engine
What is the Definition of engine?
Noun:
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- something used to achieve a purpose
- 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.
How can I use engine in a sentence?
Wiping his streaming eyes on his jacket sleeve, Hagrid swung himself onto the motorcycle and kicked the engine into life; with a roar it rose into the air and off into the night.
Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd, while cats of every color wound here and there between their legs.
A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people.
The overheated engine stopped working in the middle of the desert. - Перегретый двигатель перестал работать посреди пустыни.
The car’s engine roared as it sped down the highway. - Двигатель машины взревел, когда она помчалась по шоссе.
Other meanings of engine (synonyms, cognates).
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| engineering department |
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| engineering design |
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| engineering education |
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| engineering fees |
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| engineering manual |
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| engineering plant |
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| engineering preliminaries |
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| engineering process |
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| engineering products |
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| engineering report |
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| engineering specifications |
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| engineering structure |
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| engineering students |
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