machine
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From Middle French machine < Latin machina (“‘a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick’”) < Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhana), Doric spelling of μηχανή (mēkhanē), “‘a machine, engine, contrivance, device’”) < μῆχος (mēkhos), “‘means’”).
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machine (not comparable)
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- belonging to a machine
- made by a machine
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machine (plural machines)
- a mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, or is used for amusement (like a pinball machine).
- the group that controls a political or similar organization.
- (archaic) a vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.
- a person who seemingly acts like a machine, a person who is very proficient at a task.
- Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
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- See also Wikisaurus:instrument
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to machine (third-person singular simple present machines, present participle machining, simple past and past participle machined)
- to make by machinery.
- to shape or finish by machinery.
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- Finnish: koneistaa, työstää
- German: herstellen (1), maschinisieren (2)
- Japanese: 機械加工する (kikai kakou suru)
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machine f. (plural machines, diminutive machientje or machinetje)
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machine f. (plural machines)
- machine
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