Synonym: auto, automobile, car, motorcar, political machine, simple machine. Similar words: political machine, machiavellian, poaching, teaching, bleaching, Chinese, stomach, chin. Meaning: [mə'ʃɪːn] n. 1. any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks 2. an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently 3. an efficient person 4. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine 5. a group that controls the activities of a political party 6. a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point. v. 1. turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery 2. make by machinery.
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181 For two weeks, the cash machine was unable to dispense money.
182 I called several times, but only got the answering machine.
183 To make the computer work at full capacity, the programmer has to think like the machine.
184 We repaired the machine and it worked well ever after.
185 This washing machine was guaranteed from mechanical failure — I demand a new one!
186 The military machine is ready to change its defensive posture to one prepared for action.
187 The machine directs a powerful beam at the affected part of the body.
188 Her washing machine tends to fray edges on intricate designs.
189 We should phase the input and output of the machine.
190 They blitzed the capital with tanks, artillery, anti-aircraft weapons and machine guns.
191 The machine will read out the result of the calculation.
192 Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money.
193 I bought a copy of "USA Today" from a street-corner machine.
194 Remember to go through the pockets before you put those trousers in the washing machine.
195 The machine uses minute quantities of ozone to sterilise and deodorise refrigerated food vehicles.
196 Parents can programme the machine not to turn on at certain times.
197 Now this machine gives us such high resolution that we can see very small specks of calcium.
198 Never mind the exact technical specification; just give us a free translation of what the machine can do.
199 Mr Lake was an important cog in the Republican campaign machine.
200 The three of us stood around the machine nodding wisely.
201 By supercar standards, though, it is not extravagantly priced for a beautifully engineered machine.
202 Do you use any of the following? Pager, Answering machine, Mobile phone, Car phone.
203 He was put on a life-support machine in intensive care.
204 There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil.
205 He took the machine from its bag and plugged it into the wall socket.
206 I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
207 The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion.
208 Markets are very sensitive to any upsets in the Japanese economic machine.
209 He frugally saved various bits of the machine in carefully marked boxes.
210 Hand tools are relics of the past that have now been superseded by the machine.
More similar words: political machine, machiavellian, poaching, teaching, bleaching, Chinese, stomach, chin, achieve, china, etching, itching, achievable, be rich in, matching, achievement, slouching, stretching, scorching, screeching, labyrinthine, grimace, macabre, macrocosm, emaciated, immaculate, legitimacy, macrobiotic, illegitimacy, each.