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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:

make; shuffle; shuffling

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) 

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:

establish; lay down; make

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:

make; score; seduce

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))

bear; turn out (bring forth)

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)

compose; write (write music)

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:

give; have; hold; make; throw

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:

make; name; nominate

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)

Credits

 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)

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