engine
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- n motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- n something used to achieve a purpose
an engine of change - n a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- n an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
medieval engines of war
- Rear-engine cars are fun to drive and even more fun to crash.
- Doing away with the stop-and-start movements of the piston engine saves valuable power for a continuous circular movement.
- Ordering take-out, finding phone numbers and a slew of alternative search engines.