machining Definition

machine
noun

1. A device with moving parts, and usually powered, designed to perform a particular task.

Example: sewing machine
Thesaurus: apparatus, device, implement, contraption, gadget, mechanism, tool, gizmo (slang).
2. A group of people or institutions, or a network of equipment, under a central control.

Example: the party's political machine
Thesaurus: organization, institution, bureaucracy, administration, movement, agency, party, ring, set-up (slang).
3. colloq
A motor vehicle, especially a motorcycle.
4a. colloq
A person with no initiative, capable only of following orders;
4b. colloq
A tireless or mechanically efficient worker.
5. A washing machine.

verb machined, machining

1. To make, shape or cut something with a machine.
2. To stitch something with a sewing machine.

Derivative: machinable
adj

Etymology: 16c: French, from Latin machina, from Greek mechana a pulley.