Definition for Engine:

• To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

Synonyms for Engine:

• n.

  •
  • dynamo,
  • alpha version,
  • authoring software,
  • application software,
  • generator,
  • application,
  • backup utility,
  • automatic recovery program,
  • autoresponder,
  • address book,
  • beta version,
  • accounting package.
  •
  • berth,
  • cable car,
  • baggage car,
  • car,
  • bogie,
  • buffet,
  • boxcar,
  • caboose,
  • cab,
  • carriage.
  •
  • foul,
  • throttle,
  • rich.
  •artifact (noun)
  • engine.
  •causes (noun)
  • influence,
  • trigger,
  • occasion,
  • culprit,
  • catalyst,
  • impetus,
  • contributor,
  • source,
  • base.
  •contrivance (noun)
  • whatsises.
  •device that drives a machine (noun)
  • apparatus,
  • transformer,
  • putt-putt,
  • fan,
  • piston,
  • pot,
  • weapon,
  • barrel,
  • agent,
  • means,
  • what's under the hood,
  • powerhouse,
  • Horses,
  • power train,
  • diesel,
  • rubber band,
  • cylinder,
  • appliance,
  • mechanism,
  • power plant,
  • implement.
  •engine (noun)
  • locomotive,
  • railway locomotive,
  • locomotive engine.
  •tool (noun)
  • whatchamacallit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Two-cycle,
  • two-stroke,
  • tractor,
  • horsepower,
  • turbine.
  •
  • flooded,
  • liter,
  • ignition.
  •
  • wheel.
  •
  • drive.

Paraphrases for Engine:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    motors, machine, machines.
  • Noun, plural
    motors.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    machine.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    locomotives.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    generator.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    matters.
  • Noun, plural
    fuels, wheels.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    powerhouse, propulsion, lifeblood, mover, impetus, crankcase, ignition, enabler, motive.
  • Verb, past tense
    Occurred.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Generating, guiding, stimulating.
  • Verb, past participle
    motorized, motivated, Installed, Got, played.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    drivers, settings.
  • Noun, plural
    drivers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    driver, turbine, cylinder, engineer.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Drives.

Engine Sentence Examples:

• We got into a third class compartment all to ourselves right at the end of the train, near the engine, and there I sat between the two men, who hardly exchanged a word the whole way, but who sat trying to read newspapers by the bad light.

• Now that the danger was all over, for of course the fire - engine and all those people would save the little brown house, Polly was the last person whom Joel really wanted to see.

Homophones for Engine:

• emission, enigma, e-mycin, enjoin, enchain, encomium, ensign, enzyme.

Hypernym for Engine:

• n.

  • artifact
    Ballista, reaction engine, arbalest, Mangonel, onager, trebuchet, heat engine, catapult, trebucket, auxiliary engine, generator, aircraft engine, battering ram, arbalist, reaction-propulsion engine, automobile engine, bricole, donkey engine.

Hyponym for Engine:

• n.

  • artifact
    motor, instrument.
  • phenomenon
    causal agency, cause, causal agent.

Meronym for Engine:

• n.

  • artifact
    gear, geartrain, gearing, train, camshaft, power train.