machine
ਮਸ਼ੀਨ
definition
verb
a decoratively machined brass rod
(especially in manufacturing) make or operate on with a machine.
noun
a fax machine
an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.
example
Suddenly the powerful propaganda 'machine' of the big media concerns was no longer able to achieve the desired affect.
The AFL-CIO is planning an effort modeled on its powerful get-out-the-vote political 'machine' .
The army of bus drivers that keep the wheels of the county's public transport 'machine' turning is in need of fresh recruits.
The government has only been able to finance its military 'machine' by slashing spending to education and other essential services.
Everything from social engineering to fun explosives to Coke 'machine' hacks can be found there.
a cigarette 'machine'
New groups and cliques are formed due to coffee 'machine' tactics, coffee drinkers with similar tactics go onto form their own splinter groups and stay within that group for life.
To use the electric shock 'machine' cost one penny, but friends would join hands so that a number of people could all experience the shock for the same penny.
Of course brass is easy to 'machine' , but the tooling is first-rate.
While we're so busy with war and beating off drug use, no one seems to worry about the smaller issues like ATM 'machine' surcharges.
Most cash 'machine' robberies are thought to take place after thieves stand close enough to their victim to see their PIN number and how much money they are withdrawing.
ticket 'machine'
a candy 'machine'
The company has also provided communications equipment to the Sofia Underground and the Borika national automatic teller 'machine' system.
The Enigma 'machine' is an electro-mechanical device for scrambling plain text invented by the Germans in 1918.
he described the boxer as a fighting 'machine'
She came to him, literally in a daydream, when he was bored, frustrated and uninspired, working at his father's coffee 'machine' repair shop in Venice.
Banks, building societies and cash 'machine' controllers were also alerted to the error to make sure customers would have enough money to tide them over for Saturday and Sunday.
Well after last week's spooky coffee 'machine' imbroglio, when both my coffee maker at work, and the one at home, blew up on the same day… it was time to buy replacements.
This could prove extremely useful in these days of cash 'machine' charges, where it helps to belong to more than one bank and gain free access to more than one bank's chain of cash machines.
We never ate at Monk's, but we did hang out at the same 7-11 pinball 'machine' corner ever day.
In setting up the 'machine' for a given task, boxes are connected together so that the desired set of fundamental processes is executed.
a fax 'machine'
the party's fund-raising is helping it to build a formidable political 'machine'
He means the military 'machine' of NATO, multinational companies, and institutions like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
A hum was heard from the 'machine' as it powered up to do the task it was asked to do, followed by a soft whirring sound, as it digested the bike's current condition.
The Vancouver event is known for being more grass roots than Toronto's slick show, which morphed into an important marketing 'machine' years ago.
The miners were no angels but the media was blatantly and cynically used as a propaganda 'machine' for the government.
Twenty million people there face having their lives, homes and families blasted to smithereens by the most powerful military 'machine' in the world.
For all the claims of ‘control freakery’, the evidence seems to reveal a government 'machine' influenced by a powerful sense of things being out of control.
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