Results for machine

Definitions of machine:

part of speech: noun

Any artificial means or contrivance: an instrument formed by combining two or more of the mechanical powers: an engine: ( fig.) supernatural agency in a poem: one who can do only what he is told.

part of speech: noun

Any contrivance or thing which serves to increase or regulate the effects of a given force, as steam, water, or wind; a complex structure or instrument contrived to lessen or supersede human labour; an engine; a coach or light conveyance.

part of speech: noun

Any contrivance to produce, increase, and regulate the power of motion so as to do work; an engine; an automobile; a political organization which controls the policies and activities of a party.

Usage examples for machine:

• He turned off the machine put out his cigarette and went to lunch, feeling better than he had in weeks. "Rough Translation", Jean M. Janis

• By placing the chair upright and placing one foot on the frame of Henry Smitz's machine and the other on the chair- back, he could reach the bulb. "Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective", Ellis Parker Butler

• The flying machine may not be as new as we think it is. "Marvels of Modern Science", Paul Severing

• I know most of 'em, but I don't think any Woods has a machine here. "32 Caliber", Donald McGibeny