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# machine

«machine» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thing with moving parts that uses power to do a job…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (machine, machines); verb (machine — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A machine is a thing with moving parts that uses power to do a job, like a washing machine or a sewing machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#m1)

2) A machine is a device that sells or gives things: a vending machine, a ticket machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#m2)

3) In science, a simple machine (lever, pulley, wheel and axle, ramp, wedge, screw) makes work easier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths it is usually something that makes items at a rate: items per hour × hours; machines working together add their rates; a vending machine has a price per item. In science, simple machines help lift and move things. In safety: never put your hand inside a machine that is on, and keep loose hair and sleeves away.

### examples

- A machine makes 50 toys an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x1)
- How many toys in 6 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x2)
- Two machines work together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x3)
- A drink from the machine costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x4)
- Put your dirty clothes in the washing machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x5)
- A lever is a simple machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x6)
- The ticket machine took my coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x7)
- Robots are machines that can follow instructions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x8)
- Unplug the machine before you clean it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x9)
- Strange that he should think of this, which had never troubled him before; perhaps the sewing machine brought it to his mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/#x10)

### note

Countable. Spelling: «machine», said «ma-sheen». Related words: «machinery» (machines in general, uncountable), «machinist». Maths: two machines for 6 hours make twice as many as one; machines together add rates, not times. Trap: more machines mean less time, not more.

### In the corpora

- [Some cash machines charge a fee for taking out money, while most bank ones are free.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/18/)
- [A scan picture is made by a machine that uses sound waves to see the baby inside the body without hurting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/10/)
- [How you talk to machines can become how you talk to people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/4-stories-jokes-and-riddles/16/)
- [Try Mia's family game: from breakfast to bedtime, count every time a machine guessed something for you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/1/)
- [A metronome is a ticking machine or app that keeps a steady beat; groups often rush when they get excited.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «machine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/machine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.