making

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

Process of growth or development.

“As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.”

To create.

To behave, to act.

“He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.”

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

To constitute.

“One swallow does not a summer make.”

To add up to, have a sum of.

“Two and four make six.”

(construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.

“I don’t know what to make of it.”

(usually stressed) To bring into success.

“She married into wealth and so has it made.”

(ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.

“Did I make myself heard?”

To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

(ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

“I was made to feel like a criminal.”

(ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.

“Don’t let them make you suffer.”

(ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.

“His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.”

(of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.

(law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.

To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

“We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.”

To proceed (in a direction).

“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.”

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).

“He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.”

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.”

To form or formulate in the mind.

“made a questionable decision”

To perform a feat.

“make a leap”

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.