Engine - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- something used to achieve a purpose
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
Extra examples
The car has a four-cylinder engine.
The tax cut could be an engine of economic growth.
He got into the driving seat and started the engine.
An engine failure forced a jetliner to crash-land in a field.
The engine won't start.
He switched off the car's engine and waited.
Is the engine running smoothly?
We were stranded with engine trouble on a deserted highway.
The Marshall Plan was the engine of postwar economic growth.
Rome's deadly war engine
The car's engine has been making a strange noise lately.
The new engine has even more power.
Wait! Don't start the engine yet.
I took apart the engine piece by piece and put it back together again.
The gas additive improves engine performance.
Word forms
singular: engine
plural: engines
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