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machine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin m?china (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek ??????? (m?khan??), cognate with Attic Greek ?????? (m?khan?, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical.
Displaced native Old English searu.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m???in/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Noun
machine (plural machines)
- 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.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- (computing) A computer.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- 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.
- The whole machine of government, civil and religious, ought never to bear upon the people with a weight so oppressive
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- I am apt to think, that the changing of the Trojan fleet into water-nymphs, which is the most violent machine in the whole Æneid{{..}}
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- 1902, The Friend
- A machine politician cannot see why the straight ticket (as be and his clique of party bosses prepare it) should not be voted by every citizen belonging to that party.
- 2006, Jerry F. Hough, Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing ?ISBN, page 37
- In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the political machines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.
- 2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press ?ISBN, page 126
- He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicago machine's political savior.
- 1902, The Friend
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
- (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.
- (obsolete) A bathing machine.
- 1823, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 512:
- One Machine only was provided for Bathers, the Limitted smoothness of the sands not extending widely enough to admit another.
- 1823, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 512:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:machine
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: masin
- ? Hindustani: ???? (ma??n) / ????? (ma??n)
- ? Irish: meaisín
- ? Japanese: ??? (mashin)
- ? Maori: m?hini
- ? Swahili: mashine
Translations
References
- machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
machine (third-person singular simple present machines, present participle machining, simple past and past participle machined)
- to make by machinery.
- to shape or finish by machinery.
Derived terms
- machinist
Translations
Further reading
- machine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- machine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Eichman
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin m?china, from Doric Greek ??????? (m?khan??).
Alternative forms
- machien (archaic or colloquial)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m???in?/
- Hyphenation: ma?chi?ne
- Rhymes: -in?
Noun
machine f (plural machines, diminutive machientje n or machinetje n)
- machine (mechanical or electrical device)
Derived terms
- machinaal
- machineren
- naaimachine
- nietmachine
- schrijfmachine
- tunnelboormachine
- vliegmachine
- wasmachine
Related terms
- machinatie
- machinist
- mechaniek
- mechanisch
Descendants
- Afrikaans: masjien
- ? Malay: mesin
- Indonesian: mesin
- ? Sundanese: ?????? (mesin)
French
Etymology
From Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek ??????? (m?khan??).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.?in/
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine, device (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (slang) machine (a person who is very efficient)
Derived terms
Related terms
- machinal
- machination
- machiner
- machinisme
- machiniste
- mécanique
- mécanisme
Descendants
Further reading
- “machine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- chemina
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin machina.
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine; device
Descendants
- French: machine (see there for further descendants)
- ? English: machine (see there for further descendants)
References
- “machine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (machine, supplement)
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gear
English
Etymology
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijan? (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: gîr, IPA(key): /???(?)/
- (US) enPR: gîr, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Noun
gear (countable and uncountable, plural gears)
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- Clothing; garments.
- (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (sometimes spelt Raphe Robynson) (translator), Utopia (originally written by Sir Thomas More)
- (countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
- Synonyms: cog, cogwheel, gearwheel
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- 2003, Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver (page 90)
- 2003, Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver (page 90)
- (uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
- (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gear (third-person singular simple present gears, present participle gearing, simple past and past participle geared)
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
- They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
gear (comparative more gear, superlative most gear)
- (chiefly Liverpudlian) great or fantastic
Anagrams
- Ager, GRAE, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, rage
Manx
Alternative forms
- geayr, geyre
Etymology
From Old Irish gér.
Verb
gear (verbal noun gearey)
- to laugh, chuckle
Adjective
gear
- sharp, keen
- sour, acid
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old English
Alternative forms
- ??r, ??r – Anglian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *j?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?r-. Cognate with Old Frisian j?r (West Frisian jier), Old Saxon j?r (Middle Low German jâr), Dutch jaar, Old High German j?r (German Jahr), Old Norse ár (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish år, Icelandic/Faroese ár), Gothic ???????????? (j?r). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra, “season”), Russian ??? (jara), Czech jaro, Lithuanian jore (“springtime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jæ???r/
Noun
??ar n (nominative plural ??ar)
- year
- the runic character ? (/j/)
Declension
Derived terms
- ??ardagas
- ??arl??
- ?e?ra (uncertain)
Descendants
- Middle English: yeer, here, yere, ?ere
- English: year
- Scots: year
Portuguese
Etymology
From an Old Portuguese *gear (compare geo), from Latin gel?re, present active infinitive of gel?. Doublet of the borrowing gelar. Compare also Galician xear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?i?a?]
Verb
gear (first-person singular present indicative geio, past participle geado)
- (impersonal) to frost (weather)
Conjugation
Related terms
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????r/
Adverb
gear
- together
Further reading
- “gear (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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