[meyk] Pronunciation Key verb, made, mak·ing, noun | 1. | to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art. |
| 2. | to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war. |
| 3. | to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy. |
| 4. | to appoint or name: The President made her his special envoy. |
| 5. | to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare: to make a bed; to make dinner. |
| 6. | to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay. |
| 7. | to convert from one state, condition, category, etc., to another: to make a virtue of one's vices. |
| 8. | to cause, induce, or compel: to make a horse jump a barrier. |
| 9. | to give rise to; occasion: It's not worth making a fuss over such a trifle. |
| 10. | to produce, earn, or win for oneself: to make a good salary; to make one's fortune in oil. |
| 11. | to write or compose: to make a short poem for the occasion. |
| 12. | to draw up, as a legal document; draft: to make a will. |
| 13. | to do; effect: to make a bargain. |
| 14. | to establish or enact; put into existence: to make laws. |
| 15. | to become by development; prove to be: You'll make a good lawyer. |
| 16. | to form in the mind, as a judgment or estimate: to make a decision. |
| 17. | to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc. (often fol. by of): What do you make of it? |
| 18. | to estimate; reckon: to make the distance at ten miles. |
| 19. | to bring together separate parts so as to produce a whole; compose; form: to make a matched set. |
| 20. | to amount to; bring up the total to: Two plus two makes four. That makes an even dozen. |
| 21. | to serve as: to make good reading. |
| 22. | to be sufficient to constitute: One story does not make a writer. |
| 23. | to be adequate or suitable for: This wool will make a warm sweater. |
| 24. | to assure the success or fortune of: a deal that could make or break him; Seeing her made my day. |
| 25. | to deliver, utter, or put forth: to make a stirring speech. |
| 26. | to go or travel at a particular speed: to make 60 miles an hour. |
| 27. | to arrive at or reach; attain: The ship made port on Friday. Do you think he'll make 80? |
| 28. | to arrive in time for: to make the first show. |
| 29. | to arrive in time to be a passenger on (a plane, boat, bus, train, etc.): If you hurry, you can make the next flight. |
| 30. | Informal. to gain or acquire a position within: He made the big time. |
| 31. | to receive mention or appear in or on: The robbery made the front page. |
| 32. | to gain recognition or honor by winning a place or being chosen for inclusion in or on: The novel made the bestseller list. He made the all-American team three years in a row. |
| 33. | Slang. to have sexual intercourse with. |
| 34. | Cards.
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| 35. | to earn, as a score: The team made 40 points in the first half. |
| 36. | Slang. (esp. in police and underworld use)
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| 37. | to close (an electric circuit). |
| 38. | South Midland and Southern U.S. to plant and cultivate or produce (a crop): He makes some of the best corn in the country. |
| 39. | to cause oneself, or something understood, to be as specified: to make sure. |
| 40. | to show oneself to be or seem in action or behavior (usually fol. by an adjective): to make merry. |
| 41. | to be made, as specified: This fabric makes up into beautiful drapes. |
| 42. | to move or proceed in a particular direction: They made after the thief. |
| 43. | to rise, as the tide or water in a ship. |
| 44. | South Midland and Southern U.S. (of a crop) to grow, develop, or mature: It looks like the corn's going to make pretty good this year. |
| 45. | make down, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to rain or snow: It's making down hard. |
| 46. | make fast, Chiefly Nautical. to fasten or secure. |
| 47. | make shut, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to close: Make the door shut. |
| 48. | the style or manner in which something is made; form; build. |
| 49. | production with reference to the maker; brand: our own make. |
| 50. | disposition; character; nature. |
| 51. | the act or process of making. |
| 52. | quantity made; output. |
| 53. | Cards. the act of naming the trump, or the suit named as trump. |
| 54. | Electricity. the closing of an electric circuit. |
| 55. | Jewelry. the excellence of a polished diamond with regard to proportion, symmetry, and finish. |
| 56. | Slang. identifying information about a person or thing from police records: He radioed headquarters for a make on the car's license plate. |
| 57. | make out,
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| 58. | make over,
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| 59. | make for,
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| 60. | make off,
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| 61. | make off with, to carry away; steal: While the family was away, thieves made off with most of their valuables. |
| 62. | make on, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn on, light, or ignite (esp. a light or fire): Make the light on. |
| 63. | make up,
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| 64. | make up to,
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| 65. | make a play for, to try to get: He made a play for his brother's girlfriend. They made a play for control of the company's stock. |
| 66. | make as if or as though, Informal. to act as if; pretend: We will make as if to leave, then come back and surprise him. |
| 67. | make away with,
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| 68. | make believe, to pretend; imagine: The little girl dressed in a sheet and made believe she was a ghost. |
| 69. | make bold or so bold, to have the temerity; be so rash; dare: May I make so bold as to suggest that you stand when they enter? |
| 70. | make book, Slang.
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| 71. | make colors, Nautical. to hoist an ensign, as on board a warship. |
| 72. | make do, to function, manage, or operate, usually on a deprivation level with minimal requirements: During the war we had no butter or coffee, so we had to make do without them. |
| 73. | make good,
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| 74. | make heavy weather,
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| 75. | make it,
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| 76. | make it so, Nautical. strike the ship's bell accordingly: said by the officer of the watch when the hour is announced. |
| 77. | make like, Informal. to try or pretend to be like; imitate: I'm going to go out and make like a gardener. |
| 78. | make one's manners, Southern U.S.
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| 79. | make sail, Nautical.
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| 80. | make time. time (def. 52). |
| 81. | make water,
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| 82. | make with, Slang.
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| 83. | on the make, Informal.
