make
- Verb. (intransitive, now mostly) To behave, to act.
- Verb. To create, construct(,) or produce.
- Verb. To constitute.
- Verb. (context, construed with ''of'') To interpret.
- Verb. (context, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- Verb. (context, second object is an adjective, participle{{,) or noun}} To cause to be.
- Verb. (context, second object is a verb) To cause to do.
- Verb. (context, second object is a verb) To force to do.
- Verb. (context, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- Verb. (context, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- Verb. (slang, of a person being sought) To recognise (without being recognised in return).
- Verb. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- Verb. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- Verb. To cover (a given distance) by travelling. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
- Verb. To move at (a speed). (defdate, from 17th c.) .
- Verb. (slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- Verb. (intransitive, colloquial) To defecate or urinate.
- Verb. To earn, to gain (money).
- Verb. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); (non-gloss definition, chiefly used after expressions of inability.) .
- Verb. (rfdef, lang en) .
- Noun. (context, often of a car) Brand or kind; ''often paired with'' model. (jump, brand) .
- Noun. How a thing is made; construction. (jump, construction) .
- Noun. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture. (jump, origin) .
- Noun. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials. (jump, quantity produced) .
- Noun. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing. (jump, act or process of making) .
- Noun. A person's character or disposition. (jump, personal character) .
- Noun. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
- Noun. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit. (jump, closing circuit) .
- Noun. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
- Noun. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence. (jump, recognition) .
- Noun. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female). (jump, target of seduction) .
- Noun. (slang, military) A promotion.
- Noun. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
- Noun. (British, obsolete) A halfpenny.
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