English Dictionary

MAKE (made)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected form: made  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does make mean? 

MAKE (noun)
  The noun MAKE has 2 senses:

1. a recognizable kindplay

2. the act of mixing cards haphazardlyplay

  Familiarity information: MAKE used as a noun is rare.


MAKE (verb)
  The verb MAKE has 49 senses:

1. engage inplay

2. give certain properties to somethingplay

3. make or cause to be or to becomeplay

4. cause to do; cause to act in a specified mannerplay

5. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionallyplay

6. create or manufacture a man-made productplay

7. make, formulate, or derive in the mindplay

8. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain wayplay

9. create by artistic meansplay

10. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wagesplay

11. create or design, often in a certain wayplay

12. to compose or representplay

13. reach a goalplay

14. be or be capable of being changed or made intoplay

15. make by shaping or bringing together constituentsplay

16. perform or carry outplay

17. make by combining materials and partsplay

18. change from one form into anotherplay

19. act in a certain way so as to acquireplay

20. charge with a function; charge to beplay

21. achieve a point or goalplay

22. reach a destination, either real or abstractplay

23. institute, enact, or establishplay

24. carry out or commitplay

25. form by assembling individuals or constituentsplay

26. organize or be responsible forplay

27. put in order or neatenplay

28. head into a specified directionplay

29. have a bowel movementplay

30. undergo fabrication or creationplay

31. be suitable forplay

32. add up toplay

33. amount toplay

34. constitute the essence ofplay

35. appear to begin an activityplay

36. proceed along a pathplay

37. reach in timeplay

38. gather and light the materials forplay

39. prepare for eating by applying heatplay

40. induce to have sexplay

41. assure the success ofplay

42. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act likeplay

43. consider as beingplay

44. calculate as beingplay

45. cause to be enjoyable or pleasurableplay

46. favor the development ofplay

47. develop intoplay

48. behave in a certain wayplay

49. eliminate urineplay

  Familiarity information: MAKE used as a verb is very familiar.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAKE (noun)


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:

make; shuffle; shuffling

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)


MAKE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they make  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it makes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: made  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: made  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: making  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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)

establish; give (bring about)

put on; turn in (carry out (performances))

bear; turn out (bring forth)

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)

compose; write (write music)

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:

cause; do; make

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:

create; make; produce

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.)

bear; pay; yield (bring in)

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:

do; make (engage in)

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:

build; construct; make

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:

make; name; nominate

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:

get; have; make

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:

establish; lay down; make

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:

give; have; hold; make; throw

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:

make; score; seduce

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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