machine

machine
[[t]məʃi͟ːn[/t]]
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machines, machining, machined
1) N-COUNT: also by N A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.

I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...

The machine can be remotely operated and monitored.

...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.

2) VERB: usu passive If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine.

[be V-ed] The material is machined in a factory...

[be V-ed from n] All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.

[V-ed] ...machined brass zinc alloy gears.

Derived words:
machining N-UNCOUNT

...our machining, fabrication and finishing processes.

3) N-COUNT: usu supp N You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.

...Nazi Germany's military machine...

He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.

4) N-COUNT If you say that someone is a machine, you mean that they are so tired or bored that they do their work without thinking.

I think I have got to stop or I might turn into a machine...

He has dedicated himself to his work and become just a writing machine.

Syn:
5) → See also , sewing machine, , vending machine

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