machine
verb/məˈʃiːn/
/məˈʃiːn/
[transitive, intransitive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they machine | /məˈʃiːn/ /məˈʃiːn/ |
| he / she / it machines | /məˈʃiːnz/ /məˈʃiːnz/ |
| past simple machined | /məˈʃiːnd/ /məˈʃiːnd/ |
| past participle machined | /məˈʃiːnd/ /məˈʃiːnd/ |
| -ing form machining | /məˈʃiːnɪŋ/ /məˈʃiːnɪŋ/ |
- machine (something) to make or shape something with a machine
- This material can be cut and machined easily.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting a structure): from French, via Latin from Doric Greek makhana (Greek mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’).Want to learn more?
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