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machine
A	noun
	1	car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
				4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚conveyance; transport ╚vehicle ╚wheeled vehicle ╚self-propelled vehicle ╚motor vehicle; automotive vehicle ╚car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar ╚beach wagon; station wagon; wagon; beach waggon; station waggon; waggon ╚ambulance
	2	machine
				any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚machine ╚farm machine ╚decoder ╚cotton gin; gin ╚corker ╚concrete mixer; cement mixer ╚computer; computing machine; computing device; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system ╚cash machine; cash dispenser; automated teller machine; automatic teller machine; automated teller; automatic teller; ATM ╚calender ╚calculator; calculating machine ╚bagger ╚assembly
	3	machine, simple machine
				a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚mechanism ╚mechanical device ╚machine, simple machine ╚wheel ╚pulley; pulley-block; block ╚lever ╚inclined plane
	4	machine, political machine
				a group that controls the activities of a political party; "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚machine, political machine
	5	machine
				an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚machine
	6	machine
				an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚machine ╚cyborg; bionic man; bionic woman
B	verb
	1	machine
				make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"
		Category Tree: produce; make; create ╚machine
	2	machine
				turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
		Category Tree: make; create ╚create from raw material; create from raw stuff ╚shape; form; work; mold; mould; forge ╚machine

Forum discussions with the word(s) "machine" in the title:

"I always reach the answering machine"
"man a machine gun"
a calculating machine
A machine play (?)
a pop machine--?
A printing machine
A/An automatic machine
ab machine
all next to the same ice machine
An ornery copying machine?
answering machine
Appliance/machine
at (a/the) vending machine or at vending machines etc
automatic machine for taking pictures
Automatic packaging machine....?
bending machine
cash/cashing machine?
clocking-in machine
Coffee Machine
condom machine
copy machine
Credit card machine
design caps on an ice cream machine
Device, machine, or equipment?
gamble on/at a fruit machine?
gang up to call for machine guns
heart-rhythm reading machine
it takes for a machine
Love Machine
Machine
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