Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
(Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
- 2noun
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- 3noun
Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
- 4noun
A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
- 5transitive verb
To assault with an engine.
- 6transitive verb
To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
- 7transitive verb
(Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.
- 8noun
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- 9noun
an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
"medieval engines of war"
- 10noun
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
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- 11noun
something used to achieve a purpose
"an engine of change"
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