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See also:machiné

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchmachine, fromLatinmāchina(“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), fromDoric Greekμᾱχᾰνᾱ́(mākhănā́), cognate withAttic Greekμηχᾰνή(mēkhănḗ,“a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comesmechanical. Displaced nativeOld Englishsearu.

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machine (pluralmachines)

  2. A device that directs and controlsenergy, often in the form ofmovement orelectricity, to produce a certain effect.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, inThe Economist‎[1], volume407, number8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysismachine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  3. (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as anautomobile or anairplane.
    • 1914 July, F. Britten Austin, “The Air-Scout”, inThe Strand Magazine, volume XLVIII, London: George Newnes, Ltd.,page568:
      As the aviator turned hismachine to reconnoitre in the new direction, he was surprised to see the hostile aeroplane between him and his objective.
    • 1928, Franklin W. Dixon,The Missing Chums,Grosset & Dunlap, page 1:
      "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 thismachine kicks over," Joe replied, putting down a wrench.
  4. (telephony, abbreviation) Ananswering machine or, by extension,voice mail.
    I called you earlier, but all I got was themachine.
  5. (computing) Acomputer.
    Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of themachine.
    He refuses to turn off his Linuxmachine.
  6. (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularlyefficient,single-minded, orunemotional.
    Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killingmachine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
    The government has become a money-makingmachine.
  7. 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.
  8. (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
    • 1712 May 2 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “MONDAY, April 21, 1712”, inThe Spectator, number351; republished inAlexander Chalmers, editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume IV, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company,1853,→OCLC:
      I am apt to think, that the changing of the Trojan fleet into water-nymphs, which is the most violentmachine in the whole Æneid[…]
      The spelling has been modernized.
  9. (politics, chiefly US) The system ofspecial interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
    • 1902,The Friend:
      Amachine 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.
    • 2006, Jerry F. Hough,Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing,→ISBN, page37:
      In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the politicalmachines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.
    • 2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli,The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press,→ISBN, page126:
      He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicagomachine's political savior.
  10. (euphemistic, obsolete)Penis.
    • 1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, inMemoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton andRalph Griffiths] […],→OCLC,page107:
      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 hismachine to the ſlit, into which he ſought entrance;
  11. (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; thedeus ex machina.
  12. (obsolete) Abathing machine.
    • 1823,Frances Burney,Journals and Letters, Penguin, published2001, page512:
      OneMachine only was provided for Bathers, the Limitted smoothness of the sands not extending widely enough to admit another.

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mechanical or electrical device
group that controls an organization
archaic: vehicle, automobile
a person who is very proficient
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Verb

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machine (third-person singular simple presentmachines,present participlemachining,simple past and past participlemachined)

  1. To make bymachinery.
  2. Toshape or finish by machinery;(usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.
    • 2015, Helmi A. Youssef,Machining of Stainless Steels and Super Alloys, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN,page 6:
      Engineering materials have been recently developed whose hardness and strength are considerably increased, such that the cutting speed and the MRR tend to fall whenmachining such materials using traditional methods like turning, milling, grinding, and so on.

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make by machine
shape or finish by machinery

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchmachine, fromMiddle Frenchmachine, fromLatinmāchina, fromDoric Greekμᾱχανᾱ́(mākhanā́).

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machine f (pluralmachines,diminutivemachientje normachinetje n)

  1. machine(mechanical or electrical device)

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French

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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchmachine, borrowed fromLatinmachina(“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from DoricAncient Greekμᾱχᾰνᾱ́(mākhănā́). Not to be confused withmachin, which means "thing".

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machine f (pluralmachines)

  1. machine,device(clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. (slang)machine(a person who is very efficient)
    Ce type, c’est une vraiemachine!
    What a guy, he's a real machine!

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Middle French

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Borrowed fromLatinmachina.

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machine f (pluralmachines)

  1. machine;device

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  • French:machine (see there for further descendants)
  • → English:machine (see there for further descendants)

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machine f (pluralmachines)

  1. machine
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