Machine - English meaning

noun

The technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose.

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Firemen wearing breathing apparatus

noun

A set of equipment, tools, or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

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[ c ] the garage had an apparatus to lift cars up., technology has moved so fast, the old regulator…

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A set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a particular purpose

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A piece of apparatus, the divers checked their breathing apparatus.

noun

A device or piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task.

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Electrical and gas appliances

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A device, machine, or piece of equipment, esp. an electrical one that is used in the home, such as a refrigerator or washing machine

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Electrical/home/household/kitchen appliances

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A device, machine, or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine

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There should be incentives for installing energy-efficient appliances., domestic/kitchen/household …

noun

A machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe.

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Repairing stereos and making contraptions out of spare electronic bits

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An awkward or old-fashioned looking device or machine

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A device or machine that looks awkward or old-fashioned, especially one that you do not know how to use

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Strange contraption what's that strange contraption in the garage?

noun

The use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality.

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The requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym

noun

The act of intentionally arranging for something to happen by clever planning, or something that is arranged in this way

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Because of the timing, i'm sure the salary freeze is a deliberate contrivance, not a coincidence., …

noun

A clever device or object that has been invented for a particular purpose

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We stay dry using an ingenious little contrivance called an umbrella.

noun

A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment.

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A measuring device

noun

An object or machine that has been invented to fulfill a particular purpose

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A handheld device, a safety device, electronic/mechanical devices, he invented a device for measuri…

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An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose

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Biotech and medical devices, you should not use any personal electronic device, such as a cell phon…

noun

A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.

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The roar of a car engine

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A machine that uses the energy from fuel or steam to produce movement

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The car has a four-cylinder engine., fig. the health-care industry has been an engine of growth., t…

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A machine that uses energy to produce movement

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A jet engine, a car/aircraft engine, for much of the 19th century britain was the workshop of the w…

noun

A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one.

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A variety of kitchen gadgets

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A small device or machine with a particular purpose

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This handy gadget separates egg yolks from whites.

noun

A small machine or piece of electronic equipment that has a particular purpose

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Latest/modern/new gadgets with competition heating up, the latest gadgets have added features to se…

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A gadget, especially one whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall.

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The latest multimedia gizmo

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Any small device with a particular purpose

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Electronic gizmos

noun

A tool or implement, especially one for precision work.

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A surgical instrument

verb

Equip (something) with measuring instruments.

Usage examples:

Engineers have instrumented rockets to study the upper atmosphere

noun

An object, such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which is played to produce musical sounds

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He plays saxophone, trumpet, and several other instruments., surgical instruments

noun

A rigid bar resting on a pivot, used to move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other.

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A tyre lever

verb

Lift or move with a lever.

Usage examples:

She levered the lid off the pot with a screwdriver

noun

A handle that you move to control the operation of a machine

Usage examples:

He pushed the lever into the "on" position and started the machine.

noun

A system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.

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A third motor powers the tape eject mechanism

noun

A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together

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Automatic cameras have a special focusing mechanism., the mechanism for collecting taxes needs revi…

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A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together

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The elevator has a safety mechanism which prevents it from falling., a mechanism to do sth we need …

noun

A machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for another device with moving parts.

Usage examples:

These electric motors are highly reliable

adjective

Driven by a motor.

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A motor van

verb

Travel in a motor vehicle.

Usage examples:

They motored north up the m6

noun

A wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, which acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is used to raise heavy weights.

Usage examples:

Prior to world war ii, the sash (the parts that move) was counterweighted by a temperamental arrang…

verb

Hoist with a pulley.

Usage examples:

The tree house was built on the ground and pulleyed into the branches

noun

A device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.

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Gardening tools

verb

Impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover).

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Volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold

noun

A piece of equipment that you use to help you do a job, esp. something that you use with your hands to make or repair something

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The only tools you need for this job are a hammer and a screwdriver., we believe the new law will b…

noun

An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole.

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Large areas of land made up of smaller units

A single undivided whole

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A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use.

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Kitchen utensils

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An implement for practical use

noun

A device or tool having a particular use, esp. in a kitchen

Usage examples:

We packed plates, cups, napkins, and eating utensils for the picnic.