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| 84. | put the make on, Slang. to make sexual overtures to. |
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
[meyk] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a peer or equal. |
| 2. | a spouse, mate, consort, or lover. |
| 3. | a friend; companion. |
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| make
(māk) Pronunciation Key
v. made (mād), mak·ing, makes v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
Phrasal Verb(s): make for
To depart in haste; run away. make out
Idiom(s): make a clean breast of To confess fully. Idiom(s): make a face To distort the features of the face; grimace. Idiom(s): make a go of To achieve success in: have made a go of the business. Idiom(s): make away with
Idiom(s): make believe To pretend. Idiom(s): make bold To venture: I will not make so bold as to criticize such a scholar. Idiom(s): make book To accept bets on a race, game, or contest. Idiom(s): make do To manage to get along with the means available: had to make do on less income. Idiom(s): make ends meet To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs. Idiom(s): make eyes To ogle. Idiom(s): make fun of To mock; ridicule. Idiom(s): make good
Idiom(s): make hay To turn to one's advantage: The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal. Idiom(s): make heads or tails of To understand: I couldn't make heads or tails of the report. Idiom(s): make history To do something memorable or spectacular enough to influence the course of history: The first space flight made history. Idiom(s): make it
Idiom(s): make light of To treat as unimportant: He made light of his illness. Idiom(s): make love
Idiom(s): make much of To treat as of great importance. Idiom(s): make no bones about To be forthright and candid about; acknowledge freely: They make no bones about their dislike for each other. Idiom(s): make off with To snatch or steal: made off with the profits. Idiom(s): make (one's) day To give one great pleasure. Idiom(s): make (one's) peace with To bring oneself to accept; reconcile oneself to. Idiom(s): make (one's) way
Idiom(s): make sail
Idiom(s): make sense
Idiom(s): make something of To start a fight or quarrel over. Idiom(s): make the grade To measure up to a given standard. Idiom(s): make the most of To use to the greatest advantage. Idiom(s): make the scene Slang
Idiom(s): make time
Idiom(s): make tracks Slang To move or leave in a hurry. Idiom(s): make up (one's) mind To decide between alternatives; come to a definite decision or opinion. Idiom(s): make waves Slang To cause a disturbance or controversy. Idiom(s): make way
Idiom(s): on the make Slang
[Middle English maken, from Old English macian; see mag- in Indo-European roots.] mak'a·ble, make'a·ble adj. |
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make (v.)
make (n.)
| make | |
noun | |
| 1. | a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand] |
| 2. | the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle] |
verb | |
| 1. | engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| 4. | 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" [syn: induce] |
| 5. | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" [syn: cause] |
| 6. | create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce] |
| 7. | 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?" [syn: draw] |
| 8. | 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" |
| 9. | create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create] |
| 10. | 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" [syn: gain] |
| 11. | 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" [syn: do] [ant: undo] |
| 12. | to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" [syn: form] |
| 13. | reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" [syn: reach] |
| 14. | be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" |
| 15. | make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| 16. | perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" |
| 17. | make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: construct] |
| 18. | change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" |
| 19. | act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| 20. | charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn: name] |
| 21. | achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: have] |
| 22. | 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" [syn: reach] |
| 23. | institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: lay down] |
| 24. | carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" |
| 25. | form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum" |
| 26. | organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold] |
| 27. | put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
| 28. | head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: take] |
| 29. | have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: stool] |
| 30. | undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater" |
| 31. | be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture" |
| 32. | add up to; "four and four make eight" |
| 33. | amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" |
| 34. | constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man" |
| 35. | appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us" |
| 36. | proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| 37. | reach in time; "We barely made the plane" |
| 38. | gather and light the materials for; "make a fire" |
| 39. | prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook] |
| 40. | induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce] |
| 41. | assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!" [ant: break] |
| 42. | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" |
| 43. | consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" |
| 44. | calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| 45. | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day" |
| 46. | favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner" |
| 47. | develop into; "He will make a splendid father!" |
| 48. | behave in a certain way; "make merry" |
| 49. | eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
make
In addition to the idioms beginning with make, also see absence makes the heart grow fonder; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; can't make head or tail of; kiss and make up; many hands make light work; might makes right; on the make; practice makes perfect; put in (make) an appearance; put the make on; run for it, make a; that makes two of us; two wrongs do not make a right; what makes one tick. Also see under made.
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Make programming, tool
The Unix tool to automate the recompilation, linking etc. of programs, taking account of the interdependencies of modules and their modification times. Make reads instructions from a "makefile" which specifies a set of targets to be built, the files they depend on and the commands to execute in order to produce them.
Most C systems come with a make. There is also one produce by GNU.
["Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs", A.I. Feldman, TR No 57, Bell Labs Apr 1977].
(1995-01-05)
Make
Make\, n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See Match.] A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.] For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. --Chaucer.Make
Make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Made; p. pr. & vb. n. Making.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. Match an equal.]1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications: (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate. He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. --Ex. xxxii. 4. (b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story. And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. --Spenser. (c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. --Judg. xvi. 25. Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix. 4. I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. --Dryden. (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc. (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money. He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time. --Bacon. (f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day. (h) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive. Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. --Dryden. 2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex. ii. 14. See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii. 1. Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc. 3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent. He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. --Baker. 4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive. Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted. I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv. 10. They should be made to rise at their early hour. --Locke. 5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. --Shak. 6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to. The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller. 7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.] Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden. 8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And make the Libyan shores." --Dryden. They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. --Sir T. Browne. To make a bed, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order. To make a card (Card Playing), to take a trick with it. To make account. See under Account, n. To make account of, to esteem; to regard. To make away. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. --Burton. (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] --Waller. To make believe, to pretend; to feign; to simulate. To make bold
