make

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Verb

1. To create. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
   • We made a bird feeder for our yard.
   • I'll make a man out of him yet.
   • He makes deodorants.
   • I made a poem for her wedding.
   • He made a will.
   • make war
   • They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
   • God made earth and heaven.
   • I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
2. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
   • We made a bird feeder for our yard.
   • I'll make a man out of him yet.
   • He makes deodorants.
3. To write or compose.
   • I made a poem for her wedding.
   • He made a will.
4. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
   • make war
   • They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
5. To create (the universe), especially from nothing.
   • God made earth and heaven.
6. To prepare (food); to cook (food).
   • I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
7. To behave, to act.
   • To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
   • They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
   • He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
8. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
9. To constitute.
   • They make a cute couple.
   • This makes the third infraction.
   • One swallow does not a summer make.
10. To add up to, have a sum of.
    • Two and four make six.
11. To interpret.
    • I don’t know what to make of it.
    • They couldn't make anything of the inscription.
    • What time do you make it?
12. To bring into success.
    • This company is what made you.
    • She married into wealth and so has it made.
13. To cause to be.
    • The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.
    • Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.
    • The citizens made their objections clear.
    • This might make you a bit woozy.
    • Did I make myself heard?
    • Scotch will make you a man.
    • Mom made it clear what she expected from me in college.
14. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
    • Homer makes Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus, unlike Hesiod who depicted her as born from the sea foam.
15. To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
    • You're making her cry.
    • I was made to feel like a criminal.
16. To force to do.
    • The teacher made the student study harder.
    • Don’t let them make you suffer.
17. To indicate or suggest to be.
    • His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
18. To cover neatly with bedclothes.
19. To recognise, identify, spot.
20. To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
    • We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
    • I won't be able to make dinner; something's come up at work.
21. To proceed (in a direction).
    • They made westward over the snowy mountains.
    • Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
    • They made away from the fire toward the river.
22. To cover (a given distance) by travelling. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
23. To move at (a speed).
    • The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
    • This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
24. To appoint; to name.
25. To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
26. To defecate or urinate.
27. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
    • They hope to make a bigger profit.
    • He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
    • She made ten points in that game.
28. To achieve coverage in; to appear in.
29. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
30. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
31. To enact; to establish.
32. To develop into; to prove to be.
    • She'll make a fine president.
    • Classical literature usually makes heavy reading.
33. To study or train so as to become (a profession); to grow up to be (something).
    • I calculate he'll make a doctor one day.
34. To form or formulate in the mind.
    • make plans
    • made a questionable decision
35. To perform a feat.
    • make a leap
    • make a pass
    • make a u-turn
36. To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
    • In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time.
37. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
38. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
39. To be engaged or concerned in.
40. To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
41. To take the virginity of.
42. To have sexual intercourse with.
43. Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
44. To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.

Noun

1. Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
   • we service all makes and models
   • Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It's a Buick LaCrosse.
2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
   • The camera was of German make.
   • The camera was of recent make.
4. A person's character or disposition.
5. The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
6. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
7. A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
8. Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
9. A promotion.
10. A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
11. Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
12. A made basket.
13. The closing of an electrical circuit.

Noun

1. Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
2. Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

Noun

1. A halfpenny.

Noun

1. An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

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