English Explanatory Dictionary

make

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To create.
  2. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
  3. To write or compose.
  4. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
  5. To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
  6. To prepare (food); to cook (food).
  7. To behave, to act.
  8. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
  9. To constitute.
  10. To add up to, have a sum of.
  11. To interpret.
  12. To bring into success.
noun
  1. Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
  2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
  3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
  4. A person's character or disposition.
  5. The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
  6. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
  7. A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
  8. Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
  9. A promotion.
  10. A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
  11. Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
  12. A made basket.
noun
  1. Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
  2. Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
noun
  1. A halfpenny.
noun
  1. An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

Pronunciation

/meɪk/ [meɪkʲ] [meːk] /mɛk/ /mæk/ en-uk-to make.ogg en-us-make.ogg

Word forms

make makes making made maked no-table-tags glossary makest madest maketh makeing mak makee myek meck

Etymology

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- (“to knead, mix, make”). Related to match. Cognates * Scots mak (“to make”) * Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”) * West Frisian meitsje (“to make”) * Dutch maken (“to make”) * Dutch Low Saxon maken (“to make”) * German Low German maken (“to make”) * German machen (“to make, do”) * Danish mage (“to make, arrange (in a certain way)”) * Latin mācerō, macer * Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō)

Synonyms

fabricate artifice assemble betimber build build up compile construct edify erect extruct fashion form knock up make manufacture produce put together put up raise rear timber upbuild render twig notice clock ID identify ken to make someone recognize Formal terms bed coit coitize dight enjoy feague go in unto go to bed with have know lie by lie with love mount occupy penetrate season seduce sleep with take Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with" Informal and slang terms ball bang bauf beep be with

Antonyms

break

Related words

match make-koshi

Derived words

bad facts make bad law beauty won't make the pot boil cannot make it clothes don't make the man clothes make the man demake doctors make the worst patients don't get your honey where you make your money don't make me laugh empty barrels make the most noise empty cans make the most noise empty vessels make the most noise empty vessels make the most sound enough to make a cat laugh enough to make the angels weep fine feathers make fine birds foremake good fences make good neighbors good fences make good neighbours handmake hard cases make bad law how the sausage is made if I may make so bold it takes a heap of living to make a house a home it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home it takes all kinds to make a world it takes all sorts to make a world it takes a lot of living to make a house a home it takes two to make a quarrel know how many beans make five lawmaking life is what you make it Mackem mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails mackly makable make a better door than a window make a big thing out of makeability makeable make a book make a break for it make a career of make a career out of make a case make a case for make a cat laugh make a clean breast make a dash for it make a day of it make a deal make a decision make a dent make a difference make a dollar out of fifteen cents make a face make a federal case out of something make a fist of make a fool of

Translations

Afrikaans: maak Afrikaans: doen Albanian: kry Albanian: krijoj Arabic: صَنَعَ Arabic: جَعَلَ Armenian: ստեղծել Armenian: -ցն- Armenian: -ացն- Armenian: -եցն- Assamese: বনোৱা Assamese: সজা Assamese: সৃষ্টি কৰা Asturian: facer Betawi: bikin Bulgarian: създавам Cebuano: gama Chinese Cantonese: 整 Czech: vyrábět Czech: dělat Czech: tvořit Czech: vytvářet Czech: udělat Danish: lave Danish: fremstille Danish: skabe Dutch: maken Dutch: doen Dutch: ertoe brengen Esperanto: krei Esperanto: igi Faliscan: facio (facio) Finnish: tehdä Finnish: luoda Finnish: muotoilla Finnish: saada French: faire French: créer West-Frisian: meitsje Galician: facer German: machen German: lassen German: bringen Old High German: mahhōn Greek: φτιάχνω Greek: κατασκευάζω Greek: κάνω Ancient Greek: κτίζω Ancient Greek: ποιέω Mbya Guarani: japo Hebrew: עשה Hebrew: גרם Hindi: रचना Hindi: सृजना Hindi: रचना करना Hindi: सृजन करना Hungarian: alkot Hungarian: készít Hungarian: -at Hungarian: -et Hungarian: -tat Hungarian: -tet Hungarian: elér Icelandic: búa til Irish: déan Irish: tabhair ar Japanese: 創る Japanese: 創造する Japanese: 引き起こす Japanese: させる Japanese: やらせる Kabuverdianu: faze Korean: 만들다 Korean: 제작하다 Korean: 이루다 Korean: 일으키다 Latin: facio Latin: ago Latin: creo Eastern Mari: ышташ Middle English: maken Mòcheno: mòchen Khiamniungan Naga: hìeshā Khiamniungan Naga: hīe Khiamniungan Naga: hīeshá Norwegian: lage Old English: wyrċan Old English: dōn Persian: ساختن Persian: تشکیل دادن
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