engine

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) Cunning, trickery.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) The result of cunning; a plot, a scheme.
  3. Noun.  (engineering) A device to convert energy into useful mechanical motion, especially heat energy.
  4. Noun.  A powered locomotive used for pulling cars on railways.
  5. Noun.  A person or group of people which influence a larger group.
  6. Noun.  (informal) the brain or heart.
  7. Noun.  (computing) A software system, not a complete program, responsible for a technical task (as in ''layout engine'', ''physics engine'').

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