Definition of make in English English dictionary
- A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility
- A person's character or disposition
- To cover (a given distance) by travelling
I made over twenty miles that day, for I was now hardened to fatigue and accustomed to long hikes, having spent considerable time hunting and exploring in the immediate vicinity of camp.
- The closing of an electrical circuit
- To behave, to act
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
- How a thing is made; construction
- To indicate or suggest to be
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
- Brand or kind; often paired with model
What make of car do you drive?.
- To bring into success
She married into wealth. She has it made.
- To constitute
This makes the third infraction.
- A promotion
- Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence
- Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture
The camera was of German make.
- Quantity produced, especially of materials
- To recognise (without being recognised in return)
David Sinclair: (walking) Almost at Seventh; I should have a visual any second now. (rounds a corner, almost collides into Kaleed Asan) Damn, that was close.Don Eppes: David, he make you?David Sinclair: No, I don't think so.
- To cover neatly with bedclothes
- The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing
- A halfpenny
- Mate; a spouse or companion
Th'Elfe therewith astownd, / Vpstarted lightly from his looser make, / And his vnready weapons gan in hand to take.
- To cause to do
I was made to feel like a criminal.
- To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
- or noun To cause to be
Scotch will make you a man.
- Past or future target of seduction (usually female)
- To create, construct, or produce
We’ll make a man out of him yet.
- The declaration of the trump for a hand
- To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man)
Henry Hill: Paulie's gonna make you?.
- To move at (a particular speed)
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
- To force to do
Don’t let them make you suffer.
- To interpret
I don’t know what to make of it.
- {i} model; type
- {n} a form, structure, nature, companion
- institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
- To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive
- undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater
- To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc
- The UNIX tool that compiles the Stronghold server binary based on instructions in the Makefile
- {f} construct from separate pieces; manufacture; cause to be; force; appoint; amount to; prepare; do; earn; perform; arrange; arrive in time; reach; become; estimate, judge; go in a certain direction
- appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing i the end"; "She made a if to say hello to us"
- give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
- make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
- a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
- A build tool primarily for C and C++ projects Ant is a more favorable competitor for any project based on Java
- create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
- vt [to cause someone to feel something (did I ~ you angry?)] membuat (buat) 2 vt [to get ready (will you ~ dinner?)] membuat (buat)
- engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
- A utility to maintain, update, and regenerate related programs and files The commands to be executed are placed in a makefile
- form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"; "The branches made a roof"
- be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
- To create, construct or produce
- behave in a certain way; "make merry"
- carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
- To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc
- to compose or represent: "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
- A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife
- To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; often with up; as, to make up a story
- 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
- To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast
- prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
- To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
- act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" behave in a certain way; "make merry" give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room" develop into; "He will make a splendid father!" change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner" cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day" calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet" consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!" make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" gather and light the materials for; "make a fire" perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" reach in time; "We barely made the plane" proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing i the end"; "She made a if to say hello to us" engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"; "The branches made a roof" constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man" amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" add up to; "four and four make eight" be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture" undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater
- To (non-specifically) make a hand means to get a decent hand that has a shot at winning the pot
- perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
- (VEHICLE)
- The Make of your vehicle is the same company that manufactured your vehicle
- To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day
- is the program that reads Makefiles and drives the building process SNiFF+ integrates a wide range of different Make implementations
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
- The purpose of the MAKE(1L) utility is to determine automatically which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issue the commands to recompile them In Modline, it is seen by extension as the manager of all actions in the system Like the Workbench, it can be considered as an interface between the user and the different tools that have to be run in order to get a result We use the GNU implementation of make, which was written by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath and is available free of charge from us (see the Open Modline Installation Guide for more details) GNU Make is portable on a wide variety of Unix computers and is much more powerful than any other proprietary tool, so we advise our customers to take advantage of Modline installation to get GNU Make and make it their default MAKE tool The complete GNU Make User Manual is now provided in PostScript form in the distribution
- maintain, update, and regenerate related programs and files
- make a break for it
- To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away
To restrain runaways who are too fragile to survive on the outside, Administrator Edward Farmilant of Chicago's Somerset nursing home gave the front door guard pictures of 36 patients who might make a break for it.
