Home › Words › P › premachinepremachinepremachine means to machine in advance.EtymologyFrom pre- + machine.verbTo machine in advance.e.g.“In many cases, the simplest machining solution is to premachine the parts while still in the green state.” — 2007, Fred D. Barlow, III; Aicha Elshabini, Ceramic Interconnect Technology Handbook, page 275:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.preprocess 72% match — To process in advance. vs premachine →premilled 67% match — Milled in advance. vs premachine →preprocessing 66% match — The act of processing beforehand. vs premachine →prepunch 66% match — To punch holes in something in advance. vs premachine →preshape 65% match — To shape in advance. vs premachine →precompile 64% match — To compile in advance. vs premachine →preharden 64% match — To harden before machining. vs premachine →foremake 64% match — To make beforehand; make or create in advance; premake. vs premachine →