machine
- Noun. A mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, whether physical or computational, laborious or for entertainment.
- Noun. (archaic) A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.
- Noun. (context, telephony) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- Noun. (context, computing) A computer.
- Noun. (context, figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- Noun. Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization.
- Noun. penis.
- Verb. to make by machinery.
- Verb. to shape or finish by machinery.
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