Translate machine | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of machine
noun
an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task:a fax machine a shredding machine [usually with modifier] a coin-operated dispenser:a candy machine technical any device that transmits a force or directs its application. an efficient and well-organized group of powerful people:his campaign illustrated the continuing strength of a powerful political machine a person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine:comedians are more than just laugh machines
verb
[with object] (especially in manufacturing) make or operate on with a machine: (as adjective machined)a decoratively machined brass rod
