make

[[t]meɪk[/t]]

v. made, mak•ing, n.

1) to bring into existence by shaping, changing, or combining material:

to make a dress[/ex]

2) to cause to exist or happen:

to make trouble[/ex]

3) to cause to become:

to make someone happy[/ex]

4) to appoint:

made her chairwoman[/ex]

5) to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; prepare:

to make a bed; made dinner[/ex]

6) to transform:

making a vice into a virtue[/ex]

7) to induce; compel:

to make them do it[/ex]

8) to produce, earn, or win for oneself:

to make a good salary[/ex]

9) to write; compose:

to make a poem[/ex]

10) to draft:

to make a will[/ex]

11) to agree upon; arrange:

to make a deal[/ex]

12) to establish; enact:

to make laws[/ex]

13) to become:

You'll make a good lawyer[/ex]

14) to form in the mind:

to make a decision[/ex]

15) to judge as to the truth, nature, or meaning of:

What do you make of that remark?[/ex]

16) to estimate; reckon:

I make the value at $1000[/ex]

17) to put together; form:

to make a matched set[/ex]

18) to amount to; total:

Two plus two makes four[/ex]

19) to provide:

That book makes good reading[/ex]

20) to be sufficient to constitute:

One story does not make a writer[/ex]

21) to be adequate or suitable for:

This table will make a good lectern[/ex]

22) to assure the success or fame of:

to make someone's reputation[/ex]

23) to deliver; utter:

to make a stirring speech[/ex]

24) to move at a particular speed:

to make 60 miles an hour[/ex]

25) to reach; attain:

didn't quite make 79 before dying[/ex]

26) to catch:

just made the last plane[/ex]

27) inf to attain a position in or on:

The novel made the bestseller list[/ex]

28) to receive notice in or on:

It made the evening news[/ex]

29) sts Slang. to have sexual intercourse with

30) gam

a) to take a trick with (a card)

b) to fulfill (a contract or bid) in bridge

31) to score:

She made 40 points[/ex]

32) elm to close (an electric circuit)

33) to act so as to be what is specified:

to make sure[/ex]

34) to be made, as specified:

This fabric makes into beautiful drapery[/ex]

35) to move or proceed in a particular direction:

to make after the thief[/ex]

36) phv make away with

to carry off; steal

37) phv make for

a) phv to move toward

b) to promote:

Calm makes for fewer arguments[/ex]

38) make off

phv to run away

39) phv make off with, to steal

40) make out

a) phv to write out or complete, as a bill or check

b) phv to perceive the meaning of; fathom

c) phv to decipher; discern

d) phv to suggest or impute:

He made me out to be a liar[/ex]

e) to manage; succeed:

How are you making out in school?[/ex]

f) sts Slang. to engage in kissing and caressing; neck

g) sts Slang. to have sexual intercourse

41) make over

a) phv to remodel; alter

b) phv to transfer the title of (property)

42) phv pri make up

a) to constitute; compose

b) to put together; compile

c) to concoct; invent

d) to compensate:

This will make up for your trouble[/ex]

e) to complete

f) to put in order; arrange:

made up the bed[/ex]

g) to settle; decide:

Make up your mind[/ex]

h) to settle amicably

i) to become reconciled

j) phv to dress in costume and makeup

k) to apply cosmetics

l) edu to make good on (something deficient)

m) to arrange typeset and graphic matter for:

making up newspaper pages[/ex]

43) make up to

phv inf to behave ingratiatingly toward

44) sts make with, Informal.

to employ; use:

Stop making with the jokes[/ex]

45) the style or manner in which something is made; form

46) brand:

a foreign make of car[/ex]

47) disposition; character

48) the act or process of making

49) quantity made; output

50) sts Slang. identification; description:

to get a make on the crook[/ex]

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- make as if or as though make believe make do make good make it make light of make like make much of make short work of on the make

Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE macian, c. OFris makia, OS makōn, OHG mahhōn mak′a•ble, make′a•ble, adj.