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MAKE (made)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does make mean?
• MAKE (noun)
The noun MAKE has 2 senses:
1. a recognizable kind
2. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Familiarity information: MAKE used as a noun is rare.
• MAKE (verb)
The verb MAKE has 49 senses:
1. engage in
2. give certain properties to something
3. make or cause to be or to become
4. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
5. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
6. create or manufacture a man-made product
7. make, formulate, or derive in the mind
8. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
9. create by artistic means
10. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
11. create or design, often in a certain way
12. to compose or represent
13. reach a goal
14. be or be capable of being changed or made into
15. make by shaping or bringing together constituents
16. perform or carry out
17. make by combining materials and parts
18. change from one form into another
19. act in a certain way so as to acquire
20. charge with a function; charge to be
21. achieve a point or goal
22. reach a destination, either real or abstract
23. institute, enact, or establish
24. carry out or commit
25. form by assembling individuals or constituents
26. organize or be responsible for
27. put in order or neaten
28. head into a specified direction
29. have a bowel movement
30. undergo fabrication or creation
31. be suitable for
32. add up to
33. amount to
34. constitute the essence of
35. appear to begin an activity
36. proceed along a path
37. reach in time
38. gather and light the materials for
39. prepare for eating by applying heat
40. induce to have sex
41. assure the success of
42. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
43. consider as being
44. calculate as being
45. cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
46. favor the development of
47. develop into
48. behave in a certain way
49. eliminate urine
Familiarity information: MAKE used as a verb is very familiar.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A recognizable kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
brand; make
Context example:
what make of car is that?
Hypernyms ("make" is a kind of...):
form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
Derivation:
make (make by combining materials and parts)
make (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of mixing cards haphazardly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("make" is a kind of...):
reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "make"):
reshuffle; reshuffling (shuffling again)
riffle (shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners)
Holonyms ("make" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it makes Past simple: made
Past participle: made
-ing form: making
Sense 1
Meaning:
Engage in
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
do; make
Context example:
make revolution
Verb group:
make (perform or carry out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
exaggerate; overdo (do something to an excessive degree)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give certain properties to something
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
get; make
Context example:
Make yourself clear
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
render (cause to become)
get; have; let (cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition)
leave (act or be so as to become in a specified state)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make or cause to be or to become
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
create; make
Context example:
create a furor
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
beget; bring forth; engender; father; generate; get; mother; sire (make (offspring) by reproduction)
multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)
regenerate (form or produce anew)
clear (make a way or path by removing objects)
distil; distill; extract (extract by the process of distillation)
derive; educe (develop or evolve from a latent or potential state)
froth; spume; suds (make froth or foam and become bubbly)
establish; lay down; make (institute, enact, or establish)
puncture (make by piercing)
twine (make by twisting together or intertwining)
cleave (make by cutting into)
track (make tracks upon)
bring; institute (advance or set forth in court)
short; short-circuit (create a short circuit in)
re-create (create anew)
grind (created by grinding)
bring forth; generate (bring into existence)
initiate; originate; start (bring into being)
give; yield (cause to happen or be responsible for)
bring; make for; play; work; wreak (cause to happen or to occur as a consequence)
call up; summon (cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively)
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
create; make (create by artistic means)
actualise; actualize; realise; realize; substantiate (make real or concrete; give reality or substance to)
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
put on; turn in (carry out (performances))
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)
build; establish (build or establish something abstract)
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
style (make consistent with a certain fashion or style)
strike (produce by ignition or a blow)
copy; re-create (make a replica of)
create verbally (create with or from words)
choreograph (compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music)
direct (guide the actors in (plays and films))
film (record in film)
film-make (make films; be a film maker)
recreate (create anew)
offset (create an offset in)
scrape (make by scraping)
bring forth; produce (bring forth or yield)
bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)
press (create by pressing)
prepare (to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery)
cut (form or shape by cutting or incising)
cut (form by probing, penetrating, or digging)
raise (create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise)
beat (make by pounding or trampling)
chop (form or shape by chopping)
manufacture (create or produce in a mechanical way)
blast; shell (create by using explosives)
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
incorporate (form a corporation)
form; organise; organize (create (as an entity))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Also:
make over (make new)
make up (concoct something artificial or untrue)
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate
Context example:
My wife made me buy a new sofa
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
decide (cause to decide)
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
bring (induce or persuade)
solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination)
encourage (spur on)
let (actively cause something to happen)
lead (cause to undertake a certain action)
inspire; instigate; prompt (serve as the inciting cause of)
suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony)
compel; obligate; oblige (force somebody to do something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They make him to write the letter
Sense 5
Meaning:
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
Context example:
cause an accident
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)
effect; effectuate; set up (produce)
make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way)
occasion (give occasion to)
call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)
breed; engender; spawn (call forth)
actuate; incite; motivate; move; prompt; propel (give an incentive for action)
force; impel (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)
facilitate (increase the likelihood of (a response))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Create or manufacture a man-made product
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
Context example:
The company has been making toys for two centuries
Verb group:
create; make (create by artistic means)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
breed (cause to procreate (animals))
make over; redo; refashion; remake (make new)
prefabricate (produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally)
underproduce (produce below capacity or demand)
output (to create or manufacture a specific amount)
pulsate; pulse (produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses)
clap together; clap up; slap together (make hastily and carelessly)
custom-make; customise; customize; tailor-make (make to specifications)
dummy; dummy up (make a dummy of)
turn out (produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery)
