machine
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 →
2) A machine is a device that sells or gives things: a vending machine, a ticket machine. tree →
3) In science, a simple machine (lever, pulley, wheel and axle, ramp, wedge, screw) makes work easier. tree →
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 →
- How many toys in 6 hours? tree →
- Two machines work together. tree →
- A drink from the machine costs 2 dollars. tree →
- Put your dirty clothes in the washing machine. tree →
- A lever is a simple machine. tree →
- The ticket machine took my coins. tree →
- Robots are machines that can follow instructions. tree →
- Unplug the machine before you clean it. tree →
- Strange that he should think of this, which had never troubled him before; perhaps the sewing machine brought it to his mind. tree →
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.
- A scan picture is made by a machine that uses sound waves to see the baby inside the body without hurting.
- How you talk to machines can become how you talk to people.
- Try Mia's family game: from breakfast to bedtime, count every time a machine guessed something for you.
- A metronome is a ticking machine or app that keeps a steady beat; groups often rush when they get excited.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «machine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.