English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "machine"

machine

Từ điển Collocation

machine noun

¹ piece of equipment

ADJ. great, huge, large, powerful | automatic, electronic | labour-saving | ingenious, versatile | sophisticated | reliable | defective | cash, coffee, exercise, fax, sewing, (telephone) answering, vending, video, washing | kidney, life-support The crash victim is now on a life-support machine.

VERB + MACHINE operate, use, work | install We've had a new washing machine installed. | start, stop | plug in, unplug | build, make | service | design The machine is designed to fit under a counter.

MACHINE + VERB go, work Have you got the machine working again? | break down | run The machine runs on solar power.

MACHINE + NOUN operator | parts | tool machine tools for making weapons

PREP. by The potatoes are planted by machine. | in a/the ~ Just put those clothes in the machine (= the washing machine). | on a/the ~ I make my own dresses on my sewing machine. | ~ for a machine for making coffee

PHRASES a make of machine What make of machine are they using?

² system/organization

ADJ. party, political The independent candidates did not have the support of a party machine. | administrative, government, state | propaganda, publicity | military, war the president's propaganda machine

PHRASES a cog in the machine (figurative) Tired of being a tiny cog in a vast machine, he handed in his resignation. | a well-oiled machine (figurative) The department ran like a well-oiled machine since the reorganization.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
• an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

  the war machine

• an efficient person

  the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine

• a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; car, auto, automobile, motorcar

  he needs a car to get to work

• a group that controls the activities of a political party; political machine

  he was endorsed by the Democratic machine

• a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point; simple machine

v.

• turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
• make by machinery

  The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

machines|machined|machining
syn.: auto automobile car motorcar political machine simple machine