make
1. [ verb ] engage in
Synonyms: do
Examples:

: "make love, not war" "make an effort" "do research" "do nothing" "make revolution"

Related terms: overdo
2. [ verb ] give certain properties to something
Synonyms: get
Examples:

"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 famous physicist" "Make yourself clear"

Related terms: change get leave play render
3. [ verb ] make or cause to be or to become
Synonyms: create
Examples:

"make a mess in one's office" "create a furor"

Related terms: construct cause produce bring form produce give create originate assemble lay_down arouse establish generate direct compose prepare realize raise bear clear choreograph institute bring_about build beget derive strike prepare scrape press cut distill reproduce re-create put_on raise copy create_verbally style film-make film create_by_mental_act cut cleave puncture foam beat recreate incorporate twine create_from_raw_material track offset regenerate short-circuit fabricate remake animal creature
4. [ verb ] cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Synonyms: cause have get induce stimulate
Examples:

: "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"

Related terms: compel lead let persuade prompt decide encourage bring solicit suborn cause stimulation stimulation causing persuader inducement trigger
5. [ verb ] give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Synonyms: cause do
Examples:

"cause a commotion" "make a stir" "cause an accident"

Related terms: determine impel effect motivate engender occasion initiate provoke facilitate causal_agent causing
6. [ verb ] create or manufacture a man-made product
Synonyms: produce create
Examples:

: "We produce more cars than we can sell" "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

Related terms: print render reproduce turn_out remake generate pulse laminate extrude custom-make output put_out clap_up breed machine smelt fudge_together overproduce churn_out confect prefabricate proof elaborate cut bootleg cut dummy underproduce prefabricate create merchandise product manufacturer devising creation brand
7. [ verb ] make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Synonyms: draw
Examples:

"I draw a line here" "draw a conclusion" "draw parallels" "make an estimate" "What do you make of his remarks?"

Related terms: create_by_mental_act
8. [ verb ] compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
Examples:

"People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!" Heat makes you sweat"

Related terms: cause drive
9. [ verb ] create by artistic means
Synonyms: create
Examples:

"create a poem "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music" "Picasso created Cubism" "Auden made verses"

Related terms: design do design produce devising
10. [ verb ] earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Synonyms: earn bring_in realize gain realise pull_in clear take_in
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: get yield profit eke_out gross take_home rake_in rake_off net
11. [ verb ] create or design, often in a certain way
Synonyms: do
Examples:

"Do my room in blue" "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"

Related terms: unmake create
12. [ verb ] reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
Synonyms: reach get_to progress_to
Examples:

"We made it!" "She may not make the grade"

Related terms: achieve arrival
13. [ verb ] to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
Synonyms: form constitute
Examples:

"The branches made a roof" "This makes a fine introduction"

Related terms: constitute conglobate chelate add constellate constitution
14. [ verb ] be or be capable of being changed or made into
Examples:

"He makes a great host" "He will make a fine father"

Related terms: become
15. [ verb ] make by shaping or bringing together constituents
Examples:

"make a dress" "make a cake" "make a wall of stones"

Related terms: create_from_raw_material fashion manufacture compose compile cooper cooper devising
16. [ verb ] perform or carry out
Examples:

"make a decision" "make a move" "make advances" "make a phone call"

Related terms: perform pay
17. [ verb ] change from one form into another
Examples:

"make water into wine" "make lead into gold" "make clay into bricks"

Related terms: change
18. [ verb ] make by combining materials and parts
Synonyms: build construct
Examples:

: "this little pig made his house out of straw" "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

Related terms: raise rebuild frames wattle groin customize cantilever corduroy revet lock channelise build construction maker builder
19. [ verb ] act in a certain way so as to acquire
Examples:

"make friends" "make enemies"

Related terms: act gain have
20. [ verb ] reach a destination, either real or abstract
Synonyms: hit reach arrive_at gain attain
Examples:

"We hit Detroit by noon" "The water reached the doorstep" "We barely made the plane" "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

Related terms: catch_up access peak get_through find culminate scale find breast bottom_out top_out summit ground top attainment travel
21. [ verb ] charge with a function; charge to be
Synonyms: name nominate
Examples:

"She was named Head of the Committee" "She was made president of the club"

