make

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.