 10 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
make
noun
1: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the
movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: {brand}]
2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: {shuffle}, {shuffling}]
verb
1: engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do
research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" [syn: {do}]
2: give certain properties to something; "get someone mad";
"She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at
the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This
invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself
clear" [syn: {get}]
3: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's
office"; "create a furor" [syn: {create}]
4: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to
buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: {induce},
{stimulate}, {cause}, {have}, {get}]
5: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always
intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause
an accident" [syn: {cause}, {do}]
6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more
cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys
for two centuries" [syn: {produce}, {create}]
7: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line
here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an
estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" [syn: {draw}]
8: compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain
way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a
law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
9: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg
created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism";
"Auden made verses" [syn: {create}]
10: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your
new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger
brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
[syn: {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {earn}, {realize}, {realise},
{pull in}, {bring in}]
11: create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in
blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for
the forest" [syn: {do}] [ant: {unmake}]
12: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of
the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This
makes a fine introduction" [syn: {form}, {constitute}]
13: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!";
"She may not make the grade" [syn: {reach}, {get to}, {progress
to}]
14: be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a
great host"; "He will make a fine father"
15: make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a
dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
16: perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move";
"make advances"; "make a phone call"
17: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made
his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an
electric brassiere warmer" [syn: {construct}, {build}]
18: change from one form into another; "make water into wine";
"make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
19: act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make
enemies"
20: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
[syn: {name}, {nominate}]
21: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian
team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: {have},
{get}]
22: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit
Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We
barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the
MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: {reach}, {attain},
{hit}, {arrive at}, {gain}]
23: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: {lay down},
{establish}]
24: carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
25: add up to; "four and four make eight"
26: form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a
quorum"; "The branches made a roof"
27: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have,
throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: {hold}, {throw},
{have}, {give}]
28: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast
for the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {fix}, {ready}, {prepare}]
29: put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
[syn: {make up}]
30: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took
to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: {take}]
31: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: {stool}, {defecate}, {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a
crap}, {ca-ca}, {crap}]
32: undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a
nice sweater"
33: be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture"
34: amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my
standard of living"
35: constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"
36: appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said
nothing i the end"; "She made a if to say hello to us"
37: proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd";
"make one's way into the forest" [syn: {work}]
38: reach in time; "We barely made the plane"
39: gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
40: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you
score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: {seduce}, {score}]
41: assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will
make your play!" [ant: {break}]
42: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or
act like; "She makes like an actress" [syn: {pretend}, {make
believe}]
43: consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made
it"
44: calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet"
45: cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
46: favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"
47: develop into; "He will make a splendid father!"
48: behave in a certain way; "make merry"
49: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
rug" [syn: {urinate}, {piddle}, {puddle}, {micturate}, {piss},
{pee}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take
a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}]
[also: {made}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
made
adjective
1: produced by a manufacturing process; "bought some made goods
at the local store; rope and nails"
2: (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order; "a
neatly made bed" [ant: {unmade}]
3: successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man
forever"- Christopher Marlowe
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
made
See {make}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mad \Mad\, noun [AS. ma?a; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and
prob. to E. moth.] (Zo["o]l.)
An earthworm. [Written also {made}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Made \Made\, noun (Zo["o]l.)
See {Mad}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Made \Made\,
imp. & p. p. of {Make}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Made \Made\, adjective
Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in;
as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one
consisting of a single spar. [WordNet sense 1]
2. having the sheets and blankets set in order; -- of a bed;
as, is the bed made?.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. successful or assured of success; as, a self-made man.
[WordNet 1.5]
Now I am a made man forever. --Christopher
Marlowe
[WordNet 1.5]
{Made up}.
(a) Complete; perfect. ''A made up villain.'' --Shak.
(b) Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a made up story.
(c) Artificial; as, a made up figure or complexion.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
make \make\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb.
n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS.
mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to
join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.]
1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to
produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in
various specific uses or applications:
(a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain
form; to construct; to fabricate.
He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after
he had made it a molten calf. --Ex. xxxii.
4.
(b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or
false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
And Art, with her contending, doth aspire
To excel the natural with made delights.
--Spenser.
