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eng.

eng. is the abbreviation of engine.

eng. is the abbreviation of engineer.

Meaning of engine

Noun

engine (plural engines)

  1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
    • Their warlike Engins and munition
      Exceed the forces of their martial men.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. (archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement.
    • 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 [...].1714, Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees
  3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
    Synonyms:
    drive, motor
  4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
    • In France, the parliament soon became a mere engine in the hands of a few high-born and ambitious men, who had nothing in common with its interests, which were those of the people.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 75
  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 used for moving cars along a track.

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Meaning of engineer

Noun

engineer (plural engineers)

  1. (also, figuratively) A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.
    • For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his ovvne petar, an't ſhall goe hard / But I vvill delue one yard belovve their mines, / And blovve them at the Moone: […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...
  2. (also, figuratively, obsolete) A soldier in charge of operating a weapon; an artilleryman, a gunner.
    • This is hard welcome, but it was not you, / At whom the fatal enginer did ayme, / My breaſt the levell was, though you the marke, / In which conſpiracie anſwere me Duke, / Is not thy ſoule as guiltie as the Earles?1599, [Thomas Heywood], “The Second Part […]”, in The First and Second Partes of King Edvvard the Fourth. […], London: […] I. W. for Iohn Oxenbridge, […], →OCLC; reprinted Philadelphia, Pa.; New...
  3. (broadly) A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer.
    • [T]o an Enginer alſo, vvho promiſed to bring into the Capitoll huge Columnes vvith ſmall charges, hee gave for his deviſe no meane revvard; and releaſed him his labour in performing that vvorke, ſaying vvithall by vvay of preface, That he ſhould ſuffer him to feed the poore commons.1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Flavius Vespatianus Augustus”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    hostler
  4. (broadly) Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.
    • Macanopoietico, an inginer, an engine-maker.1598, John Florio, “Macanopoietico”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC, page 209, column...
    Synonyms:
    hostler
  5. (broadly, historical) A person who operates a steam engine; specifically (nautical), a person employed to operate the steam engine in the engine room of a ship.
    • The machinery [the steam engine] has proved, like the balloon, unmanageable, and flies away with the aeronaut. Steam, from the first, hissed and screamed to warn him; it was dreadful with its explosion, and crushed the engineer. The machinist has wrought and watched, engineers and firemen without...1856, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Wealth”, in English Traits, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, pages 170–171
    Synonyms:
    hostler, engineman
  6. (US, broadly) A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).
    Synonyms:
    hostler

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Proper noun capitalized: Eng.

Eng.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of English.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of England.

Forms of eng.

pluralengs.

Phrases with eng.

Questions about eng.

What is eng. the abbreviation of?
Eng. is the abbreviation of engine.
What part of speech is eng.?
Eng. is a proper noun.

Words near eng. in the dictionary

  1. Eng Chhun
  2. Eng Choon
  3. Eng'g
  4. Eng'r
  5. Eng-chhun
  6. eng.
  7. Engadin
  8. Engadine
  9. engag'd
  10. engagable
  11. engage

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