machine

A machine is a mechanical device. (noun)

An example of a machine is an electric bread maker.

Machine means relating to a mechanical device. (adjective)

An example of a machine used as an adjective is the term "machine cut" which means cut by a mechanical instrument or tool.

See machine in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Now Rare a structure or built-up fabric of any kind
Old-fashioned a vehicle, as an automobile, bicycle, etc.
1. a structure consisting of a framework and various fixed and moving parts, for doing some kind of work; mechanism: a sewing machine
2. any device thought of as functioning in such a way, as as electronic computer or a device for automatically answering telephone calls
1. a person or organization regarded as acting like a machine, without thought or will
2. a complex organization coordinated to function in a smooth, effective way: the military machine
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1. the members of a political party or group who control policy and confer patronage
2. the party organization generally
a device or apparatus, as in the ancient theater, for producing stage effects
Archaic a literary device for dramatic effect, as a supernatural agent or force introduced into a poem
Mech. a device, as a lever or pulley, that transmits, or changes the application of, energy

adjective

transitive verb machined, machining

to make, shape, finish, etc. by machinery

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See machine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(mə-shēnˈ)

noun

a. A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form.
b. A simple device, such as a lever, a pulley, or an inclined plane, that alters the magnitude or direction, or both, of an applied force; a simple machine.
A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or a jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.
A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task: The machine is down.
An intricate natural system or organism, such as the human body.
A person who acts in a rigid, mechanical, or unconscious manner.
An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders: a political machine.
a. A device used to produce a stage effect, especially a mechanical means of lowering an actor onto the stage.
b. A literary device used to produce an effect, especially the introduction of a supernatural being to resolve a plot.
An answering machine: Leave a message on my machine if I'm not home.