engine

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for engine

engine 🔊 /ɛˈnʤʌn or ɪˈnʤʌn/

engine : උපකරණය

engine : එනජී්ම

engine : ඇන්ම

engine : එන්ම

engine : යන්ත්‍රය

engine : එන්ජීම

engine definition

Noun.

  1. (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
  2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
  3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
  4. A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

Transitive verb.

  1. To assault with an engine.
  2. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
  3. (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.