Etymology: (1540–50; < F < L māchina < Attic Gk mēchanē; see mechanic
Definition of 'MAchine'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)machine any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
2. (noun)machine an efficient person "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"
3. (noun)machine an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently "the war machine"
4. (noun)machine, simple machine a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
5. (noun)machine, political machine a group that controls the activities of a political party "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"
6. (verb)car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine "he needs a car to get to work"
7. (verb)machine turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
8. (verb)machine make by machinery "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"
1. (noun)machine a device with moving parts, for doing a particulartask the machine that stamps letters at the post office; a washing machine; the employees that operate/run the machines
Definition of 'MAchine'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)MAchine in general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine
2. (noun)MAchine any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle
3. (noun)MAchine a person who acts mechanically or at will of another
4. (noun)MAchine a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine
5. (noun)MAchine a political organization arranged and controlled by one or moreleaders for selfish, private or partisan ends
6. (noun)MAchine supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit
7. (verb)MAchine to subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine
Sense: a working arrangement of wheels, levers or other parts, driven eg by human power, electricity etc, or operating electronically, producing power and/or motion for a particular purpose a sewing-machine.
Definitions of MAchine 
Afrikaans: masjien
Arabic: ماكينَه، آله
Bulgarian: машина
Brazilian: máquina
Czech: stroj
German: die Maschine
Danish: maskine; -maskine
Greek: μηχανή, μηχάνημα
Spanish: máquina
Estonian: masin
Farsi: دستگاه؛ ماشین
Finnish: kone
French: machine
Hebrew: מְכוֹנָה
Hindi: मशीन, कल, यंत्र
Croatian: stroj, mašina
Hungarian: gép
Indonesian: mesin
Icelandic: vél, tæki
Italian: macchina
Japanese: 機械
Korean: 기계 장치
Lithuanian: mašina, aparatas
Latvian: mehānisms; aparāts
Malay: mesin
Dutch: machine
Norwegian: maskin
Polish: maszyna
Persian: دستگاه؛ ماشین
Pashto: د ماشين دستګاه
Portuguese: máquina
Romanian: maşină
Russian: механизм; машин(к)а
Slovak: stroj
Slovenian: stroj
Serbian: mašina
Swedish: maskin
Thai: เครื่องจักร
Turkish: makine
Taiwanese: 機器
Ukrainian: машина
Urdu: مشین، کل
Vietnamese: cỗ máy
Chinese: 机械
