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machine
machines noun


a piece of equipment that
is made up of several parts.
The parts move together to
do a particular job.


A food processor is
a useful machine.


machinery
noun
machines in general.


mad
adjective
1 very angry.
2 crazy or foolish.
She is mad to swim in the sea
during winter.
N comparisons madder maddest


magazine
magazines noun
a collection of news, stories,
pictures, and advertisements
with a paper cover.


magic
noun
tricks that a person
performs that seem to make
impossible and surprising
things happen.
magical adjective

magician
magicians noun
someone who performs
magic tricks.

magnet
magnets noun
a piece of iron that attracts
metals with iron or steel
in them.

magnetic adjective
magnetism noun

magnificent
adjective
grand and wonderful.
A magnificent fountain.

magnify
magnifies magnifying magnified
verb
to make something look
bigger than it
really is.

mail
noun
letters and packages that are
collected and delivered.

mail verb

main
adjective
most important.
The main road.
mainly adverb

major
adjective
big or important.
Scientists have made
a major discovery.
N opposite minor
majority noun

make
makes making made verb
1 to create, produce, build,
or do something.

She made some musical pipes
out of straws and tape.

2 to cause something
to happen.

The stone made ripples
in the pond.
3 to force someone to
do something.
Our teacher made us
straighten up the classroom.

makeup
noun
a substance that people
put on their faces to change
the way that they look.

male
adjective
belonging to the sex that
can be a father, but cannot
give birth to babies or
produce eggs or seeds.
N opposite female
male noun

male


magnifying
glass
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