engine   (Sound)

The noun engine has 4 senses

• engine -- (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)


• engine -- (something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change")


• locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive -- (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)


• engine -- (an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; "medieval engines of war")