make
/mˈeɪk/
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Definitions
Noun
a recognizable kind; "there''s a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
Noun
the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Verb
engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
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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"
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make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one''s office"; "create a furor"
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cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "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"
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give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
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create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
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make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
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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"
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create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "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"
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create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
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to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
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reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"
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be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
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make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
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perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
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make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
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change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
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act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
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charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
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achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
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reach a destination, either real or abstract; "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"
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institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
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carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
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form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"
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organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
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put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
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head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
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have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
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undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
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be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture"
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add up to; "four and four make eight"
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amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
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constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"
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appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us"
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proceed along a path; "work one''s way through the crowd"; "make one''s way into the forest"
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reach in time; "We barely made the plane"
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gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
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prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
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induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"
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assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!"
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represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
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consider as being; "It wasn''t the problem some people made it"
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calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet"
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cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
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favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"
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develop into; "He will make a splendid father!"
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behave in a certain way; "make merry"
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eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
Synonyms
arrive at
attain
brand
bring in
build
ca-ca
cause
clear
constitute
construct
cook
crap
create
defecate
do
draw
earn
establish
fix
form
gain
get
get to
give
have
hit
hold
induce
lay down
make believe
make up
make water
micturate
name
nominate
pass water
pee
pee-pee
piddle
piss
prepare
pretend
produce
progress to
puddle
pull in
reach
ready
realise
realize
relieve oneself
score
seduce
shit
shuffle
shuffling
spend a penny
stimulate
stool
take
take a crap
take a leak
take a shit
take in
throw
urinate
wee
wee-wee
work
More General Terms
accomplish
achieve
acquire
act
add up
alter
amount
appear
appoint
approximate
arrive at
assemble
assure
attain
be
become
behave
cause
change
charge
clean up
come
commit
comprise
consider
constitute
create
create by mental act
create from raw material
create from raw stuff
create mentally
develop
direct
do
egest
eliminate
ensure
estimate
excrete
execute
form
gain
gather
gauge
get
get together
go across
go through
grow
guarantee
guess
head
hit
insure
judge
kind
look
make
make up
modify
neaten
number
pass
perform
perpetrate
persuade
play
pull
rack up
reach
reckon
regard
reordering
represent
score
secure
see
seem
sort
square away
straighten
straighten out
tally
tidy
tidy up
total
variety
view
More Specific Terms
access
actualise
actualize
actuate
add
arouse
assemble
bear
beat
beget
blast
bootleg
bottom out
breast
breed
bring
bring about
bring forth
bring home
bring up
build
burn
bushwhack
call down
call forth
cantilever
catch up
cause
channelise
channelize
chelate
chop
choreograph
churn out
clap together
clap up
claw
clear
cleave
come through
compel
compile
compose
concoct
confect
conjure
conjure up
construct
cook up
cooper
copy
corduroy
create
create by mental act
create from raw material
create from raw stuff
create mentally
create verbally
culminate
customise
customize
custom-make
cut
decide
deglaze
derive
design
determine
devil
direct
distil
distill
do
dress
dress out
drive
dry-wall
dummy
dummy up
dung
educe
effect
effectuate
eke out
elaborate
elicit
encourage
engender
enkindle
erect
escallop
establish
evoke
exaggerate
extract
extrude
fabricate
facilitate
fashion
father
film
film-make
find
fire
flambe
force
forge
form
frame
frame up
froth
fudge together
generate
get
get at
get through
give
give rise
go through the motions
grind
groin
gross
ground
have
impel
incite
incorporate
influence
initiate
inspire
instigate
institute
invoke
jostle
keep
kick up
kindle
laminate
lard
lay down
lead
leave
let
lock
machine
make
make for
make over
manufacture
mark
mold
mother
motivate
move
multiply
obligate
oblige
occasion
offset
organise
organize
originate
output
overdo
overproduce
pay
peak
persuade
piece
pioneer
play
preassemble
precook
prefabricate
prepare
preserve
press
print
procreate
produce
profit
prompt
proof
propel
provoke
publish
pulsate
pulse
puncture
put forward
put on
put out
put together
put up
raise
rake in
rake off
realise
realize
rear
rebuild
reconstruct
recreate
re-create
redo
refashion
regenerate
regulate
remake
rename
render
reproduce
reshuffle
reshuffling
return
revet
riffle
run aground
scale
scallop
scrape
set
set up
shape
shell
short
short-circuit
shovel in
sire
slap together
smelt
solicit
spawn
spume
squeeze out
stale
start
stir
strike
style
suborn
substantiate
suds
summit
surmount
tack
tack together
tailor-make
take home
throw together
top
top out
track
turn a profit
turn in
turn out
twine
underproduce
wattle
wet
whip up
whomp up
work
wreak
write
yield