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Machine

noun

Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks.

An efficient person.

An intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently.

A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point. Synonym: simple machine.

A group that controls the activities of a political party. Synonym: political machine.

A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine. Synonyms: auto, automobile, car, motorcar.

verb

(past & past part. machined; pres. part. machining)

Turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery.

Make by machinery.

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"Machine" Quotes from Famous Books

... college, the study of politics was almost chosen for me. It became a part of my life. As my interest developed, it is true that my outlook upon life was narrowed. I was content to forget, perhaps, that I was a man, I strove fervently and desperately to develop into the perfect political machine. From that point of view, nobody in England would have made me a better ...

— The Mischief Maker • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... 'machine' from the inn to meet her, and when it drew up at the door we went forward to greet the rosy little Jane of our fancy. An aged person, wearing a rusty black bonnet and shawl, and carrying what appeared to be a tin cake-box ...

— Penelope's Experiences in Scotland • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... on Lamb trees, as seen at Norris, Tennessee, during this meeting, appear to be of at least average size and have better than average shell structure. They probably would be well adapted to machine-cracking. Thus the Lamb would not be a bad variety to grow for its nuts. Or we could double-work the trees, to have each tree with a good trunk of the Lamb wood growing beneath a fruiting top of any desired walnut variety. One or two of our members ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report - at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 • Various

... perhaps, what has so long kept this disjointed machine from falling entirely to pieces? The answer is obvious: The weakness of most of the members, who are unwilling to expose themselves to the mercy of foreign powers; the weakness of most of the principal ...

— The Federalist Papers • Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

... strength and inexhaustible reserve of energy which Dan Barry possessed. The distinction lay still more in their faces. That of Byrne was worn and pallied from the long quest and struggle for truth; the body was feeble; the eyes were uncertain; but within there was a powerful machine which could work infallibly from the small to the large and the large to the small. With Whistling Dan there was no suggestion at all of mental care. She could not imagine him worrying over a problem. His knowledge was not even communicable by words; it was more ...

— The Night Horseman • Max Brand

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