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MAKE
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Irregular inflected form: made
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of mixing cards haphazardly
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("make" is a kind of...):
reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "make"):
reshuffle; reshuffling (shuffling again)
riffle (shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners)
Holonyms ("make" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A recognizable kind
Example:
what make of car is that?
Synonyms:
brand; make
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("make" is a kind of...):
form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
Derivation:
make (create or manufacture a man-made product)
make (make by combining materials and parts)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they make ... he / she / it makes
Past simple: made
Past participle: made
-ing form: making
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act in a certain way so as to acquire
Example:
make enemies
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Verb group:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)
get; have; make (achieve a point or goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Eliminate urine
Example:
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
Synonyms:
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Verb group:
urinate (pass after the manner of urine)
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit (have a bowel movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
wet (make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating)
stale (urinate, of cattle and horses)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Have a bowel movement
Example:
The dog had made in the flower beds
Synonyms:
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Verb group:
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
dung (defecate; used of animals)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Behave in a certain way
Example:
make merry
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 5
Meaning:
Give certain properties to something
Example:
Make yourself clear
Synonyms:
get; make
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
render (cause to become)
get; have; let (cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition)
leave (act or be so as to become in a specified state)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sense 6
Meaning:
Put in order or neaten
Example:
make up a room
Synonyms:
make; make up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up (put (things or places) in order)
Verb group:
make (gather and light the materials for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Develop into
Example:
He will make a splendid father!
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
develop; grow (grow emotionally or mature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
making (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Change from one form into another
Example:
make clay into bricks
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 9
Meaning:
Favor the development of
Example:
Practice makes the winner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
develop (generate gradually)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sense 10
Meaning:
Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
Example:
make my day
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Institute, enact, or establish
Example:
make laws
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
mark; set (establish as the highest level or best performance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 12
Meaning:
Calculate as being
Example:
I make the height about 100 feet
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
Verb group:
make (consider as being)
draw; make (make, formulate, or derive in the mind)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Sense 13
Meaning:
Consider as being
Example:
It wasn't the problem some people made it
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Verb group:
make (calculate as being)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Sense 14
Meaning:
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Example:
What do you make of his remarks?
Synonyms:
draw; make
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Verb group:
make (calculate as being)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
Meaning:
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Example:
My wife made me buy a new sofa
Synonyms:
cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
decide (cause to decide)
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
bring (induce or persuade)
solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination)
encourage (spur on)
let (actively cause something to happen)
lead (cause to undertake a certain action)
inspire; instigate; prompt (serve as the inciting cause of)
suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony)
compel; obligate; oblige (force somebody to do something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They make him to write the letter
Sense 16
Meaning:
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Example:
She makes like an actress
Synonyms:
make; make believe; pretend
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; play; represent (play a role or part)
Verb group:
affect; dissemble; feign; pretend; sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
go through the motions (pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 17
Meaning:
Assure the success of
Example:
A good review by this critic will make your play!
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
assure; ensure; guarantee; insure; secure (make certain of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
break (cause the failure or ruin of)
Sense 18
Meaning:
Induce to have sex
Example:
Harry made Sally
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
"Make" entails doing...:
bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)
Verb group:
seduce (lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 19
Meaning:
Make or cause to be or to become
Example:
create a furor
Synonyms:
create; make
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
beget; bring forth; engender; father; generate; get; mother; sire (make (offspring) by reproduction)
multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)
regenerate (form or produce anew)
clear (make a way or path by removing objects)
distil; distill; extract (extract by the process of distillation)
derive; educe (develop or evolve from a latent or potential state)
froth; spume; suds (make froth or foam and become bubbly)
establish; lay down; make (institute, enact, or establish)
puncture (make by piercing)
twine (make by twisting together or intertwining)
cleave (make by cutting into)
track (make tracks upon)
bring; institute (advance or set forth in court)
short; short-circuit (create a short circuit in)
re-create (create anew)
grind (created by grinding)
bring forth; generate (bring into existence)
initiate; originate; start (bring into being)
give; yield (cause to happen or be responsible for)
bring; make for; play; work; wreak (cause to happen or to occur as a consequence)
call up; summon (cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively)
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
create; make (create by artistic means)
actualise; actualize; realise; realize; substantiate (make real or concrete; give reality or substance to)
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
establish; give (bring about)
put on; turn in (carry out (performances))
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)
build; establish (build or establish something abstract)
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
style (make consistent with a certain fashion or style)
strike (produce by ignition or a blow)
copy; re-create (make a replica of)
create verbally (create with or from words)
choreograph (compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music)
direct (guide the actors in (plays and films))
film (record in film)
film-make (make films; be a film maker)
recreate (create anew)
offset (create an offset in)
scrape (make by scraping)
bring forth; produce (bring forth or yield)
bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)
press (create by pressing)
prepare (to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery)
cut (form or shape by cutting or incising)
cut (form by probing, penetrating, or digging)
raise (create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise)
beat (make by pounding or trampling)
chop (form or shape by chopping)
manufacture (create or produce in a mechanical way)
blast; shell (create by using explosives)
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
incorporate (form a corporation)
form; organise; organize (create (as an entity))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Also:
make over (make new)
make up (concoct something artificial or untrue)
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 20
Meaning:
Create or design, often in a certain way
Example:
I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest
Synonyms:
do; make
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (create by artistic means)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
Did he make his major works over a short period of time?
