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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

A machine with moving parts that converts energy into motion or power.

e.g. The car's engine roared to life as it sped down the highway.

(noun)

a powered vehicle that pulls railway cars;

e.g. A shiny red engine pulled the train cars along the tracks.

(noun)

broadly, something that causes a particular process or acts toward a particular purpose, or something that brings about a particular result, especially when this result is favorable;

e.g. Her policies will be the engine of change that the city needs.

(verb)

to equip or fit a device or place with machines that convert energy into moving power or broadly serve as a source of energy;

e.g. They plan to engine the factory to make the machines run without a human operator.

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Similar Words

Converter

Machine

Motor

Transformer

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Related Words

Appliance

Equipment

Mechanism

Mill

Tool

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