machine

Definitions of machine in various dictionaries:

noun - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

noun - an efficient person

noun - an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

noun - a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

noun - a group that controls the activities of a political party

noun - a motor vehicle with four wheels

verb - turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

verb - make by machinery

A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form.

A simple device, such as a lever, a pulley, or an inclined plane, that alters the magnitude or direction, or both, of an applied force; a simple machine.

A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or a jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.

A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task: The machine is down.

An intricate natural system or organism, such as the human body.

A person who acts in a rigid, mechanical, or unconscious manner.

An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders: a political machine.

A device used to produce a stage effect, especially a mechanical means of lowering an actor onto the stage.

Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine: machine repairs; machine politics.

verb - to process by machine (a mechanical device)

MACHINE - A machine uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an intended action. Machines can be driven by animals and people, by natural fo...