Synonyms for engine

Grammar : Noun

Spell : en-juh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn dʒən

Top 10 synonyms for engine

Other synonyms for the word engine

Définition of engine

Origin : c.1300, "mechanical device," also "skill, craft," from Old French engin "skill, cleverness," also "trick, deceit, stratagem; war machine" (12c.), from Latin ingenium "inborn qualities, talent" (see ingenious). At first meaning a trick or device, or any machine (especially military); sense of "device that converts energy to mechanical power" is 18c., especially of steam engines.

noun device that drives a machine

Example sentences :

By this engine, whose springs I am continually oiling, I play them all off.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

But when K., growing uneasy, came out into the yard, the engine had started at last.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The total weight of the monoplane with engine and propeller is 352 pounds.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

I did not want to start the engine until I had finished everything else.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Fuel consumption is a prime factor in the production of engine power.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

These blades are joined at the engine shaft, in a direct line.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

I had seen the flying-belt thrown from the machine and the stoppage of the engine.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Only then is the engine working on its bed-plate brought to a standstill.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Old mare's kinder skeery o' the engine, so I tied her a piece off.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

There they were, all huddled together with the engine and the fires.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

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