Collocations for "engine"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "engine" in context.
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engine
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [diesel, hybrid, gasoline, combustion, steam] engine
- a [car, motorcycle, plane, boat] engine
- the [car's] engine
- a [two] -stroke engine
- a [1.6] -liter engine
- a [100] -horsepower engine
- a [150] -cc engine
- how big is [its] engine?
- how big of an engine does [it] have?
- what size engine does [it] have?
- a [smooth, reliable, faulty, dead] engine
- think you flooded the engine
- [start, jump-start, kick-start, rev] the engine
- [repair, fix, restore, rebuild, inspect] the engine
- the engine [broke down, stopped working, blew, died, stalled]
- one of the engines is [down, broken]
- keep the engine [running, going]
- could hear the [roar, purr, hum] of the engine
- the engine was [roaring]
- [drive, pull over for, watch out for] the fire engine
- is the [main, leading, default] search engine
- use a search engine to [find, get, locate, compare]
- the engine [size, capacity, horsepower]
- [change, fill, check] the engine oil
- search engine [marketing, presence, optimization]
- [high, low, featured] in search engine listings
'engine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aircraft
- airplane
- better
- blown
- boiler
- break
- burned out
- cart
- catalyst
- choke
- coal
- coil
- component
- contact
- cough
- crank
- damper
- diagram
- die
- drone
- failure
- faulty
- fire
- flood
- frost
- gas
- gasket
- grease
- grind
- grinding
- growl
- gum
- gun
- idle
- inlet
- internal
- invent
- jerk
- jet
- juice
- kill
- knock
- labor
- lap
- leak
- monkey
- muffler
- noise
- oil
- overhaul