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Definition make

Etymology 1

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (�to make, build, work�), from Proto-Germanic *mak?n? (�to make, build, work�), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (�to knead, mix, make�). Cognate with Latin m?cer?, macer, Ancient Greek ????? (m�ss?), Scots mak (�to make�), Saterland Frisian moakje (�to make�), West Frisian meitsje (�to make�), Dutch maken (�to make�), Dutch Low Saxon maken (�to make�) and German Low German maken (�to make�), and German machen (�to make, do�). Related to match.

Verb

make (third-person singular simple present makes, present participle making, simple past and past participle made)

(transitive) To create.
1. To build, construct, or produce.
2. To write or compose.
3. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
4. (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
(intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
(intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
To constitute.
(transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
(intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
(transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
(ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
(ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
(ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
(ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
(transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
(transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
(transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
(intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
(transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling. [from 16c.]
(transitive) To move at (a speed). [from 17c.]
To appoint; to name.
(transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
(intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
(transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
(transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
(obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
To enact; to establish.
To develop into; to prove to be.
To form or formulate in the mind.
To perform a feat.
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
(obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
(obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
(now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
(transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

Noun

make (plural makes)

(often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
How a thing is made; construction.
Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
(uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
(dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
A person's character or disposition.
(bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
(physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
(computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
(slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
(slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
(slang, military) A promotion.
A home-made project
(basketball) A made basket.

Etymology 2

From Middle English make, imake, from Old English ?emaca (�a mate, an equal, companion, peer�), from Proto-Germanic *gamak� (�companion, comrade�), from Proto-Indo-European *ma?- (�to knead, oil�). Reinforced by Old Norse maki (�an equal�). Cognate with Icelandic maki (�spouse�), Swedish make (�spouse, husband�), Danish mage (�companion, fellow, mate�). See also match.