Make

Verb
Don Eppes: David, he make you? David Sinclair: No, I don't think so.
 * 1)  To behave, to act.
 * To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
 * They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
 * He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
 * 1) To create, construct, or produce.
 * We made a bird feeder for our yard.
 * They hope to make a bigger profit.
 * We’ll make a man out of him yet.
 * 1) To constitute.
 * They make a cute couple.
 * This makes the third infraction.
 * 1)  To interpret.
 * I don’t know what to make of it.
 * 1)  To bring into success.
 * This company is what made you.
 * She married into wealth. She has it made.
 * 1)  To cause to be.
 * The citizens made their objections clear.
 * This might make you a bit woozy.
 * Did I make myself heard?
 * Scotch will make you a man.
 * 1)  To cause to do.
 * You’re making her cry.
 * I was made to feel like a criminal.
 * 1)  To force to do.
 * The teacher made the student study.
 * Don’t let them make you suffer.
 * 1)  To indicate or suggest to be.
 * His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
 * 1)  To cover neatly with bedclothes.
 * 2)   To recognise (without being recognised in return).
 * 3) * 2004, George Nolfi et al, Ocean's Twelve, Warner Bros. Pictures, 0:50:30,
 * Linus Caldwell: Well, she just made Danny and Yen, which means in the next 48 hours the three o' your pictures are gonna be in every police station in Europe.
 * 1) * 2007 May 4, Andrew Dettmann et al, "Under Pressure", episode 3-22 of Numb3rs, 00:01:16,
 * David Sinclair: (walking) Almost at Seventh; I should have a visual any second now. (rounds a corner, almost collides into Kaleed Asan) Damn, that was close.
 * 1)  To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
 * We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
 * 1)  To proceed (in a direction).
 * They made westward over the snowy mountains.
 * Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
 * They made away from the fire toward the river.
 * 1) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
 * 2) * 1918,, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
 * I made over twenty miles that day, for I was now hardened to fatigue and accustomed to long hikes, having spent considerable time hunting and exploring in the immediate vicinity of camp.
 * 1) To move at (a speed).
 * The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
 * We're lost, but we're making good time so far.
 * This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
 * 1)  To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
 * 2) * 1990, Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas:''
 * Jimmy Conway: They're gonna make him.
 * Henry Hill: Paulie's gonna make you?
 * 1)  To defecate or urinate.
 * 2) To earn, to gain (money).
 * You have to spend money to make money!
 * He made twenty bucks playing poker last night.
 * She makes more than he does, and works longer hours than he does, but she still does most of the house-cleaning.
 * He made twenty bucks playing poker last night.
 * She makes more than he does, and works longer hours than he does, but she still does most of the house-cleaning.

Derived terms

 * make a deal
 * make a fuss
 * make a muscle
 * make a pass
 * make a promise
 * make a wish
 * make an honest woman out of
 * make an offer
 * make away
 * make away with
 * make book
 * make do
 * make good on (a promise)


 * make for
 * make friends
 * make hay
 * make hay while the sun shines
 * make into
 * make it
 * make light of
 * make like
 * make love
 * make merry
 * make money
 * make music
 * make off with


 * make-or-break
 * make out
 * make over
 * make right
 * make room
 * make someone's blood boil
 * make someone's blood run cold
 * make something of
 * make the most of
 * make time
 * make to
 * make up
 * make water
 * make with

Noun

 * 1)  Brand or kind; often paired with model.
 * What make of car do you drive?
 * 1) How a thing is made; construction.
 * 2) Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
 * The camera was of German make.
 * 1)  Quantity produced, especially of materials.
 * 2)  The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
 * 3) A person's character or disposition.
 * 4)  The declaration of the trump for a hand.
 * 5)  The closing of an electrical circuit.
 * 6)  A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
 * 7)  Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
 * 8)  Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
 * 9)  A promotion.
 * 1)  The closing of an electrical circuit.
 * 2)  A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
 * 3)  Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
 * 4)  Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
 * 5)  A promotion.
 * 1)  Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
 * 2)  A promotion.
 * 1)  A promotion.
 * 1)  A promotion.
 * 1)  A promotion.

Synonyms

 * brand; type; manufacturer
 * construction; manufacture
 * origin; manufacture
 * production; output
 * making; manufacture; manufacturing; production
 * makeup, disposition, character; type, way
 * closing; completion; actuation
 * ID, identification
 * lay

Noun

 * 1)  Mate; a spouse or companion.
 * 2) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
 * Th'Elfe therewith astownd, / Vpstarted lightly from his looser make, / And his vnready weapons gan in hand to take.

Noun

 * 1)  A halfpenny.

Adverbs for Make
powerfully; eventually; inevitably; ultimately; unquestionably; crudely; obviously; inadvertently; advisedly; persistently; unwittingly; unhesitatingly; temporarily; subsequently; superbly; indiscriminately; laboriously; lawfully; delicately; scientifically.