- make a clean breast
- to be honest about something; to confess
Master, he said that day to me, this must come to an end. I must make a clean breast of it. This Nemo is leaving land and going up to the north. But I declare to you that I have had enough of the South Pole, and I will not follow him to the North..
- make a decision
- To decide
You need to make a decision whether or not to go.
- make a difference
- To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance
- make a difference
- To matter
- make a face
- To make a facial expression, often for humor, as a taunt, or to indicate distaste
- make a fool of
- To cause (someone) to seem foolish
- make a go of it
- To attempt to make a success of it; especially, to attempt to make a living
He quit his regular job and tried to make a go of it as an artist.
- make a hash of
- to do badly, particularly to make a mess while doing
Pouring drinks is one thing I always make a hash of, so please help yourselves.
- make a killing
- To win or earn a large amount of money
Danny Boyle's critical darling 'Slumdog Millionaire' has made a killing at the box office and is now being lavished with awards.
- make a leg
- to make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back
- make a living
- To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family
- make a meal of
- To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated
: Make it quick and painless, she'd told herself, don't make a meal of it.
- make a mistake
- To err, to be wrong
- make a monkey of
- Alternative form of make a monkey out of
- make a monkey out of
- To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule
It is very difficult to make a monkey out of policy makers who can read and write and can argue a case logically.
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial
If you're stuck in traffic, try not to make a mountain out of a molehill worrying about it too much. It could be much worse.
- make a muscle
- To flex the biceps muscles in the upper arm as a show of muscular strength or development
- make a name for oneself
- to gain fame
- make a pig's ear of
- To do badly; to make a mess of
Instead, he had lain awake for hours, knowing he'd made a pig's ear of everything, and trying to think of a way to sort things out.
- make a point
- To take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done
Make a point to carry your calendar with you at all times.
- make a point
- To argue or promote an idea
I suppose the people who wrote that stuff on the wall were trying to make a point, but they mainly made a mess.
- make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value
A smart development can make a silk purse of a sow's ear, and the effect on older properties can be quite dramatic.
- make a spectacle of oneself
- To embarrass oneself or others in public
- make a splash
- To do something that attracts attention
If you want to make a splash at the event, do something especially memorable.
- make a stick for one's own back
- To take a decision that will have personally adverse consequences
Allowing a known trouble-maker to join the team is making a stick for your own back.
- make a stink
- To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem
If nothing happens when you ask nicely, make a stink until something gets done.
- make a virtue of necessity
- To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits
Nietzsche, as I gather, regarded the slave-morality as having been invented and imposed on the world by slaves making a virtue of necessity and a religion of their servitude.
- make against
- To contradict; to defeat; to refute; to work against
I must take more exercise than I have done for time past—it will make against my Studies but it is better to have health to preach what I now know ... than to know more and not be able to preach at all.
- make amends
- To repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress
I hope they can stop fighting and make amends.
- make an ass of
- To cause (someone) to seem foolish
- make an example of
- To punish someone so as to be a warning to others
He made an example of' the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.
- make an exhibition of oneself
- To embarrass oneself or others in public
- make an honest woman
- To marry (a woman), especially if she is having a sexual relationship
the mother, Mr Jones, Mr Nightingale, and his love, stept into a hackney-coach, which conveyed them to Doctors' Commons; where Miss Nancy was, in vulgar language, soon made an honest woman, and the poor mother became one of the happiest of all human beings.
- make an offer
- To bid, propose, to initiate a proposal
- make away
- To depart, leave; to make off
- make away
- To kill oneself, commit suicide
Hostratus the friar took that book which Reuchlin had written against him, under the name of Epist. obscurorum vivorum, so to heart, that for shame and grief he made away himself.
- make away
- To destroy
- make away
- To get rid of, dispose of
Will you,’ said he, ‘on your honour, let me see them uncurtailed, and not offer to make them away; no, not a single paper?’.
- make away
- To kill
- make away with
- to transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate
- make away with
- to steal
- make belief
- The abstract quality of making believe
- make believe
- The act of pretending that what is imaginary is real
- make believe
- To pretend or imagine
Let's build a fort out of chairs and blankets and make believe we are pirates.
- make believe
- imaginary; conjured in someone's imagination, especially when imagined by a child
- make book
- To be very confident
Oh, you can make book that she didn't start no love-making. She ain't the kind to curl up in a man's ear and whisper..
