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The Meaning of make

  • (n.) A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
  • (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
  • (v. t.) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.
  • (v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
  • (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.
  • (v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in.
  • (v. t.) To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
  • (v. i.) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.
  • (v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
  • (v. i.) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
  • (v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
  • (v. i.) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
  • (n.) Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

Synonyms

stigma , shuffle , brand , marque , trade name , brand name , firebrand , steel , shuffling , blade , stain , mark , sword , shambling , shamble , wee-wee , take , micturate , suffice , construct , draw , cook , have , lay down , piddle , hold , piss , act , constitute , do , reach , earn , make believe , get to , shit , defecate , get along , arrange , name , pass water , practice , execute , stimulate , behave , progress to , create , crap , practise , take a shit , pretend , make water , gain , dress , ready , serve , establish , realize , make out , coiffure , make up , give , attain , pull in , set , induce , form , pee , wee , ca-ca , get , prepare , coiffe , perform , score , build , coif , throw , arrive at , pee-pee , relieve oneself , spend a penny , take in , puddle , take a crap , clear , hit , produce , exercise , answer , nominate , come , bring in , take a leak , cause , urinate , fare , manage , work , fix , realise , stool , seduce , bring forth , mystify , experience , develop , stupefy , become , sustain , receive , scram , commence , go , sire , drive , engender , stick , set about , father , fuck off , incur , contract , grow , pay back , dumbfound , beat , start , set out , bring , bewilder , mother , buzz off , catch , let , obtain , beget , puzzle , flummox , generate , find , amaze , vex , start out , convey , capture , aim , perplex , arrest , gravel , begin , fetch , suffer , get under one's skin , get down , arrive , acquire , pay off , pose , bugger off , nonplus , baffle , provoke , consume , hasten , deliver , excite , induct , birth , accept , shake , perk up , feature , rush , arouse , have got , give birth , bring on , stir , bear , energise , energize , own , brace , possess , ingest , shake up , bring out , farm , give rise , raise , bring about , withdraw , run , suck , absorb , cast , pull , draw and quarter , reap , draw in , get out , pull back , disembowel , take up , sop up , take out , eviscerate , delineate , quarter , pull out , describe , puff , thread , soak up , drag , attract , force , trace , imbibe , tie , draw off , pass , line , suck up , string , guide , depict , top , light up , recognise , solve , overhear , sack , cod , unclutter , agnize , clear up , invite , garner , actualize , exculpate , assimilate , sort out , crystalise , actualise , exonerate , gull , make headway , crystalize , collect , fool , authorize , assoil , adopt , gather , understand , crystallise , straighten out , discharge , introduce , see , derive , befool , benefit , net , acquit , substantiate , pull ahead , recognize , suck in , agnise , watch , advance , profit , get ahead , illuminate , view , sack up , dupe , brighten , put on , elucidate , gather in , enlighten , slang , gain ground , crystallize , move in , authorise , get in , win , put one across , put one over , shed light on , organise , institute , mold , spring , comprise , mould , found , imprint , be , plant , take shape , shape , forge , represent , appoint , organize , take form , get at , contact , devil , hand , annoy , strive , nark , extend to , rag , get through , accomplish , nettle , strain , turn over , bother , reach out , irritate , achieve , rile , touch , get hold of , chafe , pass on , build up , ramp up , progress , fabricate , retrace , reconstruct , manufacture , work up , key out , refer , distinguish , discover , diagnose , bring up , advert , list , propose , identify , put forward , cite , mention , put up , call , key , chance on , come upon , chance upon , polish off , run into , remove , light upon , collide with , off , strike , dispatch , bump off , murder , come across , stumble , shoot , slay , tally , impinge on , pip , fall upon , rack up , come to , happen upon , demonstrate , launch , install , set up , shew , show , base , ground , prove , instal , render , move over , hold in , restrain , afford , dedicate , devote , cave in , confuse , accommodate , defy , shake off , sacrifice , maintain , entertain , confine , drop , contain , book , shed , thrust , moderate , founder , present , concur , open , keep , guard , bind , hold back , yield , bedevil , check , return , hurl , project , pay , throw off , keep back , go for , fuddle , gift , ease up , kick in , support , harbor , break , impart , apply , contrive , fall in , take for , fox , confound , hold up , agree , concord , cast off , declare , adjudge , feed , nurse , grant , withstand , bemuse , oblige , admit , defend , harbour , give way , contribute , deem , befuddle , chip in , switch , view as , flip , retain , reserve , halt , carry , collapse , obligate , discombobulate , commit , consecrate , prevail , control , throw away , leave , take hold , curb , catch up with , even out , even off , reconcile , compensate , correct , patch up , even up , cook up , invent , settle , counterbalance , conciliate , require , read , occupy , subscribe to , lead , take on , assume , choose , study , learn , fill , necessitate , hire , consider , need , rent , pick out , deal , film , demand , lease , take aim , train , use up , select , engage , claim , exact , take away , pack , call for , submit , direct , charter , subscribe , involve , look at , postulate , ask , conduct , betray , stag , tiller , snitch , give away , grass , shop , denounce , tell on , rat , wreak , operate , function , act upon , crop , do work , process , ferment , knead , play , exploit , cultivate , figure out , work out , lick , turn , influence , put to work , puzzle out , work on , sour , make for , desexualise , restore , doctor , mend , desex , fudge , posit , falsify , fixate , define , specify , bushel , sterilise , unsex , touch on , gear up , limit , fake , deposit , furbish up , machinate , repair , secure , situate , sterilize , devise , misrepresent , determine , groom , educate , manipulate , fasten , desexualize , get up , wangle , nock , grade , dissemble , hazard , venture , affect , sham , guess , feign , profess , addle , wanton , trifle , piddle away , wanton away , muddle , compel , coerce , constrain

Antonyms

unmake , undo , break

Rhymes

ache , ake , awake , backache , bake , beefsteak , bellyache , betake , blake , brake , break , caique , cake , cheesecake , crake , cupcake , dake , daybreak , drake , earthquake , fake , flake , forsake , fruitcake , haick , haik , hake , handshake , headache , heartache , heartbreak , hotcake , intake , jacque , jake , keepsake , kittiwake , lake , mandrake , milkshake , mistake , muckrake , naik , namesake , opaque , outbreak , outtake , overtake , paik , pake , pancake , partake , plake , quake , rake , rattlesnake , remake , retake , sake , schlake , schnake , schwake , shaik , shaikh , shake , shortcake , shrake , slake , snake , snowflake , spake , stake , steak , strake , sweepstake , take , undertake , uptake , wake , yake