Machine | Mean of machine in English Dictionary

/məˈʃiːn/

• Noun
• a piece of equipment with moving parts that does work when it is given power from electricity, gasoline, etc.
1. Shovels are tools; bulldozers are machines.
2. Do you know how to operate/use/run this machine?
3. The machine is working/running properly.
4. The machine is broken.
5. machine-sorted mail [=mail that is sorted by using a machine]
6. a fax/copy/exercise machine
7. a coffee/soda/ice/cash machine [=a machine from which you can get coffee/soda/ice/cash]
8. Are there any new messages on the machine? [=on the answering machine]
9. I have a load of laundry in the machine. [=in the washing machine]
10. I'm having software problems on my machine. [=computer]
• a vehicle (such as a car or motorcycle)
1. He was bragging about his new machine.
• a person or group that does something efficiently, quickly, or repeatedly like a machine
1. The coach turned the team into a scoring machine.
2. My younger brother is an eating machine.
3. a publicity machine

• a powerful and well-organized group
1. a politician who dared to challenge the local party machine
2. a powerful war machine
3. Their army is a well-oiled machine.
• with a machine
1. The mail used to be sorted by hand but is sorted now by machine.
• Verb
• to shape (something) by using a machine
1. The parts of the engine have been precisely machined.