Machine
Machine verb - Turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery.
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Synonyms for Machine
Needle and machine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needle" instead a verb "Machine".
How words are described
| old | old machine | old needle |
| full | full machine | full needle |
| special | special machine | special needle |
| particular | particular machine | particular needle |
| Other adjectives: complete, certain, simple, small, actual, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, little, secret, mere, gigantic, running, immortal, literal, giant, magical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In a Mythbusters episode where they test whether one can find a needle in a haystack, Mythbuster Adam Savage creates a needle-finding machine christened the Needlefinder 2000.
Source: Trope 2000 -
A similar tale surrounds the invention of the sewing machine: the inventor dreamed of spears with holes in them stabbing towards him, and realized upon waking that the eye of a needle to fit into a sewing machine had to be in the tip.
Source: Eureka Moment - Whenever his human mind checks out and lets the needle symbiote take over, he becomes a nigh-unstoppable killing machine.
Source: Power Born of Madness
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