Sekirov Dictionary

machine

/məˈʃiːn/

noun11

  1. a thing made by people that uses energy to move its parts and do a job
  2. An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
  3. A computer.
  4. (old-fashioned) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
  5. (figurative) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
  6. Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
  7. (US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
  8. (historical) 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; the deus ex machina.
  9. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
  10. (no longer used) A bathing machine.
  11. (euphemistic, no longer used) Penis.

verb2

  1. To make by machinery.
  2. To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.
forms

machined · machining · machines

Phrases with machine

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