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      machine
      noun
      A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
      (computing) A computer.
      (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
      (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
      Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
      (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
      (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
      (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
      (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
      (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
      (obsolete) A bathing machine.
      verb
      To make by machinery.
      To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.
      Roots
      mechanemachin- · Greek · machine, device
      Synonyms for machine
      machinerynenginerynautomatonnapparatusnmotorcarncontraptionntypewriternautoncarnautomobilen
      Words related to machine
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