(c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or
agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often
used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the
simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make
complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to
record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
--Judg. xvi.
25.
Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix.
4.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness in
excuse of the faults which I have made.
--Dryden.
(d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make
a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
(e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as
profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or
happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an
error; to make a loss; to make money.
He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck
a second time. --Bacon.
(f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation;
to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or
amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and
the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over;
as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the
distance in one day.
(h) To put in a desired or desirable condition; to cause
to thrive.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
--Dryden.
2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb,
or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make
public; to make fast.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex.
ii. 14.
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii.
1.
Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive
pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make
bold; to make free, etc.
3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to
esteem, suppose, or represent.
He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make
him. --Baker.
4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause;
to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and
infinitive.
Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually
omitted.
I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv.
10.
They should be made to rise at their early hour.
--Locke.
5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or
fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish
the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet
cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
And old cloak makes a new jerkin. --Shak.
6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to
constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham
makes a hearty meal.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller.
7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]
Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole
brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden.
8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. ''And
make the Libyan shores.'' --Dryden.
They that sail in the middle can make no land of
either side. --Sir T.
Browne.
{To make a bed}, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to
put it in order.
{To make a card} (Card Playing), to take a trick with it.
{To make account}. See under {Account}, noun
{To make account of}, to esteem; to regard.
{To make away}.
(a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.]
If a child were crooked or deformed in body or
mind, they made him away. --Burton.
(b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.]
--Waller.
{To make believe}, to pretend; to feign; to simulate.
{To make bold}, to take the liberty; to venture.
{To make the cards} (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack.
{To make choice of}, to take by way of preference; to choose.
{To make danger}, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
{To make default} (Law), to fail to appear or answer.
{To make the doors}, to shut the door. [Obs.]
Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out
at the casement. --Shak.
{To make free with}. See under {Free}, adjective
{To make good}. See under {Good}.
{To make head}, to make headway.
{To make light of}. See under {Light}, adjective
{To make little of}.
(a) To belittle.
(b) To accomplish easily.
{To make love to}. See under {Love}, noun
{To make meat}, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq.
Western U. S.]
{To make merry}, to feast; to be joyful or jovial.
{To make much of}, to treat with much consideration,,
attention, or fondness; to value highly.
{To make no bones}. See under {Bone}, noun
{To make no difference}, to have no weight or influence; to
be a matter of indifference.
{To make no doubt}, to have no doubt.
{To make no matter}, to have no weight or importance; to make
no difference.
{To make oath} (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something,
in a prescribed form of law.
{To make of}.
(a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know
what to make of the news.
(b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to
account. ''Makes she no more of me than of a slave.''
--Dryden.
{To make one's law} (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's
self of a charge.
{To make out}.
(a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out
the meaning of a letter.
(b) to gain sight of; to recognize; to discern; to descry;
as, as they approached the city, he could make out the
tower of the Chrysler Building.
(c) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable
to make out his case.
(d) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make
out the money.
(d) to write out; to write down; -- used especially of a
bank check or bill; as, he made out a check for the
cost of the dinner; the workman made out a bill and
handed it to him.
{To make over}, to transfer the title of; to convey; to
alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee.
{To make sail}. (Naut.)
(a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended.
(b) To set sail.
{To make shift}, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift
to do without it. [Colloq.].
{To make sternway}, to move with the stern foremost; to go or
drift backward.
{To make strange}, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if
surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a
request or suggestion.
{To make suit to}, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to
court.
{To make sure}. See under {Sure}.
{To make up}.
(a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the
amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package.
(b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference
or quarrel.
(c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a
dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
(d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape,
prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into
pills; to make up a story.
He was all made up of love and charms!
--Addison.
(e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss.
(f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make
up accounts.
(g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was
well made up.
{To make up a face}, to distort the face as an expression of
pain or derision.
{To make up one's mind}, to reach a mental determination; to
resolve.
{To make way}, or {To make one's way}.
(a) To make progress; to advance.
(b) To open a passage; to clear the way.
{To make words}, to multiply words.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "made":
assembled, assured of success, brought about, built, cast, caused,
coming, constructed, crafted, created, crowned with success,
custom, custom-built, |