make made (mād), mak·ing , makes tr. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create: made problems for us; making a commotion.
To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct: make a dress; made a stone wall.
To form by assembling individuals or constituents: make a quorum.
To change from one form or function to another: make clay into bricks.
To cause to be or become: made her position clear; a decision that made him happy.
To cause to assume a specified function or role: made her treasurer; made Austin his home.
To cause to act in a specified manner: Heat makes gases expand.
To compel: made him quit.
To form in the mind: make an estimate.
To compose: make verses.
To prepare; fix: make dinner.
To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed.
To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
To engage in: make war.
To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision.
To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
To arrange or agree to: make a date.
To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
To reach in time: just made the plane.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To cause to act in a specified manner: Heat makes gases expand.
To compel: made him quit.
To form in the mind: make an estimate.
To compose: make verses.
To prepare; fix: make dinner.
To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed.
To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
To engage in: make war.
To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision.
To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
To arrange or agree to: make a date.
To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
To reach in time: just made the plane.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To form in the mind: make an estimate.
To compose: make verses.
To prepare; fix: make dinner.
To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed.
To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
To engage in: make war.
To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision.
To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
To arrange or agree to: make a date.
To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
To reach in time: just made the plane.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To prepare; fix: make dinner.
To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed.
To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
To engage in: make war.
To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision.
To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
To arrange or agree to: make a date.
To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
To reach in time: just made the plane.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To engage in: make war.
To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision.
To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
To arrange or agree to: make a date.
To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
To reach in time: just made the plane.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To achieve, produce, or attain: made peace between the two sides; not making sense; didn't make the quota.
To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
To arrange or agree to: make a date.
To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
To reach in time: just made the plane.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
To reach in time: just made the plane.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To be suited for: Oak makes strong furniture.
To develop into: will make a fine doctor.
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
To add up to: Two and two make four.
To amount to: makes no difference.
To cover (a distance): made 200 miles before sunset
To constitute the essence or nature of: Clothes make the man.
To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding: You made my day.
To appear to begin (an action): She made to leave.
Slang To persuade to have sexual intercourse.
intr. To act or behave in a specified manner: make merry; make free.
To begin or appear to begin an action: made as if to shake my hand.
To cause something to be as specified: make ready; make sure.
To proceed in a certain direction: made for home; made after the thief.
Slang To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like: made like a ballerina.
To undergo fabrication or manufacture: This wool makes up into a warm shawl.
To rise or accumulate: The tide is making.
The act or process of making; manufacturing.
The style or manner in which a thing is made: disliked the make of my coat.
The amount produced, especially the output of a factory.
A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark: a famous make of shirt.
The physical or moral nature of a person; character or disposition: found out what make of man he was.
Slang Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records: Did you get a make on the thief?
To have or produce (a particular effect or result): small details that make for comfort.
To help promote; further: makes for better communication.
To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
To understand: could not make out what she said.
To write out; draw up: made out the invoices.
To fill in (a form, for example).
Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar.
Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent.
To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business.
Slang
To neck; pet.
To have sexual intercourse.
To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
To apply cosmetics.
To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
To compensate for: make up for lost time.
To redo; renovate.
To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document: made over the property to her son.
To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription.
To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade.
To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
To apply cosmetics.
To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
To compensate for: make up for lost time.
To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse.
To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
To compensate for: make up for lost time.
To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up.
To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up to his friend's boss.
To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.
To set in order: make up a room.
Printing To select and arrange material for: made up the front page.
To bring into use: a flirt making with the eyes.
To put forth; produce: always making with the jokes.
Phrasal Verb(s): make for To have or produce (a particular effect or result): small details that make for comfort.
To help promote; further: makes for better communication.
make off To depart in haste; run away. make out To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
To understand: could not make out what she said.
To write out; draw up: made out the invoices.
To fill in (a form, for example).
Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar.
Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent.
To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business.
Slang
To neck; pet.
To have sexual intercourse.
make over To redo; renovate.
To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document: made over the property to her son.
make up To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription.
To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade.
To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
To apply cosmetics.
To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
To compensate for: make up for lost time.
To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse.
To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
To compensate for: make up for lost time.
To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up.
To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up to his friend's boss.
To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.
To set in order: make up a room.
Printing To select and arrange material for: made up the front page.
make with Slang To bring into use: a flirt making with the eyes.
To put forth; produce: always making with the jokes.
Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): have made a go of the business. Idiom(s): To carry off; steal.
To use up or consume.
To kill or destroy.
Idiom(s): Idiom(s): I will not make so bold as to criticize such a scholar. Idiom(s): Idiom(s): had to make do on less income. Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): To carry out successfully: made good his escape.
To fulfill: made good her promise.
To make compensation for; make up for: made good the loss.
To succeed: made good as a writer.
Idiom(s): The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal. Idiom(s): I couldn't make heads or tails of the report. Idiom(s): The first space flight made history. Idiom(s): Informal To achieve a goal; be successful. finally made it as an actor.
Slang To have sexual intercourse.
Idiom(s): He made light of his illness. Idiom(s): To engage in amorous caressing.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Idiom(s): Idiom(s): They make no bones about their dislike for each other. Idiom(s): made off with the profits. Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): To go forward; advance.
To succeed, especially in making a living.
Idiom(s): To begin a voyage.
To set sail.
Idiom(s): To be coherent or intelligible: an explanation that made sense.
To be practical or advisable: It makes sense to go now.
Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): To put in an appearance: made the scene at the party.
To participate in a specified activity: made the drug scene.
Idiom(s): To travel speedily.
To travel at a specified rate: We made good time getting to town.
Slang To make progress toward attracting someone: tried to make time with the new neighbor.
Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): Idiom(s): To give room for passage; move aside.
To make progress.
Idiom(s): Aggressively striving for financial or social improvement: a young executive on the make.
Eagerly seeking a sexual partner.
maken , from Old English macian ; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]mak'a·ble , make'a·ble adj. 
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