- make book
- To gamble, either by placing or taking bets
In the American League, front-running Cleveland was an odds-on favorite with the men who make book on baseball.
- make common cause
- To cooperate, to enter into an alliance for a shared goal
- make do
- to survive, get by with, or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources)
There is barely enough money, so we will have to make do with what we have.
- make do and mend
- A philosophy, during World War II, of repairing clothes etc that would normally be discarded due to shortages and rationing
The 'make do and mend' campaign was the Board of Trade's central propaganda effort directed at housewives. It gave advice on preservation, renovation, and repair of clothing and other household goods.
- make do with
- to get along with whatever is available
The recipe calls for exotic mushrooms, but we'll have to make do with ordinary ones.
- make ends meet
- to have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday)
Although most of the poor and displaced in Khartoum struggle to make ends meet, a very small number not only find work, but form small co-operatives.
- make eyes at
- To flirt with someone by making obvious glances
- make faces
- Alternative form of make a face
Tarzan on his part never lost an opportunity to show that he fully reciprocated his foster father's sentiments, and whenever he could safely annoy him or make faces at him or hurl insults upon him from the safety of his mother's arms, or the slender branches of the higher trees, he did so.
- make file
- A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code
- make files
- plural form of make file
- make for
- To set out to go (someplace); to move towards
e disappeared into his house much as a startled weasel makes for its hole.
- make for
- To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.)
That they are “conditions of thought” does not make for Kant’s theory of the categories one iota more than it makes for the theory of Aristotle or for the theory of Locke.
- make for
- To tend to produce or result in
It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air that makes for indolent content.
- make fun of
- To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner
Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her.
- make game of
- to ridicule; to jest
- make good
- To achieve substantial success in life, often in business
- make good
- : To complete successfully
The check bounced, but he said he will make good on it next month.
- make good on
- to fulfill (a promise etc)
- make haste
- To hurry or hasten
- make hay
- to take advantage of an opportunity
- make hay
- to cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed
- make hay while the sun shines
- To act while an opportunity exists; to take action while a situation is favorable
- make head or tail of
- To understand even minimally
See if you can make head or tail of this chapter. I'm baffled.
- make head or tail of
- To determine to be good or bad
- make headway
- To progress; to move forward
I worked on them all day, but barely made headway at all.
- make into
- To cause (the first object) to become (the second object), to change
The potion made him into a toad.
- make it
- to become famous and successful
Cause there’s a million better bands.
- make it
- to survive, to live through something
Don’t die, pal. You’re gonna make it little buddy. Come on, man. We’re gonna help you, and you’re gonna make it.
- make it
- to have sexual intercourse
a fellow who knew how to make every girl happy, but once he’d made it with her didn’t know where to go from there.
- make it
- to reach a place
I was scrambling to my feet when I saw the car sliding back toward me, having not quite made it to the crest of the hill.
- make it big
- To become famous and successful
- make it hot for
- to cause trouble, suffering or discomfort for someone
- make it snappy
- Do it quickly; be quick about it
Bring me a coffee, and make it snappy!.
- make it up as one goes along
- To improvise continuously
- make known
- To disclose a secret
I wouldn't make this known to anyone else, if I were you.
- make known
- To announce some information generally
The decision was made known when it appeared on the evening news.
- make light of
- To regard without due seriousness; to joke or disregard inappropriately
I wish you wouldn't make light of the matter, when it obviously means a great deal to him.
- make like
- To behave as though
Make like we're getting married and repeat after me, 2004 is the year I will moisturise daily.
- make like
- To behave in the manner of
In his office is an eight-foot bull whip; Ed likes to snap it around and make like a slave-driver.
- make like a banana and split
- to leave, depart
- make like a tree and leave
- to leave, depart
- make love
- To flirt; to romance
- make love
- To engage in sexual intercourse
- make love, not war
- A hippie anti-war slogan encouraging love and peace
- make merry
- To enjoy oneself in a jolly and festive manner
- make no bones about
- To see no difficulty in, have no objection to
- make off
- To run away; to exit
e was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more.
- make off with
- to steal something and run
- make old bones
- To last a long time; to last or store well
It is a nice fruity wine, but it doesn't make old bones.
- make old bones
- To live to an old age
With his heart condition, he'll never make old bones.
