Meaning

• A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

• A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

• (abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

  "I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine."

• A computer.

  "Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine."

• A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

  "Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons."

• 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.

• Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

• The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

• Penis.

• 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.

• A bathing machine.

Meaning

• To make by machinery.

• To shape or finish by machinery.