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 Definitions of machine  [əˈʃin]  

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Definition of 'machine' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) machine
an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work:
a sewing machine.

2.  machine
a device that transmits or modifies force or motion.

3.  machine
a combination of simple machines.

4.  machine
an automobile or airplane.

5.  machine
any of various apparatus, devices, etc., that dispense things, esp. a vending machine.

6.  machine
any complex agency or operating system:
the machine of government.

7.  machine
a group of persons that conducts or controls a political party or organization.

8.  machine
a person or thing that acts in a mechanical or automatic manner.

9.  machine
a mechanical contrivance formerly used for producing stage effects.

10.  machine
a literary contrivance introduced for special effect.

11. (v.t.) machine
to make, prepare, or finish with a machine or machine tool.

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"


Definition of 'machine' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) machine
a device with moving parts, for doing a particular task
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 more leaders 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


Translation of 'machine' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: masjien Arabic flag Arabic: ماكينَه، آله Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: машина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: máquina Czech flag Czech: stroj German flag German: die Maschine
Danish flag Danish: maskine; -maskine Greek flag Greek: μηχανή, μηχάνημα Spanish flag Spanish: máquina
Estonian flag Estonian: masin Farsi flag Farsi: دستگاه؛ ماشین Finnish flag Finnish: kone
French flag French: machine Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְכוֹנָה Hindi flag Hindi: मशीन, कल, यंत्र
Croatian flag Croatian: stroj, mašina Hungarian flag Hungarian: gép Indonesian flag Indonesian: mesin
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vél, tæki Italian flag Italian: macchina Japanese flag Japanese: 機械
Korean flag Korean: 기계 장치 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: mašina, aparatas Latvian flag Latvian: mehānisms; aparāts
Malay flag Malay: mesin Dutch flag Dutch: machine Norwegian flag Norwegian: maskin
Polish flag Polish: maszyna Persian flag Persian: دستگاه؛ ماشین Pashto flag Pashto: د ماشين دستګاه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: máquina Romanian flag Romanian: ma­şină Russian flag Russian: механизм; машин(к)а
Slovak flag Slovak: stroj Slovenian flag Slovenian: stroj Serbian flag Serbian: mašina
Swedish flag Swedish: maskin Thai flag Thai: เครื่องจักร Turkish flag Turkish: makine
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 機器 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: машина Urdu flag Urdu: مشین، کل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cỗ máy Chinese flag Chinese: 机械

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