Definitions for machine
məˈʃinma·chine

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. machine(noun)

   any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

2. machine(noun)

   an efficient person

   "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"

3. machine(noun)

   an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

   "the war machine"

4. machine, simple machine(noun)

   a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

5. machine, political machine(noun)

   a group that controls the activities of a political party

   "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"

6. car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar(verb)

   a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

   "he needs a car to get to work"

7. machine(verb)

   turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

8. machine(verb)

   make by machinery

   "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"

Wiktionary(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. machine(Noun)

   A mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, whether physical or computational, laborious or for entertainment.

2. machine(Noun)

   A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.

3. machine(Noun)

   An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

   I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.

4. machine(Noun)

   A computer.

   Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.

5. machine(Noun)

   A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

6. machine(Noun)

   Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization.

7. machine(Noun)

   penis

8. machine(Verb)

   to make by machinery.

9. machine(Verb)

   to shape or finish by machinery.

Origin: From machine, from machina, from μαχανά, Doric spelling of μηχανή, from μῆχος.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Machine(noun)

   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. Machine(noun)

   any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle

3. Machine(noun)

   a person who acts mechanically or at will of another

4. Machine(noun)

   a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine

5. Machine(noun)

   a political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends

6. Machine(noun)

   supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit

7. Machine(verb)

   to subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine

Origin: [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. mhchanh`, from mh^chos means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Machine

   A machine is a tool that consists of one or more parts, and uses energy to achieve a particular goal. Machines are usually powered by mechanical, chemical, thermal, or electrical means, and are frequently motorized. Historically, a powered tool also required moving parts to classify as a machine; however, the advent of electronics technology has led to the development of powered tools without moving parts that are considered machines. A simple machine is a device that simply transforms the direction or magnitude of a force, but a large number of more complex machines exist. Examples include vehicles, electronic systems, molecular machines, computers, television, and radio.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Machine

   ma-shēn′, n. any artificial means or contrivance: any instrument for the conversion of motion: an engine: a coach or conveyance of any kind: one who can do only what he is told: a contrivance in the ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message—whence the expression Deus ex machĭna for a sudden interposition of Providence: any literary contrivance for the development of a plot: supernatural agency in a poem.—v.t. to use machinery for, esp. to print or sew by such: to make by means of machinery.—ns. Machine′-gun, a gun firing a great many shots one after the other, sometimes as many as 1000 per minute; Machine′-man, a man who manages the working of a machine, esp. in a printing-office; Machin′ery, machines in general: the working parts of a machine: combined means for keeping anything in action, or for producing a desired result; Machine′-shop, a workshop where machines are made; Machine′-tool, an adjustable machine for doing work with cutting-tools, or one utilising minor tools, as a planing-, drilling-machine, &c.; Machine′-work, work done by a machine; Machin′ist, a constructor of machines: one well versed in machinery: one who works a machine. [Fr.,—L. machĭna—Gr. mēchanē, akin to mēch-os, contrivance.]

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Machine

   A bicycle is called a machine because it is a more or less complicated piece of mechanism made up of many parts. In the United States the term machine is applied both to a locomotive and a fire engine.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'machine' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1305

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'machine' in Written Corpus Frequency: #912

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'machine' in Nouns Frequency: #322

Anagrams for machine »

1. Eichman

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of machine in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of machine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of machine in a Sentence

1. Chief Executive John Chambers:

   Chuck is just an execution machine.

2. Menander:

   Deus ex machina A god from the machine

3. Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov:

   Anything done by a machine is worthless.

4. Menander, The Woman Possessed with a Divinity:

   Deus ex machina [A god from the machine]

5. Aaron J. Munzer:

   Humour is a cog in the machine we call love.

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