Machine

Noun

 * 1) A mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, whether physical or computational, laborious or for entertainment.
 * 2)  An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
 * 3)  A computer.
 * 4)  A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
 * 5) Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization.
 * 6)  A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.

Verb

 * 1) to make by machinery.
 * 2) to shape or finish by machinery.

Adjectives for Machine
efficient; propaganda; specialized; vending; merciless; infernal; admirable; memorial; vast; fantastic; protected; ponderous; domestic; cranky; undependable; ill-omened; senseless; electrical; slow; expensive; leased; extraordinary; radical; omnipresent; colossal; unmoral; cosmic;

Verbs for Machine
abolish—; clog—; construct—; control—; demonstrate—; exalt—; fuel—; humanize—; install—; lubricate—; master—; meter—; putter with—; sublimate—; subordinate—; tamper with—; tinker with—; transmute—; worship—; —accommodates; —clicks; —enslaves; —functions; —roars; —rumbles; —stamps.

Thesaurus
engine, enginery, extract, facility, faction, federation, fixture, free trade area, gadget, gang, gizmo, golem, group, grouping, grow, harvest, heap, hectograph, implement, instrument, jalopy, lathe, league, machinery, major party, make, manufacture, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, mechanize, melting pot, mill, mimeograph, mine, minor party, mob, mortar, motive power, motor, motor vehicle, motorcar, motorize, motorized vehicle, multiple party system, one-party system, opposition party, organization, partnership, party, party in power, phototypesetter, political machine, political party, power plant, power source, prime mover, process, pump, raise, rear, refine, retool, retort, ring, shape, sharpen, smelt, society, splinter party, stock ticker, system, teleprinter, teletypewriter, test tube, third party, ticker, tool, transducer, transformer, tub, two-party system, typewriter, union, utensil, utility, vehicle, voiture, wheels, wreck, addressing machine, alembic, alliance, anvil, apparatus, appliance, assemblage, association, auto, autocar, automaton, automobile, axis, band, bloc, boat, body, buggy, bus, cabal, caldron, camp, car, carve, chisel, city hall, clique, coalition, college, combination, combine, common market, confederacy, confederation, consumer cooperative, contraption, contrivance, convenience, convert, cooperative, cooperative society, corps, council, crate, credit union, crucible, cultivate, customs union, device, drive, duplicator, economic community,

Etymology
From machine: <  machina: <  μαχανά:, Doric spelling of μηχανή: < μῆχος:.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:machine

Derived terms

 * finite state machine
 * jet machine
 * machine bolt
 * machine code
 * machinegun
 * machine-gun
 * machine gun
 * machine instruction
 * machine language
 * machine learning
 * machine-made
 * machine of government


 * machine pistol
 * machine-readable
 * machine room
 * machine screw
 * machine shop
 * machine tool
 * machine-translation
 * machine translation
 * machine-washable
 * pinball machine
 * simple machine

Related terms

 * deus ex machina
 * machinate
 * machination
 * machinery


 * mechanic
 * mechanical
 * mechanism
 * mechanistic

Derived terms

 * machinist

Noun

 * Afrikaans: masjien
 * Albanian: makinë
 * Arabic:
 * Azeri: maşın
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: màquina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 机; 机器, 機器 (jīqì)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: vél
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 기계
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: maschina,  maschegna
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Swahili: mashine
 * Turkish: makine
 * Urdu: آلہ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: peiriant


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Russian: ,


 * Catalan: auto, automòbil
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Hungarian:
 * Romanian: maşină
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:


 * Catalan: màquina
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: maşină
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:

Verb

 * Finnish: koneistaa, työstää
 * German: herstellen (1), maschinisieren (2)


 * Greek: επεξεργάζομαι μηχανικά
 * Japanese: 機械加工する (kikai kakou suru)

Anagrams

 * Eichman

Noun

 * 1) machine

Derived terms

 * naaimachine
 * schrijfmachine

Noun

 * 1) machine

Related terms

 * machinal
 * machiner
 * machinisme
 * machiniste
 * mécanique

Anagrams

 * chemina