machine

machine
ma|chine1 [ mə`ʃin ] noun count ***
1. ) a piece of equipment that does a particular job by using electricity, steam, gas, etc.:
Sue showed him how to operate the machine.
by machine: These companies do everything by machine these days.
a ) a computer:
Put the disk in your machine and click on the A drive.
Users will be able to upgrade their machines as necessary.
b ) an ANSWERING MACHINE:
There's a message on the machine for you.
c ) a WASHING MACHINE:
Is it okay to put this shirt in the machine?
d ) a VENDING MACHINE:
You can get a cup of coffee out of the machine.
e ) a CASH MACHINE:
He said the machine had swallowed his card.
2. ) a person or animal that does something very effectively:
a fighting/killing machine: The lion is an efficient killing machine.
a well-oiled machine (=a group or system that works well and easily): The team is a well-oiled machine right now.
a ) someone who works so hard at a particular activity that they have no time for other activities or for thoughts and feelings:
By the end of the evening I felt like a dishwashing machine.
3. ) the people and things used for achieving a particular aim:
a money/propaganda machine: He criticized those who had turned politics into a money machine.
the British war machine
a ) an organized system of people with power, especially in politics:
a political/party machine: The Democratic machine moved swiftly to deny the allegations.
4. ) INFORMAL a vehicle, especially a MOTORCYCLE:
That's a mean machine (=a beautiful vehicle) you've got there.
machine
ma|chine 2 [ mə`ʃin ] verb intransitive or transitive
1. ) to do something on a machine, especially to give metal, wood, or plastic a particular shape
2. ) to sew things using a machine

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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