make
1. make \'ma-k\ \'ma-d\ vb or made; or mak.ing [ME maken, fr. OE macian;
akin to OHG mahho-n to prepare,]make, OSlav mazati to anoint obs 1a:
BEHAVE, ACT 1b: to seem to begin (an action) 2a: to cause to happen to or
be experienced by someone 2b: to cause to exist, occur, or appear : CREATE
{~ a dist urbance} 2c: to favor the growth or occurrence of {haste ~s
waste} 2d: to fit, intend, or destine by or as if by creating {was made t
o be an actor} 3a: to bring into being by forming, shaping, or altering
material : F ASHION {~ a dress} 3b: COMPOSE, WRITE 3c: to lay out and
construct {~ a road} 4: to frame or formulate in the mind {~ plans} 5: to
put together from components : CONSTITUTE {house madeX of stone} 6a: to
compute or estimate to be 6b: to form and hold in the mind {~ no doubt of
it} 7a: to put together and set alight (a fire) 7b: to set in order :
PREPARE 7c: to shuffle (a deck of cards) in preparation for dealing 8: to
cut (hay) and spread for drying 9a: to cause to be or become {made himself
useful} 9b: APPOINT 10a: ENACT, ESTABLISH 10b: to execute in an
appropriate manner {~ a will} 10c: SET, NAME {~ a price} 11a: chiefly
dial : to make fast : SHUT 11b: to cause (an electric circuit) to be
completed 12a: to conclude as to the nature or meaning of {what to ~ of
his actions} 12b: to regard as being {not the fool some ~ him} 13a: to
carry out (an indicated action) {~ war} 13b: to perform with a bodily
movement {~ a bow} 13c: to achieve by traversing {~ a detour} {mailman
making)X his rounds} 14a: to produce as a result of action, effort, or
behavior with respect to something {~ a mess of the job} {tried to ~ a
thorough job of it} 14b: EAT {made a good breakfast} archaic 14c: to turn
into another language by translation 15: to cause to act in a certain way
: COMPEL {~ him retur n} 16: to cause or assure the success or prosperity
of {anyone he takes a l iking to is made} 17a: to amount to in significane
{~s a great difference} 17b: to form the essential being of {clothes ~ the
man} 17c: to form by an assembling of individuals {~ a quorum} 17d: to
count as {~ a fourth at bridge} 18a: to be or be capable of being changed
or fashioned into {rags ~R the best paper} 18b: to develop into {she will ~
a fine wife} 18c: FORM 5b 19a: REACH, ATTAIN - often used with it {you'll
neve r ~ it that far} 19b: to gain the rank of {~ major} 19c: to gain a
place on {~ the team} 20: to gain (as money) by working, trading, or
dealing 21a: to act so as to win or acquire 21b: to score (points) in a
game or sport 22a: to fulfill (a contract) in a card game 22b: to win a
trick with (a card) 23a: to include in a route or itinerary 23b: CATCH
{time to ~ the train} 24: to persuade to consent to sexual intercourse
archaic 1: to compose poetry 2a: BEHAVE, ACT 2b: to begin or seem to
begin a certain action {made as though to hand it to me} 2c: to act so as
to be or to seem to be {~ merry} slang 2d: to play a part {~ like a bird}
3: to set out : HEAD {made after the fox} 4: to increase in height or
size {the tide is making now} 5: to reach or extend in a certain direction
6: to have weight or effect : TELL {courtesy ~s for safer driving} 7: to
undergo manufacture or processing {hay ~s better in sm all heaps}
MANUFACURE, FORGE mean to cause to come into being. MAKE may imply any such
action of producing or creating whether by an intelligent agency or blind
forces and resulting in either material or immaterial existence; FORM
implies a definite outline, structure, or design in the thing produced;
SHAPE suggests impressing a form upon some material; FASHION suggests the
use of inventive power or ingenuity; FABRICATE suggests a making of many
parts into a whole and often implies an ingenious inventing of elaborate
falsehood; MANUFACTURE implies making repeatedly by a fixed process and
usu. by machinery; FORGE implies a making or effecting by great physical or
mental effort : to distort one's features : GRIMACE 1: to carry off 2:
SPEND, DISSIPATE 3: DESTROY, KILL 4: CONSUME, EAT : PRETEND, FEIGN :
VENTURE, DARE : to show hesitation, uncertainty, or scruple {makes no
bones)X about his dislike} : to accept bets at calculated odds on all the
entrants in a race or cont est : OGLE : to make valid or complete {made
good his escape} : as : to make up for (a deficiency) : INDEMNIFY {make
good the loss} : to carry out (a promise or prediction) : FULFILL : PROVE
{make good a charge} : SUCCEED : to make use of offered opportunity esp.
in gaining an early advantage 1: to make progress esp. against resistance
2: to rise in armed revolt 3: to build up pressure (as in a steam boiler)
1: WOO, COURT 2a: NECK, PET 2b: to engage in sexual intercourse :
DISCLOSE 1: to raise or spread sail 2: to set out on a voyage 1: to
travel fast 2: to gain time 3: to make progress toward favor {trying to
make time with the wai tress} 1: to proceed at a walk or run 2: to go in a
hurry : run away : FLEE of a boat 1: LEAK 2: URINATE 1: to open or give
room for passing or entering : fall back or move asid e 2: to make progress
slang : PRODUCE, PERFORM - usu. used with the and in place of the
idiomatic verb {start making with the answers} {making with the tears} -
make a face SYN syn MAKE, FORM, SHAPE, FASHION, FABRICATE,
2. make n 1a: the manner or style in which a thing is constructed 1b: the
origin of a manufactured article 2: the physical, mental, or moral
constitution of a person 3a: the action of producing or manufacturing 3b:
the actual yield or amount produced over a specified period : OUTP UT 4:
the declaration of trumps in an early form of bridge 5: the closing or
completing of an electric circuit 6: the act of shuffling cards; also :
turn to shuffle 1: in the process of forming, growing, or improving 2: in
quest of a higher social or financial status 3: in search of sexual
adventure - on the make
Webster's English Dictionary