amerikai:
brit:
1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
2. A tool; a utensil or implement.
3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
5. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
6. A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
7. A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
a graphics engine
8. Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
9. The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
10. Natural talent; genius.
11. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
1. To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
2. To assault with an engine.
3. To contrive; to put into action.
4. To rack; to torture.