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:
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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