English Explanatory Dictionary

made

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A grub or maggot.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of make
  2. simple past and past participle of myek
  3. simple past and past participle of mak

Pronunciation

/meɪd/ en-us-made.ogg /med/ /meːd/ /mɛd/

Word forms

made mades mad mathe

Etymology

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

Related words

maddock maggot mauk mawk

Derived words

a camel is a horse made by a committee a camel is a horse made by committee a promise made is a promise kept a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor bitch-made bush-made countrymade custom made custom-made fanmade full-made fullmade hand made hand-made handmade have got it made have it made home-made homemade housemade how the sausage gets made humanmade human-made judge-made judge-made law lie in the bed one has made machine-made made dish made for each other made for one another made-for-television made-for-TV made hand made in China made in Japan made in the shade made man madeness made of fail made of money made of sterner stuff made of stone made of sugar made-to-measure made-to-order made-to-order story made-up made up made-upness made-wine made you look man-made man-made fiber match made in heaven match made in hell newmade new-made person-made premade purpose-made
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