Thesaurus
Platonic form, Platonic idea, abide by, abscond, accomplish, achieve, acquire, act, add up to, adhere to, administer, aesthetic form, affect, affirm, aftermath, aggressive, agree to, alter, amount to, anatomy, animus, announce, appear, appoint, approach, approach anchorage, approve, aptitude, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrange, arrangement, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, art form, assail, assault, assemblage, assemble, assembly, assertive, assign, assimilate to, atone, attack, attain, attain to, author, authorize, avails, baby, bag, batch, be, be received, be seized of, bear, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up for, bear up to, bearing, beat it, become, beget, behave, bent, bias, bind, blood, blow in, blow up, bob up, boost, borrow, box office, brand, breed, brew, bring about, bring forth, bring off, bring to, bring to effect, bring to pass, build, build up, building, buildup, bumper crop, bury the hatchet, butter up, cajole, calculate, capture, carry out, carry through, cast, catch, cause, cause to, certify, change, change into, change over, character, charge, check in, choose, clan, clear, clear out, clear the way, clip off, clock in, close with, coddle, coerce, coin, color, combination, combine, come, come by, come in, come in for, come into, come to, come to hand, come to terms, command, commission, commissions, commit, communicate, compass, compel, compensate, compensate for, complete, compose, composition, compound, comprehend, conceive, concoct, conduct, configuration, confirm, conformation, consist of, constitute, constitution, constrain, construct, construction, consummate, contract, contribute to, contrive, convert, convey, cook, cook up, cope, cope with, corral, correct, cosset, course, cover, create, creation, credit, credits, crop, cut, cut and run, cut out, deal with, decamp, decide upon, decipher, declare, decoct, delegate, deliver, demonstrate, denomination, depute, deputize, derive, description, descry, designate, designation, detect, devise, diathesis, discern, discharge, disclose, discover, dispatch, disposable income, dispose of, disposition, distinguish, dividend, dividends, divulge, do, do over, do the job, do the trick, do to, dote on, drag down, draw, draw on, draw up, dream, dream up, drive, earn, earned income, earnings, ebb, eccentricity, effect, effectuate, elaborate, elect, embodiment, embody, enact, energetic, enforce, engender, enter into, enter into possession, enterprising, erect, espy, establish, estimate, evolve, exaggerate, execute, exhort, extrude, fabric, fabricate, fabrication, facilitate, fall on, fall upon, fancy, fantasize, fare, fashion, fashioning, father, fathom, favor, feather, feign, fetch, fetch up at, figuration, figure, figure out, filch, fill in, fill out, fill up, find, fix, fix up, flatter, flee, flood, flourish, flow, flow back, flow in, flow out, flush, fly, fly the coop, follow, force, forge, forging, form, format, formation, formulate, found, frame, fruit, fudge together, fulfill, function, gain, gains, garner, gate, gate receipts, gather, gauge, generate, genre, genus, gestate, get, get along, get by, get in, get on, get there, get to, get up, getup, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, go, go aboard, go alongside, go and do, go at, go for, go into, go-ahead, grain, grasp, gross, gross income, gross receipts, gush, hand over, handle, harvest, hatch, have, hint, hit, hit town, honor, hook, humor, hyperbolize, idiosyncrasy, ilk, imagine, impart, impel, implement, imply, impression, impute, inaugurate, inclination, income, incorporate, incorporation, indicate, indite, individualism, induce, indulge, inflict, initiate, inner form, insinuate, insist upon, institute, intake, intimate, invent, issue, join, judge, junction, kidney, kin, kind, knock off, label, lay aboard, lay for, lay in, layout, leaning, let slip, liberate, lie in, lift, line, lot, lunge at, make, make amends, make at, make away with, make believe, make do, make for, make good, make it, make it with, make known, make much of, make off, make off with, make out, make over, make peace, make room, make the grade, make tracks, make up, make up for, make way, makeup, making, manage, manner, manufacture, mark, matrix, mature, mental set, mention, merge in, metamorphose, mettle, mind, mind-set, mix, mixture, modality, mode, model, modify, mold, molding, mould, move, move aside, muddle through, mutate, name, naturalize, nature, navigate, net, net income, net receipts, number, oblige, observe, obtain, occasion, offset, on the make, operate, order, organic structure, organism, organization, organize, originate, output, overstate, pamper, parent, pass, patch together, pattern, patterning, pay, pay for, perceive, perform, perform as, perpetrate, persuade, persuasion, phylum, physique, piece together, piecing together, pilfer, pinch, place, plan, play, pocket, polish off, pop up, pounce upon, pour, practice, predilection, predisposition, prefabricate, preference, prepare, present, press, pressure, pretend, prevail upon, proceed, proceeds, proclivity, procreate, procure, produce, product, production, profits, promote, promulgate, propensity, prosecute, prosper, prototype, prove to be, provoke, publish, pull down, pull in, pull off, punch in, purloin, pushy, put, put away, put away for, put in, put in force, put into port, put out, put through, put to rights, put together, put up, putting together, race, raise, reach, read, realize, reap, rear, rearrange, receipt, receipts, receivables, receive, reckon, reconvert, record, rectify, redecorate, redress, reduce to, regurgitate, remedy, remodel, render, repay, represent, require, resolve into, restore, restrain, return, returns, reveal, revenue, reverse, ring in, rip off, rob, roll in, royalties, run, run away, run for, run for it, run off, run up, rush, rush at, sack, sail for, sanction, score, scram, scrape along, second crop, secure, seduce, see, select, serve, serve as, set, set afloat, set on foot, set right, set up, set upon, settle, setup, shape, shaping, shift, show, show up, sign, sign in, sign over, significant form, sire, skedaddle, slant, sort, spawn, species, square, stamp, stand for, start, steal, steer toward, storm, strain, streak, stream, stretch, stripe, structure, structuring, style, succeed, suggest, suppose, surge, surge back, survive, swipe, switch, switch over, syneresis, synthesis, synthesize, take, take and do, take care of, take in, take off, take-in, takings, tectonics, temper, temperament, tendency, texture, the like of, the likes of, think, thrive, tidy up, tie, time in, tip off, tissue, total, transact, transfer, transform, transmute, travel, traverse, trend, tribe, triumph, turn, turn back, turn into, turn of mind, turn over, turn the trick, turn up, twist, type, understand, unearned income, unite in, up and do, urge, use force upon, vamoose, variety, vigorous, vintage, warp, warp and woof, weave, web, whomp up, win, work, work out, wreak, write, write down, write out, yield

