make meaning

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make verb
1. engage in
Related: do
  • "make love, not war"
  • "make an effort"
  • "do research"
  • "do nothing"
  • "make revolution"
2. (change) give certain properties to something
Related: get
  • "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"
3. (remake) make or cause to be or to become
Related: create
  • "make a mess in one's office"
  • "create a furor"
4. (cause) 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"
5. (become) be or be capable of being changed or made into
  • "He makes a great host"
  • "He will make a fine father"
6. (create_from_raw_material) make by shaping or bringing together constituents
  • "make a dress"
  • "make a cake"
  • "make a wall of stones"
7. (perform) perform or carry out
  • "make a decision"
  • "make a move"
  • "make advances"
  • "make a phone call"
8. (change) change from one form into another
  • "make water into wine"
  • "make lead into gold"
  • "make clay into bricks"
9. (act) act in a certain way so as to acquire
  • "make friends"
  • "make enemies"
10. (perpetrate) carry out or commit
  • "make a mistake"
  • "commit a faux-pas"
11. (assemble) form by assembling individuals or constituents
  • "Make a quorum"
12. (tidy) put in order or neaten
Related: make_up
  • "make the bed"
  • "make up a room"
13. (change) undergo fabrication or creation
  • "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
14. (be) be suitable for
  • "Wood makes good furniture"
15. (total) add up to
  • "four and four make eight"
16. (amount) amount to
  • "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
17. (constitute) constitute the essence of
  • "Clothes make the man"
18. (look) appear to begin an activity
  • "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"
  • "She made as if to say hello to us"
19. (pass) proceed along a path
Related: work
  • "work one's way through the crowd"
  • "make one's way into the forest"
20. (reach) reach in time
  • "We barely made the plane"
21. (create_from_raw_material) gather and light the materials for
  • "make a fire"
22. (guarantee) assure the success of
Antonyms: break
  • "A good review by this critic will make your play!"
23. (act) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Related: pretend, make_believe
  • "She makes like an actress"
24. (see) consider as being
  • "It wasn't the problem some people made it"
25. (estimate) calculate as being
  • "I make the height about 100 feet"
26. (change) cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
  • "make my day"
27. (develop) favor the development of
  • "Practice makes the winner"
28. (develop) develop into
  • "He will make a splendid father!"
29. (act) behave in a certain way
  • "make merry"
30. (excrete) eliminate urine
Related: urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make_water, relieve_oneself, take_a_leak, spend_a_penny, wee, wee-wee, pass_water
  • "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
have verb
1. (score) achieve a point or goal
Related: get, make
  • "Nicklaus had a 70"
  • "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"
  • "She made 29 points that day"
do verb
1. (create) create or design, often in a certain way
Related: make
Antonyms: unmake
  • "Do my room in blue"
  • "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
take verb
1. (head) head into a specified direction
Related: make
  • "The escaped convict took to the hills"
  • "We made for the mountains"
form verb
1. (constitute) to compose or represent
Related: constitute, make
  • "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
  • "The branches made a roof"
  • "This makes a fine introduction"
name verb
1. (appoint) charge with a function; charge to be
Related: nominate, make
  • "She was named Head of the Committee"
  • "She was made president of the club"
cause verb
1. (make) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Related: do, make
  • "cause a commotion"
  • "make a stir"
  • "cause an accident"
produce verb
1. create or manufacture a man-made product
Related: make, create
  • "We produce more cars than we can sell"
  • "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
create verb
1. (make) create by artistic means
Related: make
  • "create a poem"
  • "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"
  • "Picasso created Cubism"
  • "Auden made verses"
reach verb
1. (achieve) reach a goal
Related: make, get_to, progress_to
  • "make the first team"
  • "We made it!"
  • "She may not make the grade"
2. reach a destination, either real or abstract
Related: make, attain, hit, arrive_at, gain
  • "We hit Detroit by noon"
  • "The water reached the doorstep"
  • "We barely made it to the finish line"
  • "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
hold verb
1. (direct) organize or be responsible for
Related: throw, have, make, give
  • "hold a reception"
  • "have, throw, or make a party"
  • "give a course"
gain verb
1. (get) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Related: take_in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull_in, bring_in
  • "How much do you make a month in your new job?"
  • "She earns a lot in her new job"
  • "this merger brought in lots of money"
  • "He clears $5,000 each month"
construct verb
1. (make) make by combining materials and parts
Related: build, make
  • "this little pig made his house out of straw"
  • "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
draw verb
1. (create_by_mental_act) make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Related: make
  • "I draw a line here"
  • "draw a conclusion"
  • "draw parallels"
  • "make an estimate"
  • "What do you make of his remarks?"
cook verb
1. (create_from_raw_material) prepare for eating by applying heat
Related: fix, ready, make, prepare
  • "Cook me dinner, please"
  • "can you make me an omelette?"
  • "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
brand noun
1. (kind) a recognizable kind
Related: make
  • "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"
  • "what make of car is that?"
induce verb
1. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Related: stimulate, cause, have, get, make
  • "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"
  • "My children finally got me to buy a computer"
  • "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
stool verb
1. (excrete) have a bowel movement
Related: defecate, shit, take_a_shit, take_a_crap, ca-ca, crap, make
  • "The dog had made in the flower beds"
seduce verb
1. (persuade) induce to have sex
Related: score, make
  • "Harry finally seduced Sally"
  • "Did you score last night?"
  • "Harry made Sally"
shuffle noun
1. (reordering) the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Related: shuffling, make
lay_down verb
1. (make) institute, enact, or establish
Related: establish, make
  • "make laws"
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