Noun

• S: (n) machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)
• S: (n) machine (an efficient person) "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine"
• S: (n) machine (an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently) "the war machine"
• S: (n) machine, simple machine (a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point)
• S: (n) machine, political machine (a group that controls the activities of a political party) "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) "he needs a car to get to work"

Verb

• S: (v) machine (turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery)
• S: (v) machine (make by machinery) "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) produce, make, create (create or manufacture a man-made product) "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something