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US
/ˈɛndʒən, ˈɪndʒən/
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[ UK /ˈɛndʒɪn/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛndʒɪn/ ]
NOUN
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something used to achieve a purpose
an engine of change - motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
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an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
medieval engines of war
How To Use engine In A Sentence
- After our engineless sail into the anchorage at Santa Domingo we spent a couple of days trying to resuscitate the iron genny. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- A light tubular chassis with an inline 8 cylinder engine was made by cobbling a couple of sports engines together.
- The flight crew made a distress call and the aircraft landed safely on one engine around 14 minutes after take-off.
- One Mercedes engineer estimated that, worldwide, up to 50,000 vehicles may have to be repaired, which is a blow for a company which prides itself on reliability and quality. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- The engine is a stormer: certainly better than the z1000.
- I'll get all the engine cowls off, get all the dust out of it, and a lot of areas have to be repolished.
- Some archaeologists have been championing the culture of pre-Roman Britain for some time and the Shropshire road may confirm that traders were bringing back continental innovations to add to existing native achievements in art and engineering. Letters: Native culture of pre-Roman Britain
- York were immediately on the back foot but repelled a series of short corners and managed to engineer a breakaway attack.
- Even at full speed the ship's engines cause very little vibration.
- On October 30, just as the flood waters were creeping up in Ryedale, she drove her Peugeot car through a deep puddle and stalled the engine.
