machine piece of equipment Both new machines can operate two power tools simultaneously . Red iron ore poured continuously from a chute into a labyrinthine machine . Several people wearing masks connected by tubes to cylinders strapped to their backs pulled levers and inspected moving parts of the machine .These can be done free standing , with ankle weights or strapped to a pulley machine . I had to pull the tape out of the machine , interrupt the music right in the middle of the song . by machine However , the bog is used for peat-cutting , both by hand and by machine . A machine-readable passport is a passport with two typeface lines printed at the bottom of the biographical page , which can be read by machine . function washing sewing answering I bought my first washing machine cheaply through an advertisement in the local paper . Then robots could transfer the cloth between different work stations in a factory , where automated sewing machines would put the pieces together .I think there's a message on the answering machine . contents being dispensed cash coffee ticket Cash machines are hard to find in smaller towns . People know how to push a button for a coffee but they don't know how the coffee machine works . The Daily tickets can be purchased from the ticket machine in the car park . computerThis is true of all computers , whatever make , size or cost and irrespective of the programs you run on your machine . `` Why does it seem I'm always having to upgrade my machine in order to get to that next level of game experience ?'' Don't let your kids bring home pirated games software to load onto your machine . system or organisation dedicated to a particular purpose In the nation's major cities , parties built formidable political machines , relying on city employees , precinct captains and union locals to rival the power of downtown businesses . In each rulers were faced , in their efforts to create an efficient administrative machine , by stubborn opposition from privileged groups and institutions . Ministers have complained about ` the Number 10 publicity machine'.nature state Stalin claimed that a powerful state machine was necessary in the face of hostile capitalism with which the Soviet Union was surrounded . purpose war In December Pearl Harbor brought a new urgency to the task of converting the economy into a vast war machine . used of a person or animal which does a particular task with great efficiency functionNature is beautiful. Even a cheetah as a killing machine is beautiful . Often morose and withdrawn , his drinking bouts frequently ended in mindless violence . Yet when in action he was the perfect fighting machinewith a total disregard for his own personal safety Here the emphasis is on bypassing your higher faculties and submitting to the fundamental , libidinous drives of your body . Instead of making yourself a killing machine , now you make yourself a sex machine. vehicle '' Oh , yes . The traffic . Forget the Valley's stinking rush-hour logjams . Try weaving through a cavalcade of turbo-charged machinesat blurring 175 mph speeds . Uh , no thanks . `` Mr D asked in the House of Commons about the report that WG, when fining two motor cyclists for driving their machines at excessive speed , had said that it would not be a bad plan if some offenders of this sort were shot . to sew sth using a sewing machine machine stitch Either machine these side hems , or slipstitch by hand . Machine the seam from the wrong side over the tacking . (as part of a manufacturing process) to shape sth using a machine Doesn't sound much , but over 350 pieces had to be fabricated and machined . The blocks should be conditioned to their in-situ moisture content , say 9-11 % , before being machined and laid . Shells were also machined from forgings produced elsewhere . used to say that the specified action was done by machine machine made machine washable The boneless turkey crown is packaged in 4kg sections and can be machine sliced . An orange cotton fabric pocket , machine sewn with black and white cotton thread , is sewn to slit in skin on interior of each side . The sling may be machine washed on a gentle cycle . machine age period of history in which technology has replaced manual processes We live in a machineage . Though you may be happy with your own manual systems , your trading partners who have automated their systems may not be . The Vorticist manifestos which appeared in Lewis' magazine Blast ( 1914-15 ) celebrated the dynamic energies of the machine age , whilst at the same time accusing Futurism of having romanticised the machine . machine assisted making use of technology to achieve a purpose The Technical Advisory Group on Machine Readable Travel Documents endorsed the use of face recognition as the globally interoperable biometric for machine assisted identity confirmation with machine-readable travel documents . machine code instructions which are readable by a computer Initially , programs were written directly in machine code . machine gun gun which fires series of bullets Around 9 pm they opened fire with a heavy machine gun . Every time he tried to move he got a burst of machine gun fire . to shoot with a machine gunThey machine gunned a group of students eating lunch in the courtyard of the college , killing three . machine intelligence artificial intelligence and the related study A number of scientists believe machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence within a few decades , leading to what's come to be called the Singularity .She writes about robotics and machine intelligence , emerging computing technologies , optics and electronics , and imaging and displays . machine language low-level programming language