التي في فئةENGLISH - ETYMOLOGY
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English - Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French _machine_, from Latin _machina_ (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek _μαχανά_ (makhaná), Doric spelling of _μηχανή_ (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”).
Borrowing from Middle French machine, from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná), Doric spelling of μηχανή (mēkhanḗ,
“a machine, engine, contrivance, device”).
التي في فئةENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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English - Pronunciation
* (US) IPA(key): /məˈʃiːn/
التي في فئةENGLISH - NOUN
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English - Noun
MACHINE (_plural_ MACHINES)
* A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
* (archaic) A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.
* (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
_I called you earlier, but all I got was the MACHINE._
* (computing) A computer.
_Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the MACHINE._
* (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
_Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing MACHINE" because he made quick work of killing demons._
_The government has become a money-making MACHINE._
* Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
* Landor
The whole MACHINE of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive.
* Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
* (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
* 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 3
He now resumes his attempts in more form: first, he put one of the pillows under me, to give the blank of his aim a more favourable elevation, and another under my head, in ease of it; then spreading my thighs, and placing himself standing between them, made them rest upon his hips; applying then the point of his MACHINE to the slit, into which he sought entrance.
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* See also Wikisaurus:machine
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machine (plural machines)
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A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
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(archaic) A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.
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(telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
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I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.
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(computing) A computer.
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Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
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(figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
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Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
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The government has become a money-making machine.
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Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
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Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
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(Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
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(euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
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1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 3
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He now resumes his attempts in more form: first, he put one of the pillows under me, to give the blank of his aim a more favourable elevation, and another under my head, in ease of it; then spreading my thighs, and placing himself standing between them, made them rest upon his hips; applying then the point of his machine to the slit, into which he sought entrance.
التي في فئةENGLISH - VERB
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English - External Links
* machine in _Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary_, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
* machine in _The Century Dictionary_, The Century Co., New York, 1911
التي في فئةENGLISH - ANAGRAMS
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English - Anagrams
* Eichman
التي في فئةDUTCH - PRONUNCIATION
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Dutch - Pronunciation
* IPA(key): /mɑˈʃinə/
* Hyphenation: ma‧chi‧ne
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IPA(key): /mɑˈʃinə/
- Hyphenation: ma‧chi‧ne
التي في فئةDUTCH - NOUN
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التي في فئةFRENCH - ETYMOLOGY
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French - Etymology
From Latin _machina_ (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek _μαχανά_ (makhaná).
From Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná).
التي في فئةFRENCH - NOUN
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French - Anagrams
* chemina
التي في فئةFRENCH - EXTERNAL LINKS
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French - External Links
* “machine” in _le Trésor de la langue française informatisé_ (_The Digitized Treasury of the French Language_).
التي في فئةMIDDLE FRENCH - ETYMOLOGY
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Middle French - References
* “machine” in _le Trésor de la langue française informatisé_ (_The Digitized Treasury of the French Language_).
* Godefroy, Frédéric, _Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)_