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Meaning of 'machine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Machine [ n.]
- 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.
- Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.
- A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.
- A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.
- A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.
- Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
2 . Machine [ v. t.]
- To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.

Meaning of 'machine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . machine [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
Example in sentence:
  • he needs a car to get to work
Meaning (2):
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
Example in sentence:
  • he was endorsed by the Democratic machine
Meaning (3):
- an efficient person
Example in sentence:
  • the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine
Meaning (4):
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
Example in sentence:
  • the war machine
5 . machine [ v]
Meaning (5):
- make by machinery
Example in sentence:
  • The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars

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