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# engine

noun (engine, engines)

«engine» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An engine is a machine that burns fuel or uses power to make something move, like a car, train or plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#m1)
2. The engine of a train is the front part that pulls the cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#m2)
3. A fire engine is a fire truck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#m3)
4. A search engine is a website that finds things on the internet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#m4)

### In the lessons

maths: a story word or a part counted, as in a plane with 2 engines (total = planes × engines each), or a fire engine; science: engines turn fuel into movement, electric motors; history: steam engines; everyday life: start the engine, the fire engine's siren; safety: move aside for fire engines

### Examples

- A plane has 4 engines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x1)
- The train engine pulls 12 cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x2)
- Two fire engines came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x3)
- How many engines do 3 planes have? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x4)
- The car engine would not start. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x5)
- Steam engines burn coal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x6)
- Use a search engine to find facts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x7)
- Pull over when you hear a fire engine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x8)
- He had been running a long time before the engine; he had no idea that I was travelling there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/#x9)

### Note

Thing counted, sometimes a per-item number. Trap: none special. An engine burns fuel; a motor can run on electricity.

## In Jewish tradition

It means a war machine used to attack or defend a city, such as one that throws stones or shoots arrows. It has nothing to do with a motor.

**Interpretation.** Ezekiel's battering engines show the coming siege of Tyre. King Uzziah's engines show his cleverness and strength, which the tradition says later led him to pride.

### Examples

- And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. (Prophets EZK.26.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/engine/#x1)
- And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the corners, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. (Writings 2CH.26.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/engine/#x2)

### Note

Thing counted, sometimes a per-item number. Trap: none special. An engine burns fuel; a motor can run on electricity.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «engine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«engine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/engine.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «engine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/engine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«engine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/engine.html) on Mova free.