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Definitions of make

Noun

  1. 1.A product's brand or manufacturer, especially for a vehicle.
  2. 2.The manner or materials through which an object is constructed.
  3. 3.The manufacturer or place where an article was produced.
  4. 4.The total quantity of material produced in one period.
  5. 5.The process of producing something, especially through industrial manufacturing.
  6. 6.A person's characteristic temperament, underlying nature, or general disposition.
  7. 7.In bridge, a declaration selecting the hand's trump suit.
  8. 8.In physics, an event that completes an electric circuit.
  9. 9.A software tool that automatically compiles or builds complex applications.
  10. 10.Slang for identifying someone, especially through police evidence or records.
  11. 11.Slang for a person viewed as an easy target for seduction.
  12. 12.Military slang for advancement to a higher rank.
  13. 13.A project or item created at home rather than commercially.
  14. 14.In basketball, a shot attempt that successfully scores points.
  15. 15.In dialectal use, a spouse, companion, or mate.
  16. 16.A rare regional term for an old British halfpenny.

Verb

  1. 1.To bring something into existence by producing, constructing, or forming it.
  2. 2.Informally, to behave or conduct oneself in some particular manner.
  3. 3.To influence an outcome, tending either in its favor or against it.
  4. 4.To compose, form, or constitute an entire whole.
  5. 5.To construe or understand something according to one interpretation.
  6. 6.To establish a person or project as successful.
  7. 7.To place a person or object into the stated condition.
  8. 8.To represent something with a chosen appearance or character.
  9. 9.To compel somebody into carrying out the designated action.
  10. 10.To compel a person or object into acting.
  11. 11.For factual evidence, to imply or support some conclusion.
  12. 12.To arrange sheets and covers neatly on a bed.
  13. 13.In American slang, to recognize or identify someone.
  14. 14.Informally, to reach one's destination before a deadline.
  15. 15.Informally, to head or travel in one chosen direction.
  16. 16.To travel across and complete some measured distance.
  17. 17.To travel at or attain a stated speed.
  18. 18.To appoint someone or assign a name or title.
  19. 19.In criminal argot, to grant somebody full membership in a Mafia family or comparable group.
  20. 20.Euphemistically, to empty either the bladder or the bowels.
  21. 21.To obtain earnings, points, standing, membership, or another reward through achievement.
  22. 22.To pay or cover a cost, especially when discussing affordability.
  23. 23.In older use, to compose poetry or write verse.
  24. 24.To establish, enact, or formally put something into effect.
  25. 25.To develop eventually into something or prove its true nature.
  26. 26.To conceive an idea and organize it mentally.
  27. 27.In older use, to act, manage, interfere, or involve oneself.
  28. 28.In older use, to increase, accumulate, or grow.
  29. 29.In older usage, to involve oneself with some matter.
  30. 30.Archaically after “what,” to place something within the stated location.
  31. 31.Euphemistically, to be someone's first partner in penetrative sexual intercourse.

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