Make

[meɪk] or [mek]

Definition

(verb.) act in a certain way so as to acquire; 'make friends'; 'make enemies'.

(verb.) eliminate urine; 'Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug'.

(verb.) behave in a certain way; 'make merry'.

(verb.) give certain properties to something; 'get someone mad'; 'She made us look silly'; 'He made a fool of himself at the meeting'; 'Don't make this into a big deal'; 'This invention will make you a millionaire'; 'Make yourself clear'.

(verb.) put in order or neaten; 'make the bed'; 'make up a room'.

(verb.) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; 'She makes like an actress'.

(verb.) make or cause to be or to become; 'make a mess in one's office'; 'create a furor'.

(verb.) engage in; 'make love, not war'; 'make an effort'; 'do research'; 'do nothing'; 'make revolution'.

(verb.) form by assembling individuals or constituents; 'Make a quorum'.

(verb.) be or be capable of being changed or made into; 'He makes a great host'; 'He will make a fine father'.

(verb.) undergo fabrication or creation; 'This wool makes into a nice sweater'.

(verb.) cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; 'make my day'.

(verb.) consider as being; 'It wasn't the problem some people made it'.

(verb.) gather and light the materials for; 'make a fire'.

(verb.) make by shaping or bringing together constituents; 'make a dress'; 'make a cake'; 'make a wall of stones'.

(verb.) amount to; 'This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living'.

(verb.) develop into; 'He will make a splendid father!'.

(verb.) calculate as being; 'I make the height about 100 feet'.

(verb.) perform or carry out; 'make a decision'; 'make a move'; 'make advances'; 'make a phone call'.

(verb.) appear to begin an activity; 'He made to speak but said nothing in the end'; 'She made as if to say hello to us'.

(verb.) add up to; 'four and four make eight'.

(verb.) carry out or commit; 'make a mistake'; 'commit a faux-pas'.

(verb.) be suitable for; 'Wood makes good furniture'.

(verb.) favor the development of; 'Practice makes the winner'.

(verb.) assure the success of; 'A good review by this critic will make your play!'.

(verb.) change from one form into another; 'make water into wine'; 'make lead into gold'; 'make clay into bricks'.

(verb.) compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; 'People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!'; 'Heat makes you sweat'.

(verb.) reach in time; 'We barely made the plane'.

(verb.) constitute the essence of; 'Clothes make the man'.

(verb.) proceed along a path; 'work one's way through the crowd'; 'make one's way into the forest'.

Checker: Raffles--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

(v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

(v. t.) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.

(v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.

(v. t.) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.

(v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

(v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.

(v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.

(v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

(v. t.) To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.

(v. t.) To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

(v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

(v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.

(v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

(v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in.

(v. t.) To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

(v. i.) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

(v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.

(v. i.) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

(n.) Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

Typed by Gilda

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Create, bring into being.[2]. Frame, fashion, mould, shape, form, figure.[3]. Produce, effect, be productive of.[4]. Constitute, compose.[5]. Perform, do, execute, practise.[6]. Secure, gain, acquire, get.[7]. Compel, constrain, force.[8]. Represent, show.

v. n. [1]. Proceed, go, travel, journey, tend, move.[2]. Contribute, conduce, operate, have effect.

n. Structure, construction, texture, constitution.

Checker: Louie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Create, produce, fashion, frame, fabricate, construct, effect,[See DO],perform, execute, find, gain, compel, establish, constitute, reach, mould,shape, form, bring_about

ANT:Annihilate, unmake, undo, dismember, disintegrate, destroy, defeat, miss, lose,mar, disestablish

Typist: Oliver

Definition

n. (Spens.) a mate consort equal.—adj. Make′less (Shak.) without a make or mate.

v.t. to fashion frame or form: to produce: to bring about: to perform: to force: to render: to represent or cause to appear to be: to turn: to occasion: to bring into any state or condition: to establish: to prepare: to obtain: to ascertain: to arrive in sight of: to reach: (B.) to be occupied with: to do.—v.i. to tend or move: to contribute: (B.) to feign or pretend:—pa.t. and pa.p. māde.—n. form or shape: structure texture.—v.i. Make′-believe′ to pretend feign.—n. a mere pretence.—ns. Make′-peace (Shak.) a peace-maker; Mak′er one who makes: the Creator: a poet; Make′shift something done or used to serve a shift or turn: something used only for a time.—adj. having the character of a temporary resource.—ns. Make′-up the way anything is arranged: an actor's materials for personating a part: (print.) the arrangement of composed types into columns or pages as in imposition; Make′-weight that which is thrown into a scale to make up the weight: something of little value added to supply a deficiency; Mak′ing the act of forming: structure: form.—Make account of (see Account); Make a figure to be conspicuous; Make after to follow or pursue; Make amends to render compensation or satisfaction; Make as if to act as if to pretend that; Make at to make a hostile movement against; Make away to put out of the way to destroy; Make away with to squander; Make believe (see Believe); Make bold (see Bold); Make for to move toward to tend to the advantage of—so in B.; Make free with to treat freely or without ceremony; Make good to maintain to justify to fulfil; Make head against to oppose successfully; Make light of (see Light); Make little of to treat as insignificant; Make love to (see Love); Make much of to treat with fondness to cherish to foster; Make no doubt to have no doubt to be confident; Make of to understand by to effect: to esteem; Make off with to run away with; Make one's way to proceed: to succeed; Make out to discover: to prove: to furnish: to succeed; Make over to remake reconstruct: to transfer; Make pace to increase the speed; Make sail to increase the quantity of sail: to set sail; Make sure to be certain of; Make sure of to consider as certain to secure to one's self; Make the most of to use to the best advantage; Make up to fabricate: to feign: to collect into one: to complete supplement: to assume a particular form of features: to determine: to reckon: to make good: to repair: to harmonise adjust; Make up for to compensate; Make up to to approach: to become friendly.

Checked by Helena