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make¹
- /meɪk/
- [meɪkʲ]
- [meːk] Canada, Multicultural London English
- /mɛk/ Northumbria
- /mæk/ Wearside
Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots mak (“to make”), Yola maak, maake (“to make”), North Frisian maage, maaki, mååge (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make; to repair; to prepare; to preach; to earn”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Alemannic German mache (“to make; to do”), Bavarian måcha, måchn (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to matter; to look”), Cimbrian machan (“to make”), Dutch and Low German maken (“to make”), German machen (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to fare; to look”), Luxembourgish maachen, man (“to make; to do; to take; to equal; to put”), Mòcheno mòchen (“to make”), Vilamovian mahha (“to make; to do”), Yiddish מאַכן (makhn, “to create, make; to do; to say”); also probably Irish mám (“yoke; duty, obligation; function, service”), Latin mācerō (“to soften; to weaken; to mortify; to torture”), Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead; to wipe”), Bulgarian ма́жа (máža, “to smear; to oil”), Czech mazat (“to lubricate; to spread; to smear; to scribble; to erase”), Polish mazać (“to smear; to scribble; to pule, whimper”), Russian ма́зать (mázatʹ, “to oil; to paint; to smear; to soil; to miss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̏зати, mȁzati (“to smear; to dirty”), Ukrainian ма́зати (mázaty, “to smear”), Old Armenian մած (mac, “glued together, joined; coagulated, curdled; adhesive, sticking; compact; dense”), Hindi मचाना (macānā, “to cause, raise, wreak”).
verb makes · making · made · maked
- To build, construct, produce, or originate. We made a bird feeder for our yard.
- To write or compose. I made a poem for her wedding.
- To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action. make war
- To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing. God made earth and heaven.
- To prepare (food); to cook (food). I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
- To behave, to act. To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
- To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against. And all Israel's language about this power, except that it makes for righteousness, is approximate language
- To constitute. They make a cute couple.
- To add up to, have a sum of. Two and four make six.
- To interpret. I don’t know what to make of it.
- To bring into success. This company is what made you.
- To cause to be. The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as. Homer makes Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus, unlike Hesiod who depicted her as born from the sea foam.
- To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something). You're making her cry.
- To force to do. The teacher made the student study harder.
- To indicate or suggest to be. His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
- To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- To recognise, identify, spot. I caught sight of him two or three times and then made him turning north into Laurel Canyon Drive.
- To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time. We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
- To proceed (in a direction). They made westward over the snowy mountains.
- To cover (a given distance) by travelling. I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an
- To move at (a speed). The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
- To appoint; to name. On November 15, 1396,[…]Benedict XIII made him bishop of Noyon;
- To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man). Jimmy Conway: They're gonna make him. Henry Hill: Paulie's gonna make you?
- To defecate or urinate. When my father comes back with a dark wet spot on his pants, right in front, as if he has made in his pants, he starts eating his food in great shovelfuls.
- To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status). They hope to make a bigger profit.
- To achieve coverage in; to appear in. The special classes seemed to help because, Mrs. Zinmer recalled with some pride, in the seventh grade he made the honor roll.
- To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability. Whether, […], the construction of additional roads […] would present a case in which the exaction of prohibitory or otherwise onerous rates may be prevented, though it result in an impossibility for some or all of the roads to make expenses, we need not say; no such case is before us.
- To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman to solace him some time, as I do when I make
- To enact; to establish. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- To develop into; to prove to be. She'll make a fine president.
- To study or train so as to become (a profession); to grow up to be (something). He'll make a doctor one day.
- To form or formulate in the mind. make plans
- To perform a feat. make a leap
- To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence. In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time.
- 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. a scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make
- To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- To be engaged or concerned in. Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?
- To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what. Footman. Madam! Mr. Dorimant! Lov. What makes him here?
- To take the virginity of. I was a young un at 'Oogli, Shy as a girl to begin; Aggie de Castrer she made me, — An' Aggie was clever as sin; Older than me, but my first un — More like a mother she were Showed me the way to promotion an' pay, An' I learned about women from 'er!
- To have sexual intercourse with. He could see that her face was thin, proud. She looked like she'd be a hard dame to make. He didn't want just that. She'd be a hard dame to win.
- Of water, to flow toward land; to rise. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for us was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.
- To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
noun makes · mak · makee · myek
- Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker. Near-synonyms: kind, type
- Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made). Near-synonyms: makeup, form, conformation, composition; form factor
- Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production. The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
- A person's character or disposition. 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.
- The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing. […] papers are respectively of second or inferior quality, the last being perhaps torn or broken in the "make" — as the manufacture is technically termed.
- Quantity produced, especially of materials. In 1880 the make of pig iron in all countries was 18,300,000 tons.
- A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility. However, the unzip and make programs weren't found, so the default was left blank.
- Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence. "They ever get a make on the blood type?" Horn asked, staring at the stained mattress.
- A promotion. Sent back the list of makes with only Post and Hamilton on it. (Buckner had recommended 10 staff officers and 1 combat soldier!)
- A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television. Blue Peter "make"
- Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards. It's your make as the cards lie. Take your time.
- A made basket.
- The closing of an electrical circuit. If the interrupter operated every 2 sec., the current would rise to 10 amp. and drop to zero with successive "makes" and "breaks."
make²
- /meɪk/
- [meɪkʲ]
- [meːk] Canada, Multicultural London English
- /mɛk/ Northumbria
- /mæk/ Wearside
Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English make, imake, ȝemace, from Old English ġemaca (“a mate, an equal, companion, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô (“companion, comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to knead, oil”). Reinforced by Old Norse maki (“an equal”).
Cognate with Icelandic maki (“spouse”), Swedish make (“spouse, husband”), Danish mage (“companion, fellow, mate”). Doublet of match.
noun makes
- Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female). To me, if I weren't going with someone and was taking pills, it would be like advertising that I'm an easy make.
- Mate; a spouse or companion; a match. Th'Elfe therewith astownd, Vpstarted lightly from his looser make, And his vnready weapons gan in hand to take.
make³
- /meɪk/
- [meɪkʲ]
- [meːk] Canada, Multicultural London English
- /mɛk/ Northumbria
- /mæk/ Wearside
Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
Uncertain.
noun makes · meck
- A halfpenny. the last we shall have, I take it; for a make to a million, but we trine to the nubbing cheat to-morrow.
make⁴
- /meɪk/
- [meɪkʲ]
- [meːk] Canada, Multicultural London English
- /mɛk/ Northumbria
- /mæk/ Wearside
Rhymes with -eɪk
Where it comes from
Origin unclear.
noun makes
- An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares. Harvest.—When left for seed, they are cut and wadded as pease, with a make. Produce.—From three to six sacks an acre.
