1. (noun)industry, manufacture the organized action of making of goods and services for sale "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
2. (noun)fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
"the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
3. (verb)manufacture, fabricate, construct put together out of artificial or natural components or parts "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
4. (verb)fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent make up something artificial or untrue
5. (verb)manufacture produce naturally
"this gland manufactures a specific substance only"
6. (verb)manufacture create or produce in a mechanical way
"This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"