1. (noun)brand, make a recognizable kind
"there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
2. (noun)shuffle, shuffling, make the act of mixing cards haphazardly
3. (verb)make, do engage in
"make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
4. (verb)make, get give certain properties to something
"get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
5. (verb)make, create make or cause to be or to become
"make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
6. (verb)induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
7. (verb)cause, do, make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
"cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
8. (verb)produce, make, create create or manufacture a man-made product
"We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
9. (verb)draw, make make, formulate, or derive in the mind
"I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
10. (verb)make compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
"People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
11. (verb)create, make create by artistic means
"create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
12. (verb)gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
"How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
13. (verb)do, make create or design, often in a certain way
"Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
14. (verb)form, constitute, make to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
"The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
15. (verb)reach, make, get to, progress to reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
"We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"
16. (verb)make be or be capable of being changed or made into
"He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
17. (verb)make make by shaping or bringing together constituents
"make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
18. (verb)make perform or carry out
"make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
19. (verb)construct, build, make make by combining materials and parts
"this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
20. (verb)make change from one form into another
"make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
21. (verb)make act in a certain way so as to acquire
"make friends"; "make enemies"
22. (verb)name, nominate, make charge with a function; charge to be
"She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
23. (verb)have, get, make achieve a point or goal
"Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
24. (verb)reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain reach a destination, either real or abstract
"We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
25. (verb)lay down, establish, make institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"
26. (verb)make carry out or commit
"make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
27. (verb)make form by assembling individuals or constituents
"Make a quorum"
28. (verb)hold, throw, have, make, give organize or be responsible for
"hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
29. (verb)make, make up put in order or neaten
"make the bed"; "make up a room"
30. (verb)take, make head into a specified direction
"The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
31. (verb)stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make have a bowel movement
"The dog had made in the flower beds"
32. (verb)make undergo fabrication or creation
"This wool makes into a nice sweater"
33. (verb)make be suitable for
"Wood makes good furniture"
34. (verb)make add up to
"four and four make eight"
35. (verb)make amount to
"This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
36. (verb)make constitute the essence of
"Clothes make the man"
37. (verb)make appear to begin an activity
"He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us"
38. (verb)make, work proceed along a path
"work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"
39. (verb)make reach in time
"We barely made the plane"
40. (verb)make gather and light the materials for
"make a fire"
41. (verb)cook, fix, ready, make, prepare prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
42. (verb)seduce, score, make induce to have sex
"Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"
43. (verb)make assure the success of
"A good review by this critic will make your play!"
44. (verb)make, pretend, make believe represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
"She makes like an actress"
45. (verb)make consider as being
"It wasn't the problem some people made it"
46. (verb)make calculate as being
"I make the height about 100 feet"
47. (verb)make cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
"make my day"
48. (verb)make favor the development of
"Practice makes the winner"
49. (verb)make develop into
"He will make a splendid father!"
50. (verb)make behave in a certain way
"make merry"
51. (verb)make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water eliminate urine
"Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
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