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Definitions for Engine

[1] a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
[2] a railroad locomotive.
[3] a fire engine.
[4] any mechanical contrivance.
[5] a machine or instrument used in warfare, as a battering ram, catapult, or piece of artillery.
[6] Obsolete . an instrument of torture, especially the rack.
[7] any machine designed to convert energy, esp heat energy, into mechanical work a steam engine ; a petrol engine
[8] a railway locomotive (as modifier ) the engine cab
[9] military any of various pieces of equipment formerly used in warfare, such as a battering ram or gun
[10] obsolete any instrument or device engines of torture

Words related to Engine

generator, tool, appliance, instrument, motor, weapon, transformer, diesel, turbine, cylinder, apparatus, means, pot, mechanism, fan, contrivance, agent, dynamo, barrel, implement

Words nearby Engine

engels, friedrich, engender, enghien, d', engild, engin., engine, engine company, engine driver, engine house, engine pod, engine room

Origin of Engine

1250–1300; Middle English engin < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin ingenium nature, innate quality, especially mental power, hence a clever invention, equivalent to in- in-2 + -genium, equivalent to gen- begetting (see kin) + -ium -ium

Other words from Engine

en·gine·less , adjective
mul·ti·en·gine , noun

Word origin for Engine

C13: from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium nature, talent, ingenious contrivance, from in- ² + -genium, related to gignere to beget, produce

Synonyms for Engine

appliance, diesel, generator, instrument, motor, power plant, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, agent, apparatus, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, dynamo, fan, horses, implement, means, mechanism, piston, pot, powerhouse, power train, putt-putt, rubber band, what's under the hood