machine

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

machines

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

machine

past (v2)

machined

past participle (v3)

machined

present participle

machining

3rd person singular

machines

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

   • An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

2. 2.A computer.

   • He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.
   • Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.

3. 3.An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

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

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

   • The government has become a money-making machine.
   • Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To make by machinery.

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

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