en·gine
Pronounced:
/ˈɛnʤən/
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural en·ginesMeaning:
[count] 1 : a machine that changes energy (such as heat from burning fuel) into mechanical motion ▪ The car has a four-cylinder engine. ▪ jet/diesel engines
2 : the vehicle that pulls a train : locomotive
3 formal + literary a : something that is used for a particular purpose ▪ tanks, planes, and other engines of war/destruction b : something that produces a particular and usually desirable result ▪ The tax cut could be an engine of economic growth.
2 : the vehicle that pulls a train : locomotive
3 formal + literary a : something that is used for a particular purpose ▪ tanks, planes, and other engines of war/destruction b : something that produces a particular and usually desirable result ▪ The tax cut could be an engine of economic growth.
—see also fire engine, search engine
