make
noun
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Brand or kind; model.
“What make of car do you drive?”
- 2
Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
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Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
“The camera was of German make.”
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A person's character or disposition.
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The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
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Quantity produced, especially of materials.
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A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
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Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
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(usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present or future target of seduction (usually female).
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A promotion.
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A home-made project
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Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
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A made basket.
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The closing of an electrical circuit.
verb
- 1
To create.
- 2
To behave, to act.
“He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.”
- 3
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- 4
To constitute.
“One swallow does not a summer make.”
- 5
To add up to, have a sum of.
“Two and four make six.”
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(construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
“I don’t know what to make of it.”
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(usually stressed) To bring into success.
“She married into wealth and so has it made.”
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(ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
“Did I make myself heard?”
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To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
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(ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
“I was made to feel like a criminal.”
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(ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
“Don’t let them make you suffer.”
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(ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
“His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.”
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(of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
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(law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
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To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
“We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.”
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To proceed (in a direction).
“Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!”
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To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
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To move at (a speed).
“The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.”
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To appoint; to name.
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To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
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To defecate or urinate.
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To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
“He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.”
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To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
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To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
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To enact; to establish.
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To develop into; to prove to be.
“She'll make a fine president.”
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To form or formulate in the mind.
“made a questionable decision”
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To perform a feat.
“make a leap”
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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.”
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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.
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To increase; to augment; to accrue.
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To be engaged or concerned in.
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To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
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To take the virginity of.
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To have sexual intercourse with.
noun
- 1
Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
noun
- 1
A halfpenny.
noun
- 1
An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.
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