• A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.


    Engine meaning & definition 1 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 2 of Engine.


  • motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

    Engine meaning & definition 3 of Engine.


  • something used to achieve a purpose

    Engine meaning & definition 4 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 5 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 6 of Engine.


  • Cunning, trickery.

    Engine meaning & definition 7 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 8 of Engine.


  • A powered locomotive used for pulling cars on railways.

    Engine meaning & definition 9 of Engine.


  • the brain or heart.

    Engine meaning & definition 10 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 11 of Engine.


  • To assault with an engine.

    Engine meaning & definition 12 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 13 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 14 of 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.]

    Engine meaning & definition 15 of Engine.


    1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but cant 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 Babbages
      time, which explains why he named the stored-program computer that he
      designed in 1844 the Analytical
      Engine.

    Engine meaning & definition 16 of Engine.


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

    Engine meaning & definition 17 of Engine.

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