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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024en•gine /ˈɛndʒən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mechanical Engineeringa machine for converting heat energy into mechanical energy or power in order to produce force and motion.
- Rail Transporta railroad locomotive.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•gine (en′jən),USA pronunciation n. - Mechanical Engineeringa machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- Rail Transporta railroad locomotive.
- a fire engine.
- Mechanical Engineeringany mechanical contrivance.
- Militarya machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
- [Obs.]an instrument of torture, esp. the rack.
- Latin ingenium nature, innate quality, esp. mental power, hence a clever invention, equivalent. to in- in-2 + -genium, equivalent. to gen- begetting (see kin) + -ium -ium
- Anglo-French, Old French
- Middle English engin 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/ n - any machine designed to convert energy, esp heat energy, into mechanical work: a steam engine, a petrol engine
- a railway locomotive
- any of various pieces of equipment formerly used in warfare, such as a battering ram or gun
- obsolete any instrument or device: engines of torture
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium nature, talent, ingenious contrivance, from in-² + -genium, related to gignere to beget, produce |