Antonym:
unmake (deprive of certain characteristics)
Sense 21
Meaning:
Create or manufacture a man-made product
Example:
The company has been making toys for two centuries
Synonyms:
create; make; produce
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Verb group:
create; make (create by artistic means)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
breed (cause to procreate (animals))
make over; redo; refashion; remake (make new)
prefabricate (produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally)
underproduce (produce below capacity or demand)
output (to create or manufacture a specific amount)
pulsate; pulse (produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses)
clap together; clap up; slap together (make hastily and carelessly)
custom-make; customise; customize; tailor-make (make to specifications)
dummy; dummy up (make a dummy of)
turn out (produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery)
machine (make by machinery)
churn out (produce something at a fast rate)
overproduce (produce in excess)
elaborate (produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product)
put out (put out considerable effort)
laminate (create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material)
bootleg (produce or distribute illegally)
generate (produce (energy))
generate; give; render; return; yield (give or supply)
extrude; squeeze out (form or shape by forcing through an opening)
smelt (extract (metals) by heating)
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
preassemble; prefabricate (to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings)
fudge together; throw together (produce shoddily, without much attention to detail)
print; publish (put into print)
confect (make or construct)
proof (make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset)
burn; cut (create by duplicating data)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue make the movie
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
maker (a person who makes things)
maker (a business engaged in manufacturing some product)
make (a recognizable kind)
Sense 22
Meaning:
Create by artistic means
Example:
Auden made verses
Synonyms:
create; make
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Verb group:
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
do; make (create or design, often in a certain way)
design (create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner)
design (create designs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue make the movie
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 23
Meaning:
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Example:
cause an accident
Synonyms:
cause; do; make
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)
effect; effectuate; set up (produce)
make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way)
occasion (give occasion to)
call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)
breed; engender; spawn (call forth)
actuate; incite; motivate; move; prompt; propel (give an incentive for action)
force; impel (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)
facilitate (increase the likelihood of (a response))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 24
Meaning:
Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
Example:
Heat makes you sweat
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
drive (compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sense 25
Meaning:
Make by shaping or bringing together constituents
Example:
make a wall of stones
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
compile; compose (put together out of existing material)
compile (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)
construct; fabricate; manufacture (put together out of artificial or natural components or parts)
fashion; forge (make out of components (often in an improvising manner))
cooper (make barrels and casks)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 26
Meaning:
Make by combining materials and parts
Example:
Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
Synonyms:
build; construct; make
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Verb group:
build (be engaged in building)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
customise; customize (make according to requirements)
revet (construct a revetment)
dry-wall (construct with drywall)
lock (build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels)
wattle (build of or with wattle)
frame; frame up (construct by fitting or uniting parts together)
rebuild; reconstruct (build again)
groin (build with groins)
cantilever (construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed)
erect; put up; raise; rear; set up (construct, build, or erect)
corduroy (build (a road) from logs laid side by side)
channelise; channelize (make a channel for; provide with a channel)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men make the bookshelves
Derivation:
make (a recognizable kind)
maker (a person who makes things)
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
Sense 27
Meaning:
Prepare for eating by applying heat
Example:
fix breakfast for the guests, please
Synonyms:
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Verb group:
make (gather and light the materials for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
keep; preserve (prevent (food) from rotting)
dress; dress out (kill and prepare for market or consumption)
deglaze (dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring)
escallop; scallop (bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top)
flambe (pour liquor over and ignite (a dish))
put on (put on the stove or ready for cooking)
devil (coat or stuff with a spicy paste)
precook (cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long)
whip up; whomp up (prepare or cook quickly or hastily)
concoct; cook up (prepare or cook by mixing ingredients)
lard (prepare or cook with lard)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs make the vegetables
Sense 28
Meaning:
Organize or be responsible for
Example:
give a course
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
direct (be in charge of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 29
Meaning:
Gather and light the materials for
Example:
make a fire
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Verb group:
make; make up (put in order or neaten)
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 30
Meaning:
Perform or carry out
Example:
make a phone call
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Verb group:
do; make (engage in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
pay (render)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 31
Meaning:
Reach a destination, either real or abstract
Example:
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Synonyms:
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
"Make" entails doing...:
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Verb group:
make (reach in time)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
catch up (reach the point where one should be after a delay)
scale; surmount (reach the highest point of)
access; get at (reach or gain access to)
bottom out (reach the low point)
peak; top out (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity)
breast; summit (reach the summit (of a mountain))
top (reach or ascend the top of)
make (reach in time)
find (succeed in reaching; arrive at)
culminate (reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body)
come through; get through (succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems)
ground; run aground (hit or reach the ground)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They make the water
Sense 32
Meaning:
Reach in time
Example:
We barely made the plane
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
Verb group:
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 33
Meaning:
Reach a goal
Example:
She may not make the grade
Synonyms:
get to; make; progress to; reach
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 34
Meaning:
Proceed along a path
Example:
make one's way into the forest
Synonyms:
make; work
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
pass (go across or through)
Verb group:
work (proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
claw (move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging)
jostle (make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving)
bushwhack (cut one's way through the woods or bush)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 35
Meaning:
Head into a specified direction
Example:
We made for the mountains
Synonyms:
make; take
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
head (to go or travel towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 36
Meaning:
Appear to begin an activity
Example:
She made as if to say hello to us
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 37
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Example:
He clears $5,000 each month
Synonyms:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Verb group:
make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)
clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)
rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)
gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
bear; pay; yield (bring in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They make the money
Sense 38
Meaning:
Achieve a point or goal
Example:
She made 29 points that day
Synonyms:
get; have; make
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Verb group:
make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 39
Meaning:
Charge with a function; charge to be
Example:
She was made president of the club
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
rename (name again or anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sentence example:
They make her vice president
Sense 40
Meaning:
Engage in
Example:
make revolution
Synonyms:
do; make
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Verb group:
make (perform or carry out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
exaggerate; overdo (do something to an excessive degree)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 41
Meaning:
Carry out or commit
Example:
commit a faux-pas
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
commit; perpetrate; pull (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 42
Meaning:
Form by assembling individuals or constituents
Example:
Make a quorum
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
assemble; gather; get together (get people together)
Verb group:
make (add up to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 43
Meaning:
Constitute the essence of
Example:
Clothes make the man
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sense 44
Meaning:
To compose or represent
Example:
This makes a fine introduction
Synonyms:
constitute; form; make
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
chelate (form a chelate, in chemistry)
add (constitute an addition)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 45
Meaning:
Amount to
Example:
This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
amount (be tantamount or equivalent to)
Verb group:
make (add up to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 46
Meaning:
Be or be capable of being changed or made into
Example:
He will make a fine father
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
become (come into existence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 47
Meaning:
Add up to
Example:
four and four make eight
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
add up; amount; come; number; total (add up in number or quantity)
Verb group:
make (form by assembling individuals or constituents)
make (amount to)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 48
Meaning:
Be suitable for
Example:
Wood makes good furniture
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
making ((usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something)
Sense 49
Meaning:
Undergo fabrication or creation
Example:
This wool makes into a nice sweater
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
making (the act that results in something coming to be)
making ((usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something)
Context examples:
“If you’re eating chocolate, make sure to watch the calorie content, the fat content and the sugar content,” Su says.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The red cores of the green bubbles are made of warm dust that has not yet been pushed away from the windy stars.
(Citizen Scientists Discover Yellow "Space Balls", NASA)
I loved her young and I love her old, and when she goes she will take something with her which nothing in the world can ever make good to me again.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They drove away in different directions, and I went off to make my own arrangements.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It will be the making of you.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I left him there, the safe open, and the papers made up in packets upon the table.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And I think that your time will not be misspent, for there are points about the case which promise to make it an absolutely unique one.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Some time, if it may be, I must examine this matter and try to make up my mind about it.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The scales were small, making necessary many weighings, and Messner with precise care verified each weighing.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He would return and see how his own team-mates were making out.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
