machine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (California) audio
- /məˈʃin/ (Canada, General-American)
- /məˈʃiːn/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- audio North Carolina
- /məˈʃiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (London) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.
Meanings
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A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
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(dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
Now, here, he is a Racer. He throws his leg over the machine and settles onto the narrow rubber seat. He pushes it through its revolution twice with his hand, slowly, to force the fuel into the carburetor. Then he stands with his left foot on the peg and jumps down on the lever with his right. The engine starts immediately; he takes very good care of his machine. He sits down, waiting for it to warm up. He caresses the top of the tank, understanding that the machine cannot feel the gesture but content that he can.
1976 August, David Laraway, “Weekends and Other Days: Loving at the edge of life”, in Edith Raymond Locke, editor, Mademoiselle, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 256, columns 1–2:"Joe, how soon will you be ready to roll?" Frank Hardy burst into the garage where his brother was working on a sleek, black-and-silver motorcycle. "Right now, if this machine kicks over," Joe replied, putting down a wrench.
1928, Franklin W. Dixon, The Missing Chums, Grosset & Dunlap, page 1:As the aviator turned his machine to reconnoitre in the new direction, he was surprised to see the hostile aeroplane between him and his objective.
1914 July, F. Britten Austin, “The Air-Scout”, in The Strand Magazine, volume XLVIII, London: George Newnes, Ltd., page 568:As he stood directly beneath a brilliant arc light, waiting for a limousine that was approaching to pass him, he heard his name called in a sweet feminine voice. Looking up, he met the smiling eyes of Olga de Coude as she leaned forward upon the back seat of the machine. He bowed very low in response to her friendly greeting. When he straightened up the machine had borne her away.
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, pages 40–41:
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(abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.
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A computer.
Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.
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(figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
The government has become a money-making machine.
Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
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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.
The whole machine of government, civil and religious, ought never to bear upon the people with a weight so oppressive
1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Rousseau and Malesherbes”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
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Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
I am apt to think, that the changing of the Trojan fleet into water-nymphs, which is the most violent machine in the whole Æneid[…]
1712 May 1 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “SUNDAY, April 21, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 351; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume IV, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
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(US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
A machine politician cannot see why the straight ticket (as he and his clique of party bosses prepare it) should not be voted by every citizen belonging to that party.
1902, The Friend:He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicago machine's political savior.
2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press, →ISBN, page 126:In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the political machines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.
2006, Jerry F. Hough, Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page 37:
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(euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
He now reſumes his attempts in more form: firſt he put one of the pillows under me, to give the blank of his aim a more favourable elevation, and another under my head, in eaſe of it: then ſpreading my thighs, and placing himſelf ſtanding between them, made them reſt upon his hips: applying then the point of his machine to the ſlit, into which he ſought entrance;
1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 107:
- (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.
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(obsolete) A bathing machine.
One Machine only was provided for Bathers, the Limitted smoothness of the sands not extending widely enough to admit another.
1823, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 512:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| machines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
