v.
(makes, making, made)
- form by putting parts together or combining substances.
▸
(make something into)
alter something so that it forms (something else).
▸arrange bedclothes tidily on (a bed) ready for use.
▸Electronics complete or close (a circuit).
- bring about or perform; cause.
▸cause to be, become, or seem:
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decorative features make brickwork more interesting.
▸appoint to a position.
▸agree or decide on (a specified arrangement).
▸archaic enter into a contract of (marriage).
- compel (someone) to do something.
- constitute, amount to, or serve as.
▸estimate as.
- gain or earn (money or profit).
▸Cricket score (a specified number of runs).
- manage to arrive at (a place) or catch (a train or other transport).
▸
(make it)
become successful.
▸achieve a place in.
▸chiefly N. Amer. achieve the rank of.
- prepare to go somewhere or to do something:
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he made towards the car.
- N. Amer. informal induce (someone) to have sex with one.
- (in bridge, whist, etc.) win (a trick).
▸win the number of tricks that fulfils (a contract).
▸shuffle (a pack of cards).
- (of the tide) begin to flow or ebb.
n.
- the manufacturer or trade name of a product.
▸the structure or composition of something.
- the making of electrical contact.
Phrase
Phrase verbal
Derivative
- makeable
(also makable)
adj.
Etymology
OE macian, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to match1.
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