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1. Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
    
2. An efficient person
   "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"
    
3. An intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
   "the war machine"
    
4. A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
   - simple machine
    
5. A group that controls the activities of a political party
   "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine";
   - political machine

1. Turn, shape, mould, or otherwise finish by machinery
    
2. Make by machinery
   "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"

Derived forms: machining, machines, machined

Type of: create, device, forge, form, individual, make, mechanical device, mold [N. Amer], mortal, mould [Brit, Cdn], organisation [Brit], organization, person, produce, shape, somebody, someone, soul, work

Encyclopedia: Machine