anvil,
- apparatus,
- appliance,
- arc-jet engine,
- axial-flow turbojet,
- beam engine,
- bearings,
- blowing engine,
- boiler,
- caldron,
- cam,
- cam engine,
- camshaft,
- capacitor motor,
- commutator motor,
- compensated motor,
- compound motor,
- condensing engine,
- connecting rod,
- convenience,
- Corliss engine,
- crankcase,
- crankshaft,
- crucible,
- cylinder,
- cylinder head,
- diagonal engine,
- differential,
- direct-acting engine,
- donkey engine,
- drive,
- dynamo,
- dynamotor,
- electric motor,
- enginery,
- facility,
- fire engine,
- fixture,
- flywheel,
- gas jet,
- gas turbine engine,
- gearbox,
- gears,
- generator,
- hot-air engine,
- hydraulic engine,
- hydro-jet,
- impulse duct engine,
- inverted engine,
- ion engine,
- ion rocket,
- jet,
- lathe,
- locomotive,
- machine,
- machinery,
- mechanical aid,
- mechanical device,
- mechanism,
- melting pot,
- mortar,
- motive power,
- motor,
- Otto engine,
- outboard motor,
- pancake engine,
- piston,
- piston engine,
- piston rod,
- piston-valve engine,
- plasma engine,
- portable engine,
- power plant,
- power source,
- propeller-jet engine,
- propjet,
- pulse-jet engine,
- pumping engine,
- radial engine,
- ramjet,
- ramjet engine,
- reciprocating engine,
- refrigerating engine,
- resojet engine,
- retort,
- rocket engine,
- rocket motor,
- rotary engine,
- rotary-piston engine,
- rotor motor,
- servomotor,
- shunt motor,
- steam engine,
- supercharged engine,
- synchronous motor,
- test tube,
- three-phase motor,
- traction engine,
- transducer,
- transformer,
- transmission,
- turbine,
- turbojet,
- turbojet engine,
- turboprop,
- utility,
- variable-speed motor,
- vernier engine,
- vertical engine,
- Wankel engine
Words containing 'Engine'
- Engineer,
- Engineered,
- Engineering,
- Enginer,
- Enginous,
- engines,
- Ballast engine,
- Beam engine,
- Bogie engine,
- Caloric engine,
- Carding engine,
- Civil engineer,
- Civil engineering,
- Compound engine,
- Condensing engine,
- Cornish engine,
- Corps of Engineers,
- Cycloidal engine,
- Cylinder engine,
- Diesel engine,
- Disk engine,
- Dividing engine,
- Donkey engine,
- Draft engine,
- Draught engine,
- Engine driver,
- Engine lathe,
- Engine tool,
- Engine turning,
- Engineer Corps,
- Ether engine,
- Fire engine,
- Flame engine,
- Forcing engine,
- Garden engine,
- Gas engine,
- Gasolene engine,
- Gasoline engine,
- Goods engine,
- Graduating engine,
- Grasshopper engine,
- Heat engine,
- Hoisting engine,
- Horizontal engine,
- Lapping engine,
- Locomotive engine,
- Man engine,
- Marine engine,
- Mechanical engineering,
- Military engineer,
- Mining engineering,
- Pile engine,
- Pilot engine,
- Pony engine,
- Potcher engine,
- Pumping engine,
- Radial engine,
- Radiant engine,
- Reciprocating engine,
- Reversing engine,
- Ringing engine,
- Rose engine,
- Rotary engine,
- Rotative engine,
- Screw engine,
- Semiradial engine,
- Solar engine,
- Stationary engine,
- Steam engine,
- Steeple engine,
- Switching engine,
- Tandem engine,
- Tank engine,
- Throwing engine,
- To reverse an engine,
- Traction engine,
- Trunk engine,
- Turning engine,
- Vapor engine,
- Water engine,
- Winding engine,
- aeronautical engineer,
- aeronautical engineering,
- aerospace engineer,
- aircraft engine,
- architectural engineering,
- army engineer,
- automobile engine,
- automotive engineer,
- automotive engineering,
- auxiliary engine,
- biomedical engineering,
- chemical engineering,
- efficiency engineer,
- electrical engineer,
- electrical engineering,
- engine block,
- engine failure,
- engine room,
- engineer's chain,
- engineering school,
- engineering science,
- epitrochoidal engine,
- fanjet engine,
- flight engineer,
- genetic engineering,
- highway engineer,
- hydraulic engineering,
- industrial engineering,
- ion engine,
- jet engine,
- knowledge engineering,
- locomotive engineer,
- marine engineer,
- mechanical engineer,
- metallurgical engineer,
- mining engineer,
- naval engineer,
- naval engineering,
- nuclear engineering,
- petrol engine,
- railroad engineer,
- ramjet engine,
- reaction engine,
- rocket engine,
- rocket engineer,
- rotatory engine,
- search engine,
- software engineer,
- software engineering,
- switch engine,
- turbofan engine,
- turbojet engine,
- wankel engine,
- Duplex pumping engine,
- Engine-sized,
- Portable steam engine,
- Semiportable steam engine,
- Steam fire engine,
- Vertical steam engine,
- bachelor of science in engineering,
- efficiency of a heat engine,
- engine cooling system,
- master of science in engineering,
- wankel rotary engine,
- Compressed-air engine,
- Electro-magnetic engine,
- Engine-type generator,
- High-pressure engine,
- Internal-combustion engine,
- Side-lever engine,
- external-combustion engine,
- four-stroke engine,
- reaction-propulsion engine,
- valve-in-head engine,
- Back-acting steam engine,
- Back-action steam engine,
- Direct-acting steam engine,
- Low-pressure steam engine,
- Self-contained steam engine,
- Triple-expansion steam engine,
- direct-action steam engine,
- four-stroke internal-combustion engine