Alternativa stavningar
- (föråldrada ord) engyn
| Översättning | |
|---|---|
| Substantiv | |
| 1. | motor |
| 2. | lokomotif |
Definitioner
Substantiv
- (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
- (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
- (obsolete) Natural talent; genius.
- Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- (now archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement.
- A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
- The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
- A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
- (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
Verb
Exempel
- Therefore this craftie engine he did frame, / Against his praise to stirre vp enmitye [...].
- You see the ways the fisherman doth take / To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
- Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust.
- Flattery must be the most powerful Argument that cou'd be used to Human Creatures. Making use of this bewitching Engine, they extoll'd the Excellency of our Nature above other Animals [...].
- a graphics engine; a physics engine
- To engine and batter our walls.
- Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
- start your engines
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | engined |
| Imperfekt | engined |
| Presensparticip | engining |
| Plural | engines |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | engines |