make

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To create.

   • We made a bird feeder for our yard.
   • I'll make a man out of him yet.
   • He makes deodorants.
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   To tend

   To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

   • And all Israel's language about this power, except that it makes for righteousness, is approximate language
   • Follow after the things which make for peace.
   • Considerations infinite Do make against it.
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   1. 4

      To constitute.

      • They make a cute couple.
      • This makes the third infraction.
      • One swallow does not a summer make.
   2. 5

      To add up to, have a sum of.

      • Two and four make six.
   3. 6

      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?
   4. 7

      To bring into success.

      • This company is what made you.
      • She married into wealth and so has it made.
      • who makes or ruins with a smile or frown
   5. 8

      To cause to be.

      • The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.
      • The citizens made their objections clear.
      • This might make you a bit woozy.
   6. 9

      To cause to appear to be

      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.
      • 1709–1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning He is not that goose and Ass that Valla would make him.
   7. 10

      To cause (to do something)

      To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

      • You're making her cry.
      • I was made to feel like a criminal.
   8. 11

      To force to do.

      • The teacher made the student study harder.
      • Don’t let them make you suffer.
   9. 12

      To indicate or suggest to be.

      • His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
   10. 13

       To cover neatly with bedclothes.

   11. 14

       To recognise, identify, spot.

       • I caught sight of him two or three times and then made him turning north into Laurel Canyon Drive.
       • Linus Caldwell: Well, she just made Danny and Yen, which means in the next 48 hours the three o' your pictures are gonna be in every police station in Europe.
       • David Sinclair: (walking) Almost at Seventh; I should have a visual any second now. (rounds a corner, almost collides into Kaleed Asan) Damn, that was close. Don Eppes: David, he make you? David Sinclair: No, I don't think so.
   12. 15

       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.
       • They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side.
   13. 16

       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.
   14. 17

       To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

       • I made over twenty miles that day, for I was now hardened to fatigue and accustomed to long hikes, having spent considerable time hunting and exploring in the immediate vicinity of camp.
   15. 18

       To move at (a speed).

       • The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
       • This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
   16. 19

       To appoint

       To appoint; to name.

       • On November 15, 1396,[…]Benedict XIII made him bishop of Noyon;
   17. 20

       To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

       • Jimmy Conway: They're gonna make him. Henry Hill: Paulie's gonna make you?
   18. 21

       To defecate or urinate.

       • When my father comes back with a dark wet spot on his pants, right in front, as if he has made in his pants, he starts eating his food in great shovelfuls.
       • "He made in his pants, okay? I hope everybody's satisfied!" She flung her hat on the floor and kicked it. "He'll never come back to school now! Never! And it's all your fault!
   19. 22

       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.
   20. 23

       To pay, to cover (an expense)

       To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

       • At first glance, you may be able to make rent and other overhead expenses because the business is doing well, but if sales drop can you still make rent?
       • So you can’t make payroll. This happens.[…]many business owners who have never confronted it before will be forced to deal with this most difficult matter of not making payroll.
   21. 24

       To compose verses

       To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

       • ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman to solace him some time, as I do when I make
   22. 25

       To enact

       To enact; to establish.

   23. 26

       To develop into

       To develop into; to prove to be.

       • She'll make a fine president.
       • Classical literature usually makes heavy reading.
   24. 27

       To study or train so as to become (a profession)

       To study or train so as to become (a profession); to grow up to be (something).

       • He'll make a doctor one day.
   25. 28

       To form or formulate in the mind.

       • make plans
       • made a questionable decision
   26. 29

       To perform a feat.

       • make a leap
       • make a pass
       • make a u-turn
   27. 30

       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.
   28. 31

       To act in a certain manner

       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.

       • a scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make
   29. 32

       To increase

       To increase; to augment; to accrue.

   30. 33

       To be engaged or concerned in.

       • Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?
   31. 34

       To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

       • Footman. Madam! Mr. Dorimant! Lov. What makes him here?
       • What makes her in the wood so late, A furlong from the castle gate?
   32. 35

       To take the virginity of.

   33. 36

       To have sexual intercourse with.

       • He could see that her face was thin, proud. She looked like she'd be a hard dame to make. He didn't want just that. She'd be a hard dame to win.
       • The boys in the lower classes who had already dropped out of school derived much of their prestige among their peers from their skill in “making” girls.
       • And I'm trying to make some girl / Who tells me, "Baby, better come back, maybe next week" / "'Cause you see, I'm on a losing streak"
   34. 37

       Of water, to flow toward land

       Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.

       • The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for us was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.
   35. 38

       To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.

   36. 39

       Brand

       Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.

       • Near-synonyms: kind, type
       • we service all makes and models
       • Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It's a Buick LaCrosse.
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       Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).

       • Near-synonyms: makeup, form, conformation, composition; form factor
       • I can name the tribe every moccasin belongs to by the make of it.
   38. 41

       Origin (of a manufactured article)

       Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.

       • The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
       • The Royal Typewriter Company is distributing a very attractive eight page folder, announcing the Royal Number 10, the first machine of Royal make which uses levers instead of wires to operate the type-bars.
       • The camera was of German make.
   39. 42

       A person's character or disposition.

       • I never feel very much excited about any old thing; it's not my make; but I've got a sort of shiver inside of me, and a watery feeling in the heart region.
   40. 43

       The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.

       • […] papers are respectively of second or inferior quality, the last being perhaps torn or broken in the "make" — as the manufacture is technically termed.
   41. 44

       Quantity produced, especially of materials.

       • In 1880 the make of pig iron in all countries was 18,300,000 tons.
   42. 45

       A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…

       A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.

       • However, the unzip and make programs weren't found, so the default was left blank.
   43. 46

       Identification

       Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.

       • "They ever get a make on the blood type?" Horn asked, staring at the stained mattress.
       • "I'm sure we'll get a make on the suspect's prints by day break, so if you come down town, I'll see you get everything available. Go ahead and process the car, we won't have any need of it."
       • He got out his binoculars, trying for a make on the plate, but the plate light was conveniently not working. The windows must have been tinted, because he could not see inside the van, either.
   44. 47

       A promotion.

       • Sent back the list of makes with only Post and Hamilton on it. (Buckner had recommended 10 staff officers and 1 combat soldier!)
   45. 48

       A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.

       • Blue Peter "make"
   46. 49

       Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.

       • It's your make as the cards lie. Take your time.
       • 'Not your make,' said the adjutant sternly and started dealing the cards with his white be-ringed hands as though he was in haste to get rid of them.
   47. 50

       A made basket.

   48. 51

       The closing of an electrical circuit.

       • If the interrupter operated every 2 sec., the current would rise to 10 amp. and drop to zero with successive "makes" and "breaks."
   49. 52

       Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).

       • To me, if I weren't going with someone and was taking pills, it would be like advertising that I'm an easy make.
       • She's your make, not mine. […] It isn't anything short of difficult to entertain someone else's pregnant fiancee.
   50. 53

       Mate

       Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

       • Th'Elfe therewith astownd, Vpstarted lightly from his looser make, And his vnready weapons gan in hand to take.
       • Where their maids and their makes At dancing and wakes, Had their napkins and posies And the wipers for their noses
       • But then sometimes I thought, it's a black Crake That never to her-sell can get a Make.
   51. 54

       A halfpenny.

       • the last we shall have, I take it; for a make to a million, but we trine to the nubbing cheat to-morrow.
       • Only as he climbed the steps did he mind that he hadn't even a meck upon him, and turned to jump off as the tram with a showd swung grinding down to the Harbour […]
   52. 55

       An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as…

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

       • Harvest.—When left for seed, they are cut and wadded as pease, with a make. Produce.—From three to six sacks an acre.
       • Harvest. Taken up by a pease-make, and left in small heaps, and turned as often as the weather may make it necessary.

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