What is the difference between machine and beetle?
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A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
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(archaic) A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.
(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.
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Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
(euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
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to make by machinery.
to shape or finish by machinery.
Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
(uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
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To move away quickly, to scurry away.
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, chapter=The Department of Mysteries
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To loom over; to extend or jut.
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, author=Chapman Miske
, title=The Thing in the Moonlight
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A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
As nouns the difference between machine and beetle
is that machine is a device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect while beetle is any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.As verbs the difference between machine and beetle
is that machine is to make by machinery while beetle is to move away quickly, to scurry away.As an adjective beetle is
protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows..machine
English
(wikipedia machine)Noun
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- The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive.
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Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
(Derived terms) * finite state machine * jet machine * machine bolt * machine code * machinegun * machine-gun * machine gun * machine instruction * machine language * machine learning * machine-made * machine of government * machine pistol * machine-readable * machine room * machine screw * machine shop * machine tool * machine-translation * machine translation * machine-washable * pinball machine * sewing machine * simple machine * slot machineVerb
(machin)Derived terms
* machinistExternal links
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* 1000 English basic words ----beetle
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bitle, bityl, bytylle, from (etyl) bitula, bitela, .Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.
Synonyms
* (insect) bugDerived terms
* beetle-browed * Christmas beetle * click beetle * Colorado beetle * deathwatch beetle * dung beetle * huhu beetle * lady beetle * oil beetle * rhinoceros beetle * rove beetle * stag beetle * water beetle * whirligig beetleSee also
* bug * firefly * ladybird * scarabVerb
- He beetled off on his vacation.
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Possibly after , from the fact that some beetles have bushy antennae.Verb
(beetl)- The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
- To the dreadful summit of the cliff / That beetles o'er his base into the sea.
- Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime.
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Etymology 3
(etyl) betel, from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)
Verb
(beetl)- to beetle cotton goods