make
Definitions
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
- A halfpenny.
- An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.
- a diminutive of the male given name Markus
- To create. To build, construct, produce, or originate
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
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Mate; a spouse or companion; a match. UK, dialectal
- To depart in haste; run away.
- To build, construct, produce, or originate
- To write or compose
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- To confess fully.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action
- A person's character or disposition.
- To distort the features of the face; grimace.
- To create (the universe), especially from nothing
- The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- To achieve success in: have made a go of the business.
- Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- To pretend.
- A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- To venture: I will not make so bold as to criticize such a scholar.
- Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
- To accept bets on a race, game, or contest.
- A promotion.
- To manage to get along with the means available: had to make do on less income.
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
- To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs.
- Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
- To ogle.
- A made basket.
- The closing of an electrical circuit.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of make.
Equivalents
48 more languages
አማርኛመስራት
Catalàfer
Eestitegema
Íslenskagera
Te Reo Māorihanga
Македонскиправи
Maltigħamel
Polskiczynićkonstruowaćmarkaprodukowaćwykonaćwykonywaćwyprodukowaćwyrabiaćwyrobićwytwarzaćwytworzyćzmusićzmuszać
Românăface
Русскийделатьзаставитьзаставлятьизготавливатьизгото́витьизготовля́тьмаркапринудитьпринужда́тьсде́лать
Slovenčinarobiť
Slovenščinanarediti
Shqipbej
اردوبنانا
Tiếng Việtlam
Examples
“Near-synonyms: kind, type⟳”
“we service all makes and models”
“Q: What make⟳ and model⟳ of car do you drive⟳? A: It's a Buick LaCrosse.”
“Near-synonyms: makeup, form⟳, conformation, composition; form⟳ factor”
“I can name⟳ the tribe every moccasin belongs to by the make⟳ of it.”
“The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make⟳, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end⟳, which was not English hall–marked.”
“The Royal Typewriter Company is distributing a very attractive eight page folder, announcing the Royal Number⟳ 10, the first machine of Royal make⟳ which uses levers instead of wires to operate⟳ the type-bars.”
“The camera was of German make⟳.”
“The camera was of recent make⟳.”
“I never feel⟳ very much excited about any old thing; it's not my make⟳; but I've got a sort⟳ of shiver inside of me, and a watery feeling in the heart region.”
“[…] papers are respectively of second or inferior quality, the last⟳ being perhaps torn or broken in the "make⟳" — as the manufacture⟳ is technically termed.”
“In 1880 the make⟳ of pig iron⟳ in all countries was 18,300,000 tons.”
“However, the unzip and make⟳ programs weren't found, so the default was left blank.”
“"They ever get⟳ a make⟳ on the blood type⟳?" Horn asked, staring at the stained mattress.”
“"I'm sure we'll get⟳ a make⟳ on the suspect's prints by day break⟳, so if you come⟳ down town, I'll see⟳ you get⟳ everything available. Go ahead and process⟳ the car, we won't have⟳ any need⟳ of it."”
“He got out his binoculars, trying for a make⟳ on the plate, but the plate light⟳ was conveniently not working. The windows must have⟳ been tinted, because he could not see⟳ inside the van, either.”
““Okay, if I could understand⟳ correctly what Oscar was saying through all the doubletalk, we've got a make⟳ on the bigwig occupant of the convoy ahead. Chaim Lieberman, Israeli Ambassador to the United States.” “Shit,” said Gardner.”
“Sent back the list of makes with only Post⟳ and Hamilton on it. (Buckner had recommended 10 staff officers and 1 combat soldier!)”
“Blue Peter "make⟳"”
“It's your make⟳ as the cards lie⟳. Take⟳ your time.”
“'Not your make⟳,' said the adjutant sternly and started dealing the cards with his white be-ringed hands as though he was in haste to get⟳ rid⟳ of them.”
“If the interrupter operated every 2 sec., the current would rise⟳ to 10 amp. and drop to zero with successive "makes" and "breaks."”
“To me, if I weren't going with someone and was taking pills, it would be like⟳ advertising that I'm an easy make⟳.”
“She's your make⟳, not mine. […] It isn't anything short of difficult to entertain someone else's pregnant fiancee.”
“Th'Elfe therewith astownd, Vpstarted lightly from his looser make⟳, And his vnready weapons gan in hand to take⟳.”
“Where their maids and their makes At dancing and wakes, Had their napkins and posies And the wipers for their noses”
“But then sometimes I thought, it's a black Crake That never to her-sell can get⟳ a Make⟳.”
“Every cake hath its make⟳; but a scrape cake hath two.”
“the last⟳ we shall have⟳, I take⟳ it; for a make⟳ to a million, but we trine to the nubbing cheat to-morrow.”
“Only as he climbed the steps did he mind⟳ that he hadn't even a meck upon him, and turned to jump⟳ off as the tram with a showd swung grinding down to the Harbour […]”
“Harvest⟳.—When left for seed, they are cut⟳ and wadded as pease, with a make⟳. Produce⟳.—From three to six sacks an acre.”
“Harvest⟳. Taken up by a pease-make, and left in small heaps, and turned as often as the weather may make⟳ it necessary.”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
See also
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