machine translation · Zeno machine · machineability · Atwood machine · reverse vending machine · machinelike · machine-hour · fire machine · machineman · virtual machine monitor · ticket stamping machine · machinima · dance machine · submachine · antimachine · ground effect machine · Jacquard machine · trowel machine · machinery · machinify · cornucopia machine · squeeze machine · machine of government · supermachine · rotor machine · Machine Spirit · machine shop · perpetual motion machine · bank machine · Moore machine · machine-gunner · spin machine · wayback machine · tabulating machine · Rube Goldberg machine · light machine gun · time machine · machine screw · deflavorizing machine · goal machine · Tipler time machine · mean machine · micromachine · ball machine · snow machine · machine washable · seaming machine · ditto machine · automatic data processing machine · slotting machine · machine tool · machine learning · gaming machine · DVD-R machine · infernal machine · splining machine · ground-effect machine · automated teller machine · mechanic · machine-translate · von Neumann machine · fuckmachine · multimachine · arcwall machine · machinize · snowmachine · fax machine · machine gunner · fruit machine · tattoo machine · bookkeeping machine · accounting machine · drying machine · sex machine · ticket-stamping machine · copy machine · business machine · epsilon-machine · compound machine · voting machine · office machine · well-oiled machine · machinic · machine politician · machine language · weighing machine · dynamo-electric machine · forest machine · thrashing machine · war machine · state machine · exercise machine · tape machine · nonmachine · wash machine · oracle machine · intermachine · dictation machine · karaoke machine · milling machine · machine operator · machine age · metamachine · Hollerith machine · machine-washable · scrum machine · soda machine · megamachine · political machine · machine-readable · fucking machine · flying machine · mechanical · machinely · machine politics · sanding machine · rope machine · photo machine · Tipler machine · machine instruction · automated machine learning · pokie machine · threshing machine · machine zone · machine-made · mismachine · ice machine · unlimited register machine · finite-state machine · sleep machine · ATM machine · cash machine · little brown fucking machine · roller machine · Enigma machine · machineful · mechanism · machine epsilon · perpetual motion machine of the second kind · coffee machine · perpetual motion machine of the first kind · money machine · claw machine · mud machine · machine lace · data processing machine · baby machine · lace machine · machine-paced · xerox machine · rod machine · hug machine · scrummaging machine · praying machine · ghost in the machine · machinability · forestry machine · light machine guns · wash-machine · drum machine · thinking machine · mechanistic · influence machine · premachine · machinism · machinable · rubbing machine · bread machine · winnowing machine · Harvard machine · machinegun · Wimshurst machine · deus ex machina · machine elf · love machine · machine word · reversing machine · milking machine · orphan-crushing machine · telephone answering machine · gumball machine · screw machine · wetting machine · turbomachine · road machine · Mealy machine · zipper machine · Smith machine · stack machine · Atwood's machine · slabbing machine · machine pistol · step machine · sex-machine · man-machine · machine-wash · machine wash · Ditto machine · machine code · poker machine · machineless · machine room · machine cycle · heart-lung machine · remachine · laugh machine · biomachine · influencing machine · machine bolt · femtomachine · ticket vending machine · rasping machine · poop machine · wheeling machine · carding machine · support vector machine · fog machine · infomachine · machinate · automatic teller machine · machineable · machine head · wind machine · Turing machine · machine gun · universal Turing machine · kidney machine · nanomachine · adding machine · lag machine · machination
Descendants
meaisín · masini · məšín · マシン · masin · mesin · mīhini · マシン · mashine · mesin · 머신 · মেশিন
Holonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
c-machine · washing machine · machine intelligence · MAC machine · finite state machine · interactive teller machine · choice machine · nondeterministic Turing machine · rowing machine · sound machine · Eilenberg machine · Charpy machine · steam engine · Google machine · ice resurfacing machine · car · change machine · sounding machine · virtual machine · knitting machine · addressing machine · interlingual machine translation · a-machine · bean machine · grinding machine · vacuum cleaner · watch-timing machine · cigarette machine · vending machine · sewing machine · blister machine · computer · penny-in-the-slot machine · mind machine · facsimile machine · slot machine · franking machine · add value machine · brain machine · poker machine · ticket machine · tamping machine · jet machine · liquid state machine · printing press · watch timing machine · o-machine · robot · excavating machine · pinball machine · simple machine · machine that goes · dishwashing machine · tunnel boring machine · paper machine · smoke machine · welding machine · turbine · white noise machine · dishwasher
Meronyms
chain · belt · rack and pinion · link chain · key · rope · roller chain · gear · spring · fastener · seal · bearing · axle · wheel
Relateds
tool · Turing machine · :Category:Machines · state machine · Outline of machines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia · virtual machine
Synonyms
Translations (244)
