transcription, транскрипция: [ məʃi:n ]
( machines, machining, machined)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or an engine in order to do a particular kind of work.
I put the coin in the machine and pulled the lever...
...a color photograph of the sort taken by machine to be pasted in passports.
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2.
If you machine something, you make it or work on it using a machine.
The material is machined in a factory...
All parts are machined from top grade, high tensile aluminium.
...machined brass zinc alloy gears.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , be V-ed from n , V-ed
• ma‧chin‧ing
...our machining, fabrication and finishing processes.
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3.
You can use machine to refer to a large and well-controlled system or organization.
...Nazi Germany’s military machine...
He has put the party publicity machine behind another candidate.
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4.
see also fruit machine , sewing machine , slot machine , vending machine