Machine - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |məˈʃiːn|  American pronunciation of the word machine
Brit.  |məˈʃiːn|  British pronunciation of the word machine

noun

- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
the war machine
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
he was endorsed by the Democratic machine
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine (syn: auto, automobile, car, motorcar)

verb

- turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
- make by machinery

Extra examples

Shovels are tools; bulldozers are machines.

Do you know how to operate this machine?

The machine is working properly.

He was bragging about his new machine.

The coach turned the team into a scoring machine.

My younger brother is an eating machine.

A politician who dared to challenge the local party machine

Their army is a well-oiled machine.

The parts of the engine have been precisely machined.

He was a neat little machine of a butler.

The small pictures and the machines appear to be the different sides of the same coin.

Is the washing machine working now?

Could you get me a coffee from the drinks machine?

The fax machine is broken.

Turn the machine off before removing the cover.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: machine
he/she/it: machines
present participle: machining
past tense: machined
past participle: machined
noun
singular: machine
plural: machines
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