machine
noun
an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work.
was machining
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past progressiveof machine.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In a corner was a hastily constructed forge; three girls were working with it, turning out curved strips of metal, which a boy was machining on the metal lathe.
From Adolescents Only by Irving E. Cox
