A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. / (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

To make by machinery. / To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.

A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. / The act of machinating or plotting.

plural of machine

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machine

(transitive, intransitive) To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.

One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.

One who operates a machine. / (obsolete) A horse employed to pull a vehicle.

A surname originating as an occupation.

(philately) Any of a British series of definitive stamps designed by Arnold Machin, first issued in 1967 and featuring a side view portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.