Collins English-English Dictionary

make [meɪk]

1. 1. vb [mainly tr] to bring into being by shaping, changing, or combining materials, ideas, etc; form or fashion; create

   to make a chair from bits of wood

   make a poem

2. 2. vb to draw up, establish, or form

   to make a decision

   make one's will

3. 3. vb to cause to exist, bring about, or produce

   don't make a noise

4. 4. vb to cause, compel, or induce

   please make him go away

5. 5. vb to appoint or assign, as to a rank or position

   they made him chairman

6. 6. vb to constitute

   one swallow doesn't make a summer

7. 7. vb [also intr] to come or cause to come into a specified state or condition

   to make merry

   make someone happy

8. 8. vb [copula] to be or become through development

   he will make a good teacher

9. 9. vb to cause or ensure the success of

   your news has made my day

10. 10. vb to amount to

    twelve inches make a foot

11. 11. vb to be part of or a member of

    did she make one of the party?

12. 12. vb to serve as or be suitable for

    that piece of cloth will make a coat

13. 13. vb to prepare or put into a fit condition for use

    to make a bed

14. 14. vb to be the essential element in or part of

    charm makes a good salesman

15. 15. vb to carry out, effect, or do

    to make a gesture

16. 16. vi. [intr; foll by to, as if to, or as though to] to act with the intention or with a show of doing something

    they made to go out

    he made as if to hit her

17. 17. vi. to use for a specified purpose

    I will make this town my base

18. 18. vi. to deliver or pronounce

    to make a speech

19. 19. vi. to judge, reckon, or give one's own opinion or information as to

    what time do you make it?

20. 20. vi. to cause to seem or represent as being

    that furniture makes the room look dark

21. 21. vi. to earn, acquire, or win for oneself

    to make friends

    make a fortune

22. 22. vi. to engage in

    make love not war

23. 23. vi. to traverse or cover (distance) by travelling

    we can make a hundred miles by nightfall

24. 24. vi. to arrive in time for

    he didn't make the first act of the play

25. 25. vi. [cards] to win a trick with (a specified card)

26. 26. vi. to shuffle (the cards)

27. 27. vi. [bridge] to fulfil (a contract) by winning the necessary number of tricks

28. 28. vi. [cricket] to score (runs)

29. 29. vi. [电子] to close (a circuit) permitting a flow of current - Compare break

30. 30. vi. [intr] to increase in depth

    the water in the hold was making a foot a minute

31. 31. vi. [intr] (of hay) to dry and mature

32. 32. vi. [Spoken] to gain a place or position on or in

    to make the headlines

    make the first team

33. 33. vi. [Spoken] to achieve the rank of

34. 34. vi. [Slang] to seduce

35. 35. vi. See do

36. 36. vi. See good

37. 37. vi. See time

38. 38. vi. another term for urinate

39. 39. n brand, type, or style

    what make of car is that?

40. 40. n the manner or way in which something is made

41. 41. n disposition or character; make-up

42. 42. n the act or process of making

43. 43. n the amount or number made

44. 44. n [bridge] the contract to be played

45. 45. n [cards] a player's turn to shuffle

46. 46. n See also make after make away make for make of make off make out make over make-up make with

47. 47. n [Etymology] Old English macian; related to Old Frisian makia to construct