machine

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Synonyms: lachine, machin, machina, emachine, maschine

Antonyms: lachine, machin, machina, emachine, maschine

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q11019}}A device that directs and controls [[energy]], often in the form of [[movement]] or [[electricity]], to produce a certain effect.
2. {{lb|en|dated}} A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an [[automobile]] or an [[airplane]].
3. {{lb|en|telephony|abbreviation}} An [[answering machine]] or, by extension, [[voice mail]].
4. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[computer]].
5. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly [[efficient]], [[single-minded]], or [[unemotional]].
6. 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.
7. {{lb|en|poetry}} Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
8. {{lb|en|politics|chiefly|US}} The system of [[special interest group]]s that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
9. {{lb|en|euphemistic|obsolete}} [[penis|Penis]].
10. {{lb|en|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]].
11. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[bathing machine]].

Verb

1. To make by [[machinery]].
2. To [[shape]] or finish by machinery; {{lb|en|usually, more specifically}} to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.

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