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Make

noun
/meɪk/
Word Frequency: 408.6

Definitions

1.nounBrand or kind; model.
"What make of car do you drive?"
2.nounManner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
3.nounOrigin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
"The camera was of German make."
4.nounA person's character or disposition.
5.nounThe act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
6.nounQuantity produced, especially of materials.
7.nounA software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
8.nounIdentification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
9.noun(usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present or future target of seduction (usually female).
10.nounA promotion.
11.nounA home-made project
12.nounTurn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
13.nounA made basket.
14.nounThe closing of an electrical circuit.
15.verbTo create.
16.verbTo behave, to act.
"He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands."
17.verbTo tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
18.verbTo constitute.
"One swallow does not a summer make."
19.verbTo add up to, have a sum of.
"Two and four make six."
20.verb(construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
"I don’t know what to make of it."
21.verb(usually stressed) To bring into success.
"She married into wealth and so has it made."
22.verb(ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
"Did I make myself heard?"
23.verbTo cause to appear to be; to represent as.
24.verb(ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
"I was made to feel like a criminal."
25.verb(ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
"Don’t let them make you suffer."
26.verb(ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
"His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person."
27.verb(of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
28.verb(law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
29.verbTo arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
"We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight."
30.verbTo proceed (in a direction).
"Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!"
31.verbTo cover (a given distance) by travelling.
32.verbTo move at (a speed).
"The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas."
33.verbTo appoint; to name.
34.verbTo induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
35.verbTo defecate or urinate.
36.verbTo earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
"He didn't make the choir after his voice changed."
37.verbTo pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
38.verbTo compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
39.verbTo enact; to establish.
40.verbTo develop into; to prove to be.
"She'll make a fine president."
41.verbTo form or formulate in the mind.
"made a questionable decision"
42.verbTo perform a feat.
"make a leap"
43.verbTo gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
"In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time."
44.verbTo act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
45.verbTo increase; to augment; to accrue.
46.verbTo be engaged or concerned in.
47.verbTo cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
48.verbTo take the virginity of.
49.verbTo have sexual intercourse with.

Synonyms

makingmanufacturemanufacturingproductionbrandmanufacturertypeactuationclosingcompletionconstructionorigin

Rhymes With

breakopaqueforsakeacheslakeheartachetakeundertake
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