Washing Definition–noun | 1. | the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution. |
| 2. | clothes, linens, etc., washed or to be washed, esp. those washed at one time; wash. |
| 3. | Often, washings. any liquid that has been used to wash something. |
| 4. | matter removed or carried off in washing something or by the force of water: The washings from numerous spring floods had clogged the mouth of the river. |
| 5. | Mining. | a. | material, as gold dust, obtained by washing earth, gravel, etc. |
| b. | the deposits so washed. |
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| 7. | the act of making a wash sale. |
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Machine Definition–noun | 1. | an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. |
| 2. | a mechanical apparatus or contrivance; mechanism. |
| 3. | Mechanics. | a. | a device that transmits or modifies force or motion. |
| b. | Also called simple machine. any of six or more elementary mechanisms, as the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, screw, wedge, and inclined plane. |
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| 4. | Older Use. | a. | an automobile or airplane. |
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| 5. | a bicycle or motorcycle. |
| 6. | a vending machine: a cigarette machine. |
| 7. | any complex agency or operating system: the machine of government. |
| 8. | an organized group of persons that conducts or controls the activities of a political party or organization: He heads the Democratic machine in our city. |
| 9. | a person or thing that acts in a mechanical or automatic manner: Routine work had turned her into a machine. |
| 10. | any of various contrivances, esp. those formerly used in theater, for producing stage effects |
| 11. | some agency, personage, incident or other feature introduced for effect into a literary composition. |
–verb (used with object) | 12. | to make, prepare, or finish with a machine or with machine tools. |
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