machine
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Borrowed from Средњи Француски machine, from Латински māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical.
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Noun
machine (plural machines)
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- 2013 јун 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, strana 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
- (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
- 1914 July, F. Britten Austin, “The Air-Scout”, in The Strand Magazine, volume XLVIII, London: George Newnes, Ltd., strana 568:
- As the aviator turned his machine to reconnoitre in the new direction, he was surprised to see the hostile aeroplane between him and his objective.
- 1928, Franklin W. Dixon, The Missing Chums, Grosset & Dunlap, strana 1:
- "Joe, how soon will you be ready to roll?" Frank Hardy burst into the garage where his brother was working on a sleek, black-and-silver motorcycle. "Right now, if this machine kicks over," Joe replied, putting down a wrench.
- (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.
- He refuses to turn off his Linux 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.
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- The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive.
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- Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (Можете ли пронађите и додајте цитат од en на овај унос?)
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- 1902, The Friend
- A machine politician cannot see why the straight ticket (as be and his clique of party bosses prepare it) should not be voted by every citizen belonging to that party.
- 2006, Jerry F. Hough, Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing →ISBN, page 37
- In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the political machines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.
- 2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press →ISBN, page 126
- He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicago machine's political savior.
- 1902, The Friend
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
- 1749, John Cleland, “part {{{part}}}”, in Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, London: G. Fenton, OCLC 13050889:
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:machine
Hyponyms
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Related terms
Descendants
- Ток Писин: masin
- → Hindustani: मशीन (maśīn) / مشین (maśīn)
- → Ирски: meaisín
- → Јапански: マシン (mashin)
- → Maori: mīhini
- → Свахили: mashine
Translations
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References
machine на Википедији.Википедији
Verb
machine (third-person singular simple present machines, present participle machining, simple past and past participle machined)
- to make by machinery.
- to shape or finish by machinery.
Derived terms
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Further reading
- machine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- machine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
- Eichman (alphagram acehimn)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Француски machine, from Средњи Француски machine, from Латински māchina, from Doric Greek μᾱχανᾱ́ (mākhanā́).
Pronunciation
Noun
machine f (plural machines, diminutive machientje n or machinetje n)
- machine (mechanical or electrical device)
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Descendants
Француски
Etymology
From Средњи Француски machine, borrowed from Латински machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Антички Грчки μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́).
Pronunciation
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine, device Шаблон:rfclarify
- (slang) machine Галицијски
- Ce type, c'est une vraie machine !
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Амхарски: ማሽን (mašn)
- → Азербејџански: maşın
- → Дански: maskine
- → Холандски: machine
- → Естонски: masin
- → Немачки: Maschine (see there for further descendants)
- → Limburgish: mesjien
- → Норвешки: maskin
- → Pashto: ماشين (māšín)
- → Персијски: ماشین (mâšin)
- → Пољски: maszyna
- → Румунски: mașină (also via German)
- → Шпански: mashina (Louisiana)
- → Шведски: maskin
- → Таџик: мошин (mošin)
Further reading
- “machine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински machina.
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
Descendants
- Француски: machine (see there for further descendants)
- → Енглески: machine (see there for further descendants)
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) (machine, supplement)
- Енглески говор
- Енглески термини позајмљени од Средњи Француски
- Енглески појмови изведени из Средњи Француски
- Енглески појмови изведени из Латински
- Енглески појмови изведени из Doric Greek
- Енглески 2-слог речи
- Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- Енглески појмови са аудио везама
- Риме:Енглески/iːn
- Енглески леме
- Енглески именице
- Енглески бројевне именице
- Енглески термини са наводима
- Енглески dated terms
- Енглески abbreviations
- Енглески terms with usage examples
- Захтеви за наводе у Енглески
- Захтеви за наводе у/en
- Енглески euphemisms
- Енглески terms with obsolete senses
- Енглески terms with historical senses
- Арапски црвене везе
- Арапски црвене везе/т
- Дански црвене везе
- Дански црвене везе/т+
- Terms with redundant transliterations
- Terms with redundant transliterations/ckb
- Малтешки црвене везе
- Малтешки црвене везе/т
- Стари Енглески црвене везе
- Стари Енглески црвене везе/т
- Захтеви за преиспитивање Малајалам преводи
- Захтеви за преиспитивање Taos преводи
- Енглески глаголи
- English basic words
- Холандски термини позајмљени од Француски
- Холандски појмови изведени из Француски
- Холандски појмови изведени из Средњи Француски
- Холандски појмови изведени из Латински
- Холандски појмови изведени из Doric Greek
- Холандски термини са ИПА изговором
- Холандски појмови са аудио везама
- Риме:Холандски/inə
- Холандски леме
- Холандски именице
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Француски говор
- Француски изрази наслеђени од Средњи Француски
- Француски појмови изведени из Средњи Француски
- Француски термини позајмљени од Латински
- Француски појмови изведени из Латински
- Француски појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Француски 2-слог речи
- Француски термини са ИПА изговором
- Француски појмови са аудио везама
- Француски леме
- Француски именице
- Француски countable именице
- Француски именице with red links in their headword lines
- Француски slang
- Requests for translations of Француски usage examples
- Француски terms with usage examples
- Terms with redundant transliterations/am
- Средњи Француски термини позајмљени од Латински
- Средњи Француски појмови изведени из Латински
- Средњи Француски леме
- Средњи Француски именице
- Средњи Француски countable nouns