engine
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,989 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 43,905 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- something used to achieve a purpose an engine of change
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks also: locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc. medieval engines of war
engine in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
Markley sat in the middle where he watched the engine.
Static · Wallace West · Chapter 1
-
He was strong; but so also are the driving-wheels of an engine.
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century · Edward Payson Roe · Chapter 2
-
I would have run that engine back until every track was clear had I had my way.
Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 · Various · Chapter 2
-
There it stood, its motionless engine sending out odors of hot varnish and little shimmering waves of heat.
Steve and the Steam Engine · Sara Ware Bassett · Chapter 1
-
It was an insignificant matter in itself, but it acted like the little safety-valve which prevents the bursting of a high-pressure engine.
Six Months at the Cape · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1