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Synonyms for engines

Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-juh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn dʒən

Top 10 synonyms for engines
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Définition of engines

Origin :
  • c.1300, "mechanical device," also "skill, craft," from Old French engin "skill, cleverness," also "trick, deceit, stratagem; war machine" (12c.), from Latin ingenium "inborn qualities, talent" (see ingenious). At first meaning a trick or device, or any machine (especially military); sense of "device that converts energy to mechanical power" is 18c., especially of steam engines.
  • noun device that drives a machine
Example sentences :
  • There are not many 30-horsepower engines which can be so handled.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • There are at least a dozen such motors or engines now in use.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The little vagabonds were quarrelling over the dbris of these engines of warfare.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Only by the aid of the woodmen can the watermen build their engines of victory.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • They reversed their engines and steamed off into the open sea with all possible speed.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • So far as I am concerned, time seemed to stop when the engines broke down.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • She rushed at top speed, vibrating under the stress of her engines.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Soon there were rivals in the field with new types of engines.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • And its engines were built in America, while those of the Clermont had been imported from England.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • Many of these engines are adapted to the use of straw as fuel.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
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