machine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A device with moving parts that uses power to do a particular job.

   She put the dirty clothes into the washing machine.

2. 2
   noun

   An organization that works in a very efficient, well-controlled way.

   The party's campaign machine swung into action before the election.

3. 3
   noun

   A person who does something with relentless, machine-like efficiency.

   On the field, the striker was a goal-scoring machine.

Common collocations

• repair a machine Verb + noun
• start a machine Verb + noun
• complex machine Adjective + noun
• powerful machine Adjective + noun
• operate a machine Verb + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Doric Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.

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