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1.nounA device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
2.nounA vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
3.noun(abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail."I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine."
4.nounA computer."Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine."
5.nounA person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional."Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons."
6.nounEspecially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
7.nounSupernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
8.nounThe system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
9.nounPenis.
10.nounA contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
11.nounA bathing machine.
12.nounThe machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
13.nounThe working parts of a machine as a group.
14.nounThe collective parts of something which allow it to function.
15.nounThe literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect