1.  machine(n = noun.artifact) - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks;
is a kind of device
has particulars: assembly, bagger, calculating machine, calculator, calender, atm, automated teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller, automatic teller machine, cash dispenser, cash machine, comber, computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system, cement mixer, concrete mixer, corker, cotton gin, gin, decoder, farm machine, franking machine, hop-picker, hopper, machinery, machine tool, milking machine, motor, paving machine, pavior, paviour, perpetual motion machine, pile driver, digger, excavator, power shovel, shovel, power tool, mechanical press, press, press, printing press, printer, printing machine, phonograph, record player, riveter, riveting machine, rivetter, feeder, self-feeder, simulator, slicer, coin machine, slot machine, snow blower, snow thrower, sorter, pestle, stamp, staple gun, staplegun, tacker, stapler, stapling machine, textile machine, time machine, trimmer, workhorse, zamboni
Derived forms verb machine₂, verb machine₁, noun machinist₁

2.  machine(n = noun.person) - an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: bionic man, bionic woman, cyborg

3.  machine(n = noun.group) - an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine"
is a kind of organisation, organization

4.  machine(n = noun.artifact) simple machine - a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point;
is a kind of mechanical device
has particulars: inclined plane, lever, block, pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, wheel

5.  machine(n = noun.group) political machine - a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"
is a kind of organisation, organization

6.  machine(n = noun.artifact) auto, automobile, car, motorcar - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
is a kind of automotive vehicle, motor vehicle
has parts: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle, air bag, auto accessory, automobile engine, automobile horn, car horn, hooter, horn, motor horn, buffer, fender, bumper, car door, car mirror, car seat, car window, fender, wing, first, first gear, low, low gear, floorboard, gasoline engine, petrol engine, glove compartment, grille, radiator grille, high, high gear, bonnet, cowl, cowling, hood, automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk, rear window, reverse, reverse gear, roof, running board, anti-sway bar, stabilizer bar, sunroof, sunshine-roof, fin, tail fin, tailfin, third, third gear, window
has particulars: ambulance, beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagon, bus, heap, jalopy, cab, hack, taxi, taxicab, compact, compact car, convertible, coupe, cruiser, patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad car, electric, electric automobile, electric car, gas guzzler, hardtop, hatchback, horseless carriage, hot-rod, hot rod, jeep, landrover, limo, limousine, loaner, minicar, minivan, model t, pace car, race car, racer, racing car, roadster, runabout, two-seater, saloon, sedan, sport car, sports car, s.u.v., sport utility, sport utility vehicle, suv, stanley steamer, stock car, subcompact, subcompact car, phaeton, tourer, touring car, secondhand car, used-car
Derived form noun machinist₁

1.  machine(v = verb.creation) - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery;
is one way to forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
Derived forms noun machine₁, noun machinist₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  machine(v = verb.creation) - make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"
is one way to create, make, produce
Derived forms noun machine₁, noun machinery₁, noun machinist₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  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. [1913 Webster]
" The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts, for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated an apparatus or device, not a machine; as, a bleaching apparatus. Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of mechanism are called engines; as, a steam engine, fire engine, graduating engine, etc. Although there is no well-settled distinction between the terms engine and machine among practical men, there is a tendency to restrict the application of the former to contrivances in which the operating part is not distinct from the motor." [1913 Webster]

2.  Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. Dryden. Southey. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

3.  A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another. [1913 Webster]

4.  A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine. [1913 Webster]
"The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive." [1913 Webster]

5.  A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends; the Tammany machine. [1913 Webster]

6.  Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. Addison. [1913 Webster]

   To subject to the action of machinery; to make, cut, shape, or modify with a machine; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine. [1913 Webster]

machine, n. & v.
--n.
1 an apparatus using or applying mechanical power, having several parts each with a definite function and together performing certain kinds of work.
2 a particular kind of machine, esp. a vehicle, a piece of electrical or electronic apparatus, etc.
3 an instrument that transmits a force or directs its application.
4 the controlling system of an organization etc. (the party machine).
5 a person who acts mechanically and with apparent lack of emotion.
--v.tr. make or operate on with a machine (esp. in sewing or printing).

Idiom:
machine code (or language) a computer language that a particular computer can respond to directly. machine-readable in a form that a computer can process. machine tool a mechanically operated tool for working on metal, wood, or plastics. machine-tooled
1 shaped by a machine tool.
2 (of artistic presentation etc.) precise, slick, esp. excessively so.

Etymology:
F f. L machina f. Gk makhana Doric form of mekhane f. mekhos contrivance

N  instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.

N  party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.

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