engine

8 definitions • 11 examples

a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to produce movement:

a jet engine

a car engine

My car's been having engine trouble recently.

the part of a railway train that pulls it along

something that provides power, often economic power, for other things:

engine of economic growth For much of the 19th century Britain was the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth.

a machine that uses the energy from fuel or steam to produce movement:

The car has a four-cylinder engine.

fig. The health-care industry has been an engine of growth.

The plane was forced to land because of engine problems.

An engine (also (also locomotive)) is a separate part of a train that pulls the other parts of the train.

a machine that uses energy to produce movement:

a jet engine

a car/aircraft engine

something that makes something happen, or that influences it strongly:

For much of the 19th century Britain was the workshop of the world and the engine of economic growth.

a computer program that performs a particular task:

This is a new payment engine that can handle online payments securely.