engines
noun
Meaning
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- A tool; a utensil or implement.
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
- To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
- To assault with an engine.
- To contrive; to put into action.
- To rack; to torture.
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