Automatic (a.) Alt. of Automatical |
Bramah press () A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic. |
Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw. |
Feed (imp. & p. p.) of Fee |
Feed (v. t.) To give food to |
Feed (v. t.) To satisfy |
Feed (v. t.) To fill the wants of |
Feed (v. t.) To nourish, in a general sense |
Feed (v. t.) To graze |
Feed (v. t.) To give for food, especially to animals |
Feed (v. t.) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine |
Feed (v. t.) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work). |
Feed (v. i.) To take food |
Feed (v. i.) To subject by eating |
Feed (v. i.) To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. |
Feed (v. i.) To place cattle to feed |
Feed (n.) That which is eaten |
Feed (n.) A grazing or pasture ground. |
Feed (n.) An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc. |
Feed (n.) A meal, or the act of eating. |
Feed (n.) The water supplied to steam boilers. |
Feed (n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine |
Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. |
Feed (n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced |
Gramme machine () A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine (n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine (n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine (n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine (n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine (v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
Mechanical (a.) Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion |
Mechanical (a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools |
Mechanical (a.) Done as if by a machine |
Mechanical (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence |
Mechanical (a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc. |
Mechanical (n.) A mechanic. |
Press (n.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black. |
Press (n.) To force into service, particularly into naval service |
Press (n.) A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. |
Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight |
Press (v.) To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of |
Press (v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth |
Press (v.) To embrace closely |
Press (v.) To oppress |
Press (v.) To straiten |
Press (v.) To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over |
Press (v.) To try to force (something upon some one) |
press pressure pressing | the act of pressing, the exertion of pressure, he gave the button a press, he used pressure to stop the bleeding, at the pressing of a button |
drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
bench press | a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward |
incline bench press | a bench press performed on an inclined bench |
press military press | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
pushup press-up | an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms |
drip feed | the administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a time |
field press censorship | security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces |
adding machine totalizer totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
android humanoid mechanical man | an automaton that resembles a human being |
answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic choke | a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor |
automatic firearm automatic gun automatic weapon | a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released |
automatic pistol automatic | a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released |
automatic rifle automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
automatic transmission automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
autopilot automatic pilot robot pilot | a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course |
bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
bench press | a small punch press mounted on a workbench |
breathing device breathing apparatus breathing machine ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning automatic rifle BAR | a portable . caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine, used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War |
Browning machine gun Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
bunk feed bunk | a long trough for feeding cattle |
burp gun machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
calculator calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car auto automobile machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
cash machine cash dispenser automated teller machine automatic teller machine automated teller automatic teller ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
cheese press | a press for shaping cheese curd |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
computer system computing system automatic data processing system ADP system ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
dialyzer dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
dishwasher dish washer dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
drill press | a machine tool with a separate, upright stand, an electric drill is pressed into the work automatically or with a hand lever |
drop forge drop hammer drop press | device for making large forgings |
electrostatic generator electrostatic machine Wimshurst machine Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
facsimile facsimile machine fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
farm machine | a machine used in farming |
flatbed press cylinder press | a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type |
franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
garlic press | a press for extracting juice from garlic |
heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
hovercraft ground-effect machine | a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines |
hydraulic press | press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area |
ice machine | an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes |
knitting machine | a textile machine that makes knitted fabrics |
light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |
Linotype Linotype machine | a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal |