machine

1. (noun) A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. 2. (noun) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane. 3. (noun) (abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail. 4. (noun) A computer. 5. (noun) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional. 6. (noun) Especially, 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. (noun) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. 8. (noun) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas. 9. (noun) Penis. 10. (noun) A 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. (noun) A bathing machine. 12. (verb) To make by machinery. 13. (verb) To shape or finish by machinery.