noun Download 🔗Share A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. Examples : "The factory uses machines to assemble the toys quickly. " technology machine device industry science technical physics energy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane. Examples : "The machines in the factory are used to assemble cars. " vehicle machine technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail. Examples : "I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine." technology communication electronics machine device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A computer. Examples : "The students used the school's machines to finish their research papers. " computing machine electronics technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional. Examples : "Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons." character organization inhuman machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : ""The school's student government was run by powerful machines that decided all the club funding." " politics organization government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. Examples : "In Milton's Paradise Lost, the "machines" of God and Satan, in the form of angels and demons, drive the epic's grand battles and fateful decisions. " literature mythology supernatural Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas. Examples : ""For many years, the local political machines controlled who got jobs and contracts in the city." " politics government organization system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "In his play, the director used elaborate machines, lowering an actress dressed as a goddess from the ceiling to deliver the crucial message that resolved the conflict, a classic example of deus ex machina. " art literature mythology history entertainment stage machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A bathing machine. Examples : "In the 18th century, people used machines to change into their swimsuits privately on the beach. " machine vehicle nautical device building technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make by machinery. Examples : "The factory machines thousands of plastic toys every day. " machine technology industry work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To shape or finish by machinery. Examples : "The factory machines metal into precise engine parts. " machine technology industry technical work device action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading