| machine | |
| 1. n. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. | |
| 2. n. (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane. | |
| 3. n. (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail. | |
| I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine. | |
| 4. n. (computing) A computer. | |
| Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine. | |
| He refuses to turn off his Linux machine. | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional. | |
| Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons. | |
| The government has become a money-making machine. | |
| 6. n. 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. | |
| 7. n. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. | |
| 8. n. (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas. | |
| 9. n. (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis. | |
| 10. v. to make by machinery. | |
| 11. v. to shape or finish by machinery. | |
