make
Forms
- present (v1)
- make
- past (v2)
- made
- past participle (v3)
- made
- present participle
- making
- 3rd person singular
- makes
- Plural
- makes
Definitions
1.To create.
- I made a poem for her wedding.
- I'll make a man out of him yet.
- We made a bird feeder for our yard.
2.To behave, to act.(colloquial)
- To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
- They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
- He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
3.To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- Follow after the things which make for peace.
4.To constitute.
- One swallow does not a summer make.
- Style alone does not make a writer.
- This makes the third infraction.
1.Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
- Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It's a Buick LaCrosse.
2.Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
- I can name the tribe every moccasin belongs to by the make of it.
3.Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- The camera was of German make.
- The camera was of recent make.
- The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
4.A person's character or disposition.
- I never feel very much excited about any old thing; it's not my make; but I've got a sort of shiver inside of me, and a watery feeling in the heart region.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #50
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match.