Related terms: appoint rename nomination
22. [ verb ] (sport) achieve a point or goal, as in a sport
Synonyms: get have
Examples:

"Nicklaus had a 70" "The Brazilian team got 4 goals" "She made 29 points that day"

Related terms: score
23. [ verb ] institute, enact, or establish
Synonyms: establish lay_down
Examples:

"make laws"

Related terms: set
24. [ verb ] carry out or commit
Examples:

"make a mistake" "commit a faux-pas"

Related terms: perpetrate
25. [ verb ] put in order or neaten
Synonyms: make_up
Examples:

: "make the bed" "make up a room"

Related terms: tidy
26. [ verb ] form by assembling individuals or constituents
Examples:

"Make a quorum" "The branches made a roof"

Related terms: assemble
27. [ verb ] organize or be responsible for
Synonyms: hold have give throw
Examples:

"hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc.

Related terms: direct
28. [ verb ] head into a specified direction
Synonyms: take
Examples:

"The escaped convict took to the hills" "We made for the mountains"

Related terms: head
29. [ noun ] a recognizable kind
Synonyms: brand
Examples:

"there's a new brand of hero in the movies now" "what make of car is that?"

Related terms: kind construct
30. [ verb ] have a bowel movement
Synonyms: defecate take_a_crap take_a_shit ca-ca crap stool shit
Examples:

"The dog had made in the flower beds"

Related terms: excrete dung toilet crap defecator defecation fecal_matter
31. [ verb ] reach in time
Examples:

"We barely made the plane"

Related terms: reach reach
32. [ verb ] appear to begin an activity
Examples:

"He made to speak but said nothing i the end" "She made a if to say hello to us"

Related terms: look
33. [ verb ] assure the success of
Examples:

"A good review by this critic will make your play!"

Related terms: break guarantee
34. [ verb ] (theater) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Synonyms: pretend make_believe
Examples:

"She makes like an actress"

Related terms: act imitate go_through_the_motions feign
35. [ verb ] develop into
Examples:

: "He will make a splendid father!"

Related terms: develop qualification
36. [ verb ] (sexuality) induce to have sex
Synonyms: score seduce
Examples:

"Harry finally seduced Sally" "Did you score last night?" "Harry made Sally"

Related terms: persuade seduce seducer love
37. [ verb ] amount to
Examples:

"This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"

Related terms: amount
38. [ verb ] constitute the essence of
Examples:

"Clothes make the man"

Related terms: constitute
39. [ verb ] favor the development of
Examples:

"Practice makes the winner"

Related terms: develop
40. [ verb ] eliminate urine
Synonyms: pass_water relieve_oneself piss micturate take_a_leak piddle make_water pee pee-pee spend_a_penny wee wee-wee puddle urinate
Examples:

"Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"

Related terms: excrete wet stale defecate urinate urine peeing micturition pisser
41. [ verb ] be suitable for
Examples:

"Wood makes good furniture"

Related terms: be makings
42. [ verb ] undergo fabrication or creation
Examples:

"This wool makes into a nice sweater"

Related terms: change makings
43. [ verb ] add up to
Examples:

"four and four make eight"

Related terms: total arithmetic
44. [ verb ] cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
Examples:

"make my day"

Related terms: change
45. [ verb ] (food) prepare for eating by applying heat
Synonyms: prepare cook fix ready
Examples:

"Cook me dinner, please" "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

Related terms: create_from_raw_material put_on preserve concoct precook devil whip_up lard cooking
46. [ verb ] gather and light the materials for
Examples:

: "make a fire"

Related terms: create_from_raw_material cook
47. [ verb ] consider as being
Examples:

"It wasn't the problem some people made it"

Related terms: see
48. [ verb ] calculate as being
Examples:

"I make the height about 100 feet"

Related terms: estimate draw
49. [ verb ] behave in a certain way
Examples:

"make merry"

Related terms: act
50. [ verb ] proceed along a path
Synonyms: work
Examples:

"work one's way through the crowd" "make one's way into the forest"

Related terms: pass claw jostle bushwhack work
51. [ noun ] (cards) the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Synonyms: shuffling shuffle
Related terms: reordering reshuffle riffle card_game
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