engine /ˈen.dʒɪn/ noun [C]
A2 a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to produce movement:
» a jet engine» a car engine» My car's been having engine trouble recently.See picture: engine 
Thesaurus+: ↑The engine and engine parts , ↑Engines and motorsThesaurus+: ↑Engines and motors , ↑The engine and engine parts
F0 (ALSO locomotive) the part of a railway train that pulls it along
Thesaurus+: ↑Trains and parts of trainsF0 something that provides power, often economic power, for other things:
» For much of the 19th century Britain was the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth.Thesaurus+: ↑Power to control• • •
Extra Examples:» Tell the mechanic that the engine was making a strange grinding noise.» It's fairly simple to modify the engine to run on lead-free fuel.» The plane's engine failed and the pilot was forced to bail out.» My car engine overheated because the water had leaked out of the radiator.» The boat was about a mile from the shore when the engine suddenly died.- stepchild
- stepdad
- stepdaughter
- stepfather
- step forward
- step in
- step into sb's shoes
- step into sth
- step into the breach
- stepladder
- stepmother
- step/move up a gear
- stepmum
- stepney
- step on it
- step on sb
- step out of line
- step out on sb
- stepparent
- steppe
- stepping stone
- steps
- stepsister
- stepson
- step sth down