machine (make by machinery)
churn out (produce something at a fast rate)
overproduce (produce in excess)
elaborate (produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product)
put out (put out considerable effort)
laminate (create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material)
bootleg (produce or distribute illegally)
generate (produce (energy))
generate; give; render; return; yield (give or supply)
extrude; squeeze out (form or shape by forcing through an opening)
smelt (extract (metals) by heating)
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
preassemble; prefabricate (to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings)
fudge together; throw together (produce shoddily, without much attention to detail)
print; publish (put into print)
confect (make or construct)
proof (make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset)
burn; cut (create by duplicating data)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue make the movie
Derivation:
maker (a person who makes things)
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
maker (a business engaged in manufacturing some product)
make (a recognizable kind)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
draw; make
Context example:
What do you make of his remarks?
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Verb group:
make (calculate as being)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
Heat makes you sweat
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
drive (compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sense 9
Meaning:
Create by artistic means
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
create; make
Context example:
Auden made verses
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Verb group:
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
do; make (create or design, often in a certain way)
design (create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner)
design (create designs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue make the movie
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in
Context example:
He clears $5,000 each month
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Verb group:
make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)
clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)
rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)
gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They make the money
Sense 11
Meaning:
Create or design, often in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
do; make
Context example:
I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (create by artistic means)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
Did he make his major works over a short period of time?
Antonym:
unmake (deprive of certain characteristics)
Sense 12
Meaning:
To compose or represent
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
constitute; form; make
Context example:
This makes a fine introduction
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
chelate (form a chelate, in chemistry)
add (constitute an addition)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Reach a goal
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
get to; make; progress to; reach
Context example:
She may not make the grade
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
Meaning:
Be or be capable of being changed or made into
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
He will make a fine father
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
become (come into existence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 15
Meaning:
Make by shaping or bringing together constituents
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
make a wall of stones
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
compile; compose (put together out of existing material)
compile (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)
construct; fabricate; manufacture (put together out of artificial or natural components or parts)
fashion; forge (make out of components (often in an improvising manner))
cooper (make barrels and casks)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 16
Meaning:
Perform or carry out
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
make a phone call
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Verb group:
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
pay (render)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 17
Meaning:
Make by combining materials and parts
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
Context example:
Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Verb group:
build (be engaged in building)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
customise; customize (make according to requirements)
revet (construct a revetment)
dry-wall (construct with drywall)
lock (build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels)
wattle (build of or with wattle)
frame; frame up (construct by fitting or uniting parts together)
rebuild; reconstruct (build again)
groin (build with groins)
cantilever (construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed)
erect; put up; raise; rear; set up (construct, build, or erect)
corduroy (build (a road) from logs laid side by side)
channelise; channelize (make a channel for; provide with a channel)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men make the bookshelves
Derivation:
make (a recognizable kind)
maker (a person who makes things)
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 18
Meaning:
Change from one form into another
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
make clay into bricks
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 19
Meaning:
Act in a certain way so as to acquire
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
make enemies
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Verb group:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)
get; have; make (achieve a point or goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 20
Meaning:
Charge with a function; charge to be
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
Context example:
She was made president of the club
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
rename (name again or anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sentence example:
They make her vice president
Sense 21
Meaning:
Achieve a point or goal
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
Context example:
She made 29 points that day
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Verb group:
make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 22
Meaning:
Reach a destination, either real or abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach
Context example:
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
"Make" entails doing...:
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Verb group:
make (reach in time)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
catch up (reach the point where one should be after a delay)
scale; surmount (reach the highest point of)
access; get at (reach or gain access to)
bottom out (reach the low point)
peak; top out (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity)
breast; summit (reach the summit (of a mountain))
top (reach or ascend the top of)
make (reach in time)
find (succeed in reaching; arrive at)
culminate (reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body)
come through; get through (succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems)
ground; run aground (hit or reach the ground)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They make the water
Sense 23
Meaning:
Institute, enact, or establish
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
Context example:
make laws
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
mark; set (establish as the highest level or best performance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 24
Meaning:
Carry out or commit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
commit a faux-pas
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
commit; perpetrate; pull (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 25
Meaning:
Form by assembling individuals or constituents
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Make a quorum
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
assemble; gather; get together (get people together)
Verb group:
make (add up to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 26
Meaning:
Organize or be responsible for
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
Context example:
give a course
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
direct (be in charge of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 27
Meaning:
Put in order or neaten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make; make up
Context example:
make up a room
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up (put (things or places) in order)
Verb group:
make (gather and light the materials for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 28
Meaning:
Head into a specified direction
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
make; take
Context example:
We made for the mountains
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
head (to go or travel towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 29
Meaning:
Have a bowel movement
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit
Context example:
The dog had made in the flower beds
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Verb group:
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
dung (defecate; used of animals)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 30
Meaning:
Undergo fabrication or creation
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This wool makes into a nice sweater
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
making ((usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something)
Sense 31
Meaning:
Be suitable for
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Wood makes good furniture
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
making ((usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something)
Sense 32
Meaning:
Add up to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
four and four make eight
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
add up; amount; come; number; total (add up in number or quantity)
Verb group:
make (form by assembling individuals or constituents)
make (amount to)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 33
Meaning:
Amount to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
amount (be tantamount or equivalent to)
Verb group:
make (add up to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 34
Meaning:
Constitute the essence of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Clothes make the man
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sense 35
Meaning:
Appear to begin an activity
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
She made as if to say hello to us
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 36
Meaning:
Proceed along a path
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
make; work
Context example:
make one's way into the forest
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
pass (go across or through)
Verb group:
work (proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
claw (move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging)
jostle (make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving)
bushwhack (cut one's way through the woods or bush)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 37
Meaning:
Reach in time
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
We barely made the plane
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
Verb group:
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 38
Meaning:
Gather and light the materials for
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
make a fire
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Verb group:
make; make up (put in order or neaten)
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 39
Meaning:
Prepare for eating by applying heat
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready
Context example:
fix breakfast for the guests, please
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Verb group:
make (gather and light the materials for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
keep; preserve (prevent (food) from rotting)
dress; dress out (kill and prepare for market or consumption)
deglaze (dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring)
escallop; scallop (bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top)
flambe (pour liquor over and ignite (a dish))
put on (put on the stove or ready for cooking)
devil (coat or stuff with a spicy paste)
precook (cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long)
whip up; whomp up (prepare or cook quickly or hastily)
concoct; cook up (prepare or cook by mixing ingredients)
lard (prepare or cook with lard)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs make the vegetables
Sense 40
Meaning:
Induce to have sex
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
Harry made Sally
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
"Make" entails doing...:
bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)
Verb group:
seduce (lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 41
Meaning:
Assure the success of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
A good review by this critic will make your play!
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
assure; ensure; guarantee; insure; secure (make certain of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
break (cause the failure or ruin of)
Sense 42
Meaning:
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
make; make believe; pretend
Context example:
She makes like an actress
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; play; represent (play a role or part)
Verb group:
affect; dissemble; feign; pretend; sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
go through the motions (pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 43
Meaning:
Consider as being
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
It wasn't the problem some people made it
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Verb group:
make (calculate as being)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Sense 44
Meaning:
Calculate as being
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I make the height about 100 feet
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
Verb group:
make (consider as being)
draw; make (make, formulate, or derive in the mind)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Sense 45
Meaning:
Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
make my day
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 46
Meaning:
Favor the development of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Practice makes the winner
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
develop (generate gradually)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sense 47
Meaning:
Develop into
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
He will make a splendid father!
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
develop; grow (grow emotionally or mature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
making (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)
Sense 48
Meaning:
Behave in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
make merry
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 49
Meaning:
Eliminate urine
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee
Context example:
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Verb group:
urinate (pass after the manner of urine)
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit (have a bowel movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
wet (make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating)
stale (urinate, of cattle and horses)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Context examples
It was made of stout birch-bark, and its full surface rested on the snow.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Making a dart at the table, she secured the coffee, which she immediately spilled, thereby making the front of her dress as bad as the back.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
They are from the South French, every one, upon whom I have been making war.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He seems to have broken through the shrubbery and made for the road.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Saturn can make you feel very secure, and that is a wonderful feeling.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I must make that MY care.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Make yourself easy, said the wolf, I will give you some good advice.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I could make no sense of the subject; my own thoughts swam always between me and the page I had usually found fascinating.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Oh, Gladys, you were made for love!
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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