machine
US /məˈʃin/
・UK /mə'ʃi:n/
A1
noun
- Piece of equipment used to do work
- A computer or other electronic device.
- A device that performs a task, often involving mechanical or electrical components.
- Powerful group who control and organize things
- Someone who acts or works in a mechanical or automatic way.
- Someone who performs a particular action very efficiently or repeatedly.
- An organized or complex system or structure.
- A highly organized political group or organization, often with a reputation for corruption.
- A piece of equipment with moving parts that uses power to do a particular job.
verb
- To shape, work on something, using a device
other
- Machinery in general.
Examples
(figurative) Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation.
machine tools for making weapons