engine

engine is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
2. noun. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
3. noun. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
4. noun. A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
5. transitive verb. To assault with an engine.
6. transitive verb. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
7. transitive verb. (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.
8. noun. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
9. noun. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

   "medieval engines of war"

10. noun. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

    Synonyms: locomotive

11. noun. something used to achieve a purpose

    "an engine of change"

Synonyms

locomotive

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in engine:

ingene

Common word forms

engined, engines, engineer, engining, engineless

Words from these letters

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