Palavras em English para 'made by machine'
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verb
noun
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- 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.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (computing) A computer.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) 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.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
adj
- Done by machine.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
noun
- The design and construction of machines.
- (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- plural of mechanic
- (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
- Operation in general; workings.
- the technical aspects of doing something
- the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
noun
verb
noun
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
verb
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
noun
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
noun
- a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials
- (machining, manufacturing) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.
noun
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- someone who consumes food for nourishment
- an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
- an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- a branch that flows into the main stream
- That which is used to feed.
- One who feeds, or takes in food.
- (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
- (video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- A branch line of a railway.
- One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
- (mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
- (education) Ellipsis of feeder school.
- (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
noun
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
- (fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
- An offshoot.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- A by-product.
noun
- someone who manufactures something
- something that produces
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
- (UK, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
- One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
- (biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
- (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
verb
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- create by artistic means
- invest with a new title, office, or rank
- make or cause to be or to become
- pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
- bring into existence
- (transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
- (UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
- (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
- To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
- (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
- (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
- (transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
- (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
verb
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- amount to
- institute, enact, or establish
- reach in time
- eliminate urine
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- achieve a point or goal
- induce to have sex
- add up to
- calculate as being
- create by artistic means
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- perform, produce, or carry out
- appear to begin an activity
- charge with a function; charge to be
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- give certain properties to something
- undergo fabrication or creation
- have a bowel movement
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- put in order or neaten
- proceed along a path
- make or cause to be or to become
- change from one form into another
- to compose or represent
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- consider as being
- develop into
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- make by combining materials and parts
- create or design, often in a certain way
- constitute the essence of
- favor the development of
- behave in a certain manner
- carry out or commit
- head into a specified direction
- engage in
- reach a goal
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- gather and light the materials for
- organize or be responsible for
- assure the success of
- be suitable for
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- To enact; to establish.
- (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
- (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
- To perform a feat.
- (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- To build, construct, produce, or originate.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To develop into; to prove to be.
- (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- To constitute.
- (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
- (transitive, US slang, crime, law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
- (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- To form or formulate in the mind.
- (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
- (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- (transitive, backgammon) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
- (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- To write or compose.
- To appoint; to name.
- (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
noun
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- a recognizable kind
- (card games) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
- (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
- (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
- (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
- (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- A person's character or disposition.
- (basketball) A made basket.
- (slang, military) A promotion.
verb
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- bring onto the market or release
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
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verb
noun
- (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
- (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
- a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
noun
- A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
- (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.
- (rail transport) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
- A person employed to sand wood.
- a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
noun
- The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
- The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.
- The working parts of a machine as a group.
- machines or machine systems collectively
- a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
noun
- A photograph produced by such a machine.
- A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects.
- Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
- scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
verb
- create or produce in a mechanical way
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- produce naturally
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
noun
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
noun
- A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears.
- workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools
noun
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
noun
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
- the social act of assembling
- a public facility to meet for open discussion
- a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- (computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
- (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
- (computing, Microsoft .NET) A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
- (politics) A legislative body.
- The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
noun
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- writing in a fictional form
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
noun
- The design and construction of machines.
- (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- plural of mechanic
- (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
- Operation in general; workings.
- the technical aspects of doing something
- the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
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verb
noun
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
verb
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
noun
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
noun
- a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials
- (machining, manufacturing) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.
noun
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- someone who consumes food for nourishment
- an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
- an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- a branch that flows into the main stream
- That which is used to feed.
- One who feeds, or takes in food.
- (US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
- (video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
- A branch line of a railway.
- One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
- A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
- (mining) Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
- (education) Ellipsis of feeder school.
- (shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.
- A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
noun
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
- (fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
- An offshoot.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- A by-product.
noun
- someone who manufactures something
- something that produces
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
- (UK, Ireland, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.
- One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on.
- (biology) An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy.
- (economics) An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
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verb
noun
- (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
- (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
- (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
- (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
- a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled
noun
- A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
- (historical) A small device resembling a salt shaker but containing sand that was shaken over a document to remove excess ink.
- (rail transport) A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.
- A person employed to sand wood.
- a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
noun
- The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
- The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.
- The working parts of a machine as a group.
- machines or machine systems collectively
- a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
noun
- A photograph produced by such a machine.
- A lamp that produces short bursts of light that synchronizes with a camera shutter for photographing fast-moving objects.
- Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.
- scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
noun
- A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears.
- workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools
noun
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- (informal) An engine.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
noun
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
- the social act of assembling
- a public facility to meet for open discussion
- a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- (computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
- (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
- (computing, Microsoft .NET) A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
- (politics) A legislative body.
- The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
noun
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- writing in a fictional form
- the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- (countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood.
- (cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
- (uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
verb
noun
- any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- an efficient person
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently
- a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
- a group that controls the activities of a political party
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- 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.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (computing) A computer.
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (historical) 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.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
verb
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- create by artistic means
- invest with a new title, office, or rank
- make or cause to be or to become
- pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
- bring into existence
- (transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
- (UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
- (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
- To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
- (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
- (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
- (transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
- (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
verb
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- amount to
- institute, enact, or establish
- reach in time
- eliminate urine
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- achieve a point or goal
- induce to have sex
- add up to
- calculate as being
- create by artistic means
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- perform, produce, or carry out
- appear to begin an activity
- charge with a function; charge to be
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- give certain properties to something
- undergo fabrication or creation
- have a bowel movement
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- put in order or neaten
- proceed along a path
- make or cause to be or to become
- change from one form into another
- to compose or represent
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- consider as being
- develop into
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- make by combining materials and parts
- create or design, often in a certain way
- constitute the essence of
- favor the development of
- behave in a certain manner
- carry out or commit
- head into a specified direction
- engage in
- reach a goal
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- gather and light the materials for
- organize or be responsible for
- assure the success of
- be suitable for
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- To enact; to establish.
- (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
- (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
- To perform a feat.
- (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- To build, construct, produce, or originate.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To develop into; to prove to be.
- (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- To constitute.
- (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
- (transitive, US slang, crime, law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
- (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- To form or formulate in the mind.
- (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
- (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
- (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- (transitive, backgammon) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
- (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- To write or compose.
- To appoint; to name.
- (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
noun
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- a recognizable kind
- (card games) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
- (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
- (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
- (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
- (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- A person's character or disposition.
- (basketball) A made basket.
- (slang, military) A promotion.
verb
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- bring onto the market or release
- cause to happen, occur or exist
- bring out for display
- bring forth or yield
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
- (transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- (intransitive) To make or yield something.
- (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
noun
verb
- create or produce in a mechanical way
- concoct something artificial or untrue
- produce naturally
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
noun
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
adj
- Done by machine.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.