make.
To create.
Meaning & usage
To create. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
To create. To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
To create. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
To create. To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
To create. To prepare (food); to cook (food).
I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
They couldn't make anything of the inscription.
To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
To cause to be.
The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.
Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.
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.
To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
To force to do.
The teacher made the student study harder.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
To cover neatly with bedclothes.
To recognise, identify, spot.
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.
To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
To appoint; to name.
To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
To defecate or urinate.
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.
To achieve coverage in; to appear in.
To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
To enact; to establish.
To develop into; to prove to be.
She'll make a fine president.
Classical literature usually makes heavy reading.
To study or train so as to become (a profession); to grow up to be (something).
He'll make a doctor one day.
To form or formulate in the mind.
make plans
made a questionable decision
To perform a feat.
make a leap
make a pass
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.
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.
To increase; to augment; to accrue.
To be engaged or concerned in.
To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
To take the virginity of.
To have sexual intercourse with.
Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match. Cognates Cognate with Scots mak (“to make”), Yola maak, maake (“to make”), North Frisian maage, maaki, mååge (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make; to repair; to prepare; to preach; to earn”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Alemannic German mache (“to make; to do”), Bavarian måcha, måchn (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to matter; to look”), Cimbrian machan (“to make”), Dutch and Low German maken (“to make”), German machen (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to fare; to look”), Luxembourgish maachen, man (“to make; to do; to take; to equal; to put”), Mòcheno mòchen (“to make”), Vilamovian mahha (“to make; to do”), Yiddish מאַכן (makhn, “to create, make; to do; to say”); also probably Irish mám (“yoke; duty, obligation; function, service”), Latin mācerō (“to soften; to weaken; to mortify; to torture”), Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead; to wipe”), Bulgarian ма́жа (máža, “to smear; to oil”), Czech mazat (“to lubricate; to spread; to smear; to scribble; to erase”), Polish mazać (“to smear; to scribble; to pule, whimper”), Russian ма́зать (mázatʹ, “to oil; to paint; to smear; to soil; to miss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̏зати, mȁzati (“to smear; to dirty”), Ukrainian ма́зати (mázaty, “to smear”), Old Armenian մած (mac, “glued together, joined; coagulated, curdled; adhesive, sticking; compact; dense”), Hindi मचाना (macānā, “to cause, raise, wreak”).
Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
we service all makes and models
Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It's a Buick LaCrosse.
Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
The camera was of German make.
The camera was of recent make.
A person's character or disposition.
The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
Quantity produced, especially of materials.
A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
A promotion.
A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
A made basket.
The closing of an electrical circuit.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match. Cognates Cognate with Scots mak (“to make”), Yola maak, maake (“to make”), North Frisian maage, maaki, mååge (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make; to repair; to prepare; to preach; to earn”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Alemannic German mache (“to make; to do”), Bavarian måcha, måchn (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to matter; to look”), Cimbrian machan (“to make”), Dutch and Low German maken (“to make”), German machen (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to fare; to look”), Luxembourgish maachen, man (“to make; to do; to take; to equal; to put”), Mòcheno mòchen (“to make”), Vilamovian mahha (“to make; to do”), Yiddish מאַכן (makhn, “to create, make; to do; to say”); also probably Irish mám (“yoke; duty, obligation; function, service”), Latin mācerō (“to soften; to weaken; to mortify; to torture”), Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead; to wipe”), Bulgarian ма́жа (máža, “to smear; to oil”), Czech mazat (“to lubricate; to spread; to smear; to scribble; to erase”), Polish mazać (“to smear; to scribble; to pule, whimper”), Russian ма́зать (mázatʹ, “to oil; to paint; to smear; to soil; to miss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̏зати, mȁzati (“to smear; to dirty”), Ukrainian ма́зати (mázaty, “to smear”), Old Armenian մած (mac, “glued together, joined; coagulated, curdled; adhesive, sticking; compact; dense”), Hindi मचाना (macānā, “to cause, raise, wreak”).
Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English make, imake, ȝemace, from Old English ġemaca (“a mate, an equal, companion, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô (“companion, comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to knead, oil”). Reinforced by Old Norse maki (“an equal”). Cognate with Icelandic maki (“spouse”), Swedish make (“spouse, husband”), Danish mage (“companion, fellow, mate”). Doublet of match.
A halfpenny.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain.
An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.
Where this word comes from
Origin unclear.
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