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US
/məˈʃin/
]
[ UK /məʃˈiːn/ ]
[ UK /məʃˈiːn/ ]
NOUN
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an efficient person
the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine -
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
he needs a car to get to work - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
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a group that controls the activities of a political party
he was endorsed by the Democratic machine - a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
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an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
the war machine
VERB
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make by machinery
The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
How To Use machine In A Sentence
- This was a sad day indeed for the big bad wolf of the banking world, and not just because it must forego those rich pickings it planned to cream off from two billion cash machine transactions a year.
- And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack. Wired Top Stories
- Foam attack: Thieves broke into vending machines at Teesdale's new sports centre at Barnard Castle to steal ￡100 cash.
- On the ranges of Fort Devens, the troops were put through their paces on US weapons, from the stock-in-trade M16 assault rifle to the frighteningly-effective M249 SAW light machine gun.
- The rocking motion of the treadle and the gentle clacking of the machine often lulled the restless child.
- Frank will have access to 18 separate weapons, ranging from pistols and rifles to submachine guns and shotguns.
- It then sends that information in machine-readable form to itsalgorithmic subscribers, which can parse it further, using the resulting datato inform their own investing decisions.
- This includes such things as computer-assisted instruction, teaching machines, programs, television, and other audiovisual devices.
- He pantomimed the machine squirting and snatching at his clothes. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
- That debugged wonder machine then replaces the pedestrian, proven technology because it offers massive performance improvements and is now far more reliable. Would You Bring Back NGLT-or SLI? - NASA Watch