Etymology 1
From maken:, from  macian:, from, from. Cognate with maken:,  maken:,  machen:. Related to.

Etymology 2
From make:, imake:, from  gemaca:, from, from. Reinforced by maki:. Cognate with maki:,  make:, Danish mage:. See also.

Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.

Verb

 * Afrikaans: maak
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic:, صنع
 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 制造, 做
 * Coptic:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, udføre
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: κατασκευάζω (kataskevázo), φτιάχνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hebrew:


 * Hindi: बनाना
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 만들다, 하다
 * Latin: facio, ago, struo
 * Polish: konstruować
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:,  , изготавливать , изготовлять , изготовить
 * Scottish Gaelic: dèan
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: بنانا


 * Afrikaans: produseer
 * Arabic: صنع
 * Armenian: արտադրել
 * Finnish: ,
 * Japanese:, 生産する ,


 * Latin: facio, ago, produco
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: maak
 * Arabic: صنع
 * Armenian:
 * Cebuano:
 * Czech:, , , ,
 * Danish: lave, fremstille, skabe
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: object: φτιάχνω (ftiáchno); manufacture: κατασκευάζω (kataskevázo); speech, mistake (káno)


 * Hebrew:
 * Irish:
 * Japanese: 創る, 創造する
 * Latin: facio, ago, creo
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: vorm
 * Armenian:, կազմել
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Japanese:
 * Latin: facio, ago, struo
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: maak
 * Armenian:, մեկնաբանել
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,


 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 解釈する
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: καταφέρνω
 * Japanese: 成す, 成し遂げる


 * Latin: facio, ago
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: maak
 * Armenian: դարձնել
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 原因になる
 * Latin: facio, ago
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: doen
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Dutch:, ertoe
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Japanese: 引き起こす
 * Latin: facio, ago
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: doen
 * Armenian:, հարկադրել, դրդել
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: få til
 * Dutch:, ertoe
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:


 * Japanese: させる,
 * Latin: facio, ago
 * Polish: zmuszać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:,  ,  принуждать , принудить
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: maak
 * Armenian: դարձնել
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Japanese: 推測させる
 * Latin: facio, ago
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:


 * Latin: facio, ago


 * : صنع
 * : 交 (jiāo)
 * : fari, trovi, igi
 * : valmistama, tegema
 * : gumawâ
 * : बनाना
 * : facar
 * : membuat, membikin
 * : facar
 * : membuat, membikin


 * : 作る (tsukuru)
 * : 만들다 (mandeulda)
 * : a face
 * Cyrillic: направити,
 * Roman: napraviti, praviti
 * : konstruera, producera, göra
 * : తయారుచేయు (tayaarucheayu)
 * Roman: napraviti, praviti
 * : konstruera, producera, göra
 * : తయారుచేయు (tayaarucheayu)

Noun

 * Armenian: մակնիշ
 * Chinese: 做
 * Czech:
 * Danish: mærke, fabrikat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,


 * French: marque
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (márka)
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * kame

Noun

 * 1) death

Etymology
Originally mate, compare Maori mate.

Noun

 * 1)  lose

Noun

 * 1) a spouse, a husband, a married man

Synonyms

 * man

Antonyms

 * fru
 * hustru
 * maka