pt máquina (mechanical or electrical device) · izh mašina (mechanical or electrical device) · ka მანქანა (mechanical or electrical device) · fa-ira آلَت (mechanical or electrical device) · lv aparāts (mechanical or electrical device) · ti መኪና (mechanical or electrical device) · ru маши́на (group that controls an organization) · fr machine (a person who is very proficient) · he מְכוֹנָה (mechanical or electrical device) · mr मशीन (mechanical or electrical device) · acw مَكِينَة (mechanical or electrical device) · ast máquina (a person who is very proficient) · arz مكنة (mechanical or electrical device) · cmn 機器 /机器 (mechanical or electrical device) · ar مَاكِينَة (mechanical or electrical device) · ro automobil (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · tg дастгоҳ (mechanical or electrical device) · es máquina (a person who is very proficient) · sh маши́на (mechanical or electrical device) · ru маши́на (mechanical or electrical device) · as কল (mechanical or electrical device) · ln masíni (mechanical or electrical device) · ug ماشىنا (mechanical or electrical device) · is vél (mechanical or electrical device) · vi máy móc (mechanical or electrical device) · ru механи́зм (mechanical or electrical device) · lo ກົນ (mechanical or electrical device) · ko 기계 (mechanical or electrical device) · it macchina (group that controls an organization) · ru устройство (mechanical or electrical device) · pl urządzenie (mechanical or electrical device) · cmn 機構 /机构 (group that controls an organization) · rm maschina (mechanical or electrical device) · fi kone (mechanical or electrical device) · pa ਜੰਤਰ (mechanical or electrical device) · lo ເຄື່ອງຈັກ (mechanical or electrical device) · hil makina (mechanical or electrical device) · tr makine (mechanical or electrical device) · sl stroj (mechanical or electrical device) · ca automòbil (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · az maşın (mechanical or electrical device) · ja 器械 (mechanical or electrical device) · bdq kơmaĭ (mechanical or electrical device) · tg мошина (mechanical or electrical device) · pi yanta (mechanical or electrical device) · tk maşyn (mechanical or electrical device) · ca màquina (a person who is very proficient) · tt машина (mechanical or electrical device) · arz آلة (mechanical or electrical device) · am ማሽን (mechanical or electrical device) · mk ма́шина (mechanical or electrical device) · ro mașină (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · mk у́стројство (mechanical or electrical device) · ro mașină mecanică (mechanical or electrical device) · sk stroj (a person who is very proficient) · cy peiriant (mechanical or electrical device) · cs mašina (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · cmn 器械 (mechanical or electrical device) · fi kone (a person who is very proficient) · ca màquina (mechanical or electrical device) · ml യന്ത്രം (mechanical or electrical device) · fa-ira ماشین (mechanical or electrical device) · lo ກົນຈັກ (mechanical or electrical device) · sah массыына (mechanical or electrical device) · ota ماكینه (mechanical or electrical device) · it macchina (a person who is very proficient) · la māchina (mechanical or electrical device) · ps آله (mechanical or electrical device) · ru маши́нка (mechanical or electrical device) · te యంత్రము (mechanical or electrical device) · ro mașină electrică (mechanical or electrical device) · grc μαχανά (mechanical or electrical device) · sv maskin (mechanical or electrical device) · gl enxeño (mechanical or electrical device) · cow məšín (mechanical or electrical device) · fi automobiili (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · my ယန္တရား (mechanical or electrical device) · ht machin (mechanical or electrical device) · id gapah (a person who is very proficient) · el μηχανισμός (mechanical or electrical device) · ca auto (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · hu gép (mechanical or electrical device) · mr यंत्र (mechanical or electrical device) · za gihgai (mechanical or electrical device) · it macchina (mechanical or electrical device) · mn машин (mechanical or electrical device) · uk маши́на (mechanical or electrical device) · sw mashine (mechanical or electrical device) · gu મશીન (mechanical or electrical device) · el μηχανισμός (group that controls an organization) · tl sigmo (mechanical or electrical device) · ro mașină (a person who is very proficient) · pl maszyna (mechanical or electrical device) · kw jynn (mechanical or electrical device) · tum makina (mechanical or electrical device) · nan-hbl 機械 /机械 (mechanical or electrical device) · kk машина (mechanical or electrical device) · acw آلة (mechanical or electrical device) · yue 機 /机 (mechanical or electrical device) · hrx Maschin (mechanical or electrical device) · ln masini (mechanical or electrical device) · ky машина (mechanical or electrical device) · chr ᎪᏢᏅᏙᏗ (mechanical or electrical device) · bn যন্ত্র (mechanical or electrical device) · grc μηχανή (mechanical or electrical device) · bdq kơmăi (mechanical or electrical device) · ja 機械 (mechanical or electrical device) · ur آلَہ (mechanical or electrical device) · el μηχανή (mechanical or electrical device) · ru автомоби́ль (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · se mášen (mechanical or electrical device) · yi מאַשין (mechanical or electrical device) · gu યંત્ર (mechanical or electrical device) · ga meaisín (mechanical or electrical device) · es máquina (mechanical or electrical device) · izh kapine (mechanical or electrical device) · pl ustrojstwo (mechanical or electrical device) · uz mashina (mechanical or electrical device) · sa यन्त्र (mechanical or electrical device) · dng җичи (mechanical or electrical device) · ja 機構 (group that controls an organization) · id mesin (mechanical or electrical device) · wa machene (mechanical or electrical device) · ru аппара́т (group that controls an organization) · tl makina (mechanical or electrical device) · as যন্ত্ৰ (mechanical or electrical device) · fa ماشین (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · sah массыына (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · el μηχανή (a person who is very proficient) · bn মেশিন (mechanical or electrical device) · be машы́на (mechanical or electrical device) · th เครื่อง (mechanical or electrical device) · yue 機器 /机器 (mechanical or electrical device) · eu makina (mechanical or electrical device) · as শাল (mechanical or electrical device) · ckb مەکینە (mechanical or electrical device) · ko 기구 (group that controls an organization) · ar آلَة (mechanical or electrical device) · ajp آلة (mechanical or electrical device) · vi máy (mechanical or electrical device) · hy մեքենա (mechanical or electrical device) · th เครื่องจักร (mechanical or electrical device) · ur مَشِین (mechanical or electrical device) · gd inneal (mechanical or electrical device) · et masin (mechanical or electrical device) · ota چرخ (mechanical or electrical device) · ro mașină (mechanical or electrical device) · hi यंत्र (mechanical or electrical device) · cs stroj (mechanical or electrical device) · nl machine (a person who is very proficient) · sk mašina (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · prs آلَت (mechanical or electrical device) · hu szerkezet (mechanical or electrical device) · pt automóvel (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · or ଯନ୍ତ୍ର (mechanical or electrical device) · de Maschine (a person who is very proficient) · se mašiidna (mechanical or electrical device) · sh mašína (mechanical or electrical device) · bo འཕྲུལ་འཁོར (mechanical or electrical device) · sk stroj (mechanical or electrical device) · tg олат (mechanical or electrical device) · lv mašīna (mechanical or electrical device) · sk mašina (mechanical or electrical device) · sm masini (mechanical or electrical device) · nl machine (mechanical or electrical device) · ko 기계 (mechanical or electrical device) · kg masini (mechanical or electrical device) · cs stroj (a person who is very proficient) · id otomobil (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · de Maschine (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · ast máquina (mechanical or electrical device) · nn maskin (mechanical or electrical device) · nl apparaat (mechanical or electrical device) · sh strȏj (mechanical or electrical device) · id sawat (mechanical or electrical device) · dsb mašina (mechanical or electrical device) · mn ᠮᠠᠱᠢᠨ (mechanical or electrical device) · za gihgi (mechanical or electrical device) · eo maŝino (mechanical or electrical device) · sh strȏj (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · ps ماشين (mechanical or electrical device) · it meccanismo (mechanical or electrical device) · bg маши́на (mechanical or electrical device) · fr machine (mechanical or electrical device) · tg мошин (mechanical or electrical device) · km ម៉ាស៊ីន (mechanical or electrical device) · km គ្រឿង (mechanical or electrical device) · el μηχάνημα (mechanical or electrical device) · my စက် (mechanical or electrical device) · nap macchena (mechanical or electrical device) · gl máquina (a person who is very proficient) · km យន្ត (mechanical or electrical device) · prs مَاشِین (mechanical or electrical device) · mww tshuab (mechanical or electrical device) · tk maşinka (mechanical or electrical device) · pt máquina (a person who is very proficient) · th กล (mechanical or electrical device) · ko 머신 (mechanical or electrical device) · mi pūrere (mechanical or electrical device) · nb maskin (mechanical or electrical device) · pa ਮਸ਼ੀਨ (mechanical or electrical device) · sh стро̑ј (mechanical or electrical device) · kmr makîne (mechanical or electrical device) · gl máquina (mechanical or electrical device) · fo maskina (mechanical or electrical device) · lt mašina (mechanical or electrical device) · ru маши́на (a person who is very proficient) · ny makina (mechanical or electrical device) · ru аппара́т (mechanical or electrical device) · rm maschegna (mechanical or electrical device) · sh стро̑ј (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · es coche (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · lo ເຄື່ອງ (mechanical or electrical device) · pdt Maschien (mechanical or electrical device) · sq makinë (mechanical or electrical device) · nan-hbl 機器 /机器 (mechanical or electrical device) · am መኪና (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · sh strȏj (a person who is very proficient) · fi koneisto (group that controls an organization) · sl mašina (mechanical or electrical device) · si යන්ත්රය (mechanical or electrical device) · tr makine (a person who is very proficient) · sh стро̑ј (a person who is very proficient) · mt magna (mechanical or electrical device) · cy ermig (mechanical or electrical device) · ang searu (mechanical or electrical device) · de Maschine (mechanical or electrical device) · ja マシン (mechanical or electrical device) · ru маши́на (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · ms mesin (mechanical or electrical device) · pl maszyna (a person who is very proficient) · cmn 機械 /机械 (mechanical or electrical device) · ta எந்திரம் (mechanical or electrical device) · hu masina (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · kn ಯಂತ್ರ (mechanical or electrical device) · cs mašina (mechanical or electrical device) · aeb مَكِينَة (mechanical or electrical device) · nrf machinne (mechanical or electrical device) · af masjien (mechanical or electrical device) · hu masina (mechanical or electrical device) · mi mīhini (mechanical or electrical device) · nl automobiel (archaic: vehicle, automobile) · da maskine (mechanical or electrical device) · cmn 機 /机 (mechanical or electrical device)