- make one's mark
- To make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve apparent success
- make one's way
- To move forward, usually toward a destination or goal, physically or conceptually
- make oneself scarce
- To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away
Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more miserable tasks to assign to me.
- make or break
- To be a crucial factor in determining the success of something
Vince knew that his ability to come up with a catchy hook would make or break his song.
- make out
- To designate as the recipient, the payee
Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company.
- make out
- To succeed; to turn out or end up
Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out?.
- make out
- To discern
Though nothing of the vault except the roof was visible from where I lay, and so I could not see these visitors, yet I heard every word spoken, and soon made out one voice as being Master Ratsey's. This discovery gave me no surprise but much solace, for I thought that if the worst happened and I was discovered, I should find one friend with whom I could plead for life.
- make out
- To characterize as; often with to be
His version of the story makes me out to be the bad guy.
- make out
- To fabricate a story
I had to make out that my car was stolen in order to get any insurance money.
- make out
- To kiss passionately or make love
We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.
- make out like a bandit
- To profit greatly; to get an excessively good deal
Somebody must be making out like a bandit if they have managed to sell a $50 product for $500 like that!.
- make over
- To improve upon and/or take in a new direction
The senator needs to make over his image.
- make over
- To create a new physical look, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes
Cindy is going to make over Karen tomorrow.
- make over
- To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them
We're going to make over the garage into a guest suite.
- make over
- To transfer ownership, especially by means of a legal document
- make quick work of
- To accomplish a specified task easily and quickly
- make right
- To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation
We had some bad blood initially, but in the end it was all made right by talking things over.
- make room
- Rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects
- make sense
- To decipher or understand
Can you make sense of her handwriting?.
- make sense
- To be coherent or reasonable
Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.
- make short work of
- to make a task quicker or easier
A good electric screwdriver will make short work of the disassembly process.
- make somebody's hair curl
- Alternative form of curl someone's hair
- make someone cry
- To willfully cause someone to cry, usually after berating or yelling at him/her intensely
The young woman's boss was stern and old-school, and he was out to make her cry after refusing to tolerate her mistakes.
- make someone's day
- To make someone happy or to be a source of satisfaction
Thank you for the unexpected gift. It really made my day.
- make someone's hair curl
- Alternative form of curl someone's hair
- make someone's skin crawl
- To disturb or bother; to frighten or disgust
The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard just makes my skin crawl.
- make someone's teeth itch
- To bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge
The squeaking won’t do any harm, but if it makes your teeth itch, oil the hinge.
- make something of oneself
- To attempt to be successful on one's own initiative
He moved to the big smoke when he was 17 to make something of himself.
- make sure
- To verify; to recheck; to use extra care or caution
When you leave, make sure you lock the door behind you.
- make the bed
- To arrange the sheets of a bed in a neat way
- make the cut
- To succeed; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities
Out of a pool of twenty applicants, only 3 made the cut.
- make the grade
- To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit
In the end, only eight plucky contestants made the grade.
- make the most of
- Realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of something; derive as much benefit or profit from something as is possible
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. — Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- make the rounds
- To circulate something from one place to another
The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.
- make the rounds
- To go from one place to another for a particular reason
The doctors at the hospital check on the patients when they make the rounds at nine o'clock.
- make the welkin ring
- To make a loud noise
- make the welkin ring
- To celebrate or revel
- make things hot for
- Alternative spelling of make it hot for
- make tracks
- To leave in a hurry
- make tracks
- To leave or depart; to go away
I had better make tracks now, since my plane leaves soon.
- make tracks for
- to head for
- make tracks for
- to go in pursuit for
- make up
- to assemble, or mix
I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a two hours to cook.
- make up
- To overcome a disadvantage
- make up
- to compensate, fill in or catch up
Cuba took limited free market-oriented measures to alleviate severe shortages of food, consumer goods, and services to make up for the ending of Soviet subsidies.
- make up
- to invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.)
He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.
- make up
- to constitute; to compose; to form
- make up
- to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight
They fight a lot, but they always manage to make up.
- make up
- to apply cosmetics or makeup
Let's leave as soon I make up my face.
- make up one's mind
- To decide; to reach a conclusion
I can't make up my mind whether to have ice cream or cake.
- make use
- To use, usually productively and/or for a specific purpose
- make water
- To urinate
I need to go make water. - Hoke Colburn, Driving Miss Daisy.
- make waves
- To upset the status quo
