TAILOR-MAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tailor-make mean? 

• TAILOR-MAKE (verb)
  The verb TAILOR-MAKE has 2 senses:

1. create (clothes) with cloth

2. make to specifications

  Familiarity information: TAILOR-MAKE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAILOR-MAKE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Create (clothes) with cloth

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

sew; tailor; tailor-make

Context example:

Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?

Hypernyms (to "tailor-make" is one way to...):

fashion; forge (make out of components (often in an improvising manner))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tailor-make"):

run up (make by sewing together quickly)

quilt (create by stitching together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They tailor-make the cape

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make to specifications

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

custom-make; customise; customize; tailor-make

Context example:

I had this desk custom-made for me

Hypernyms (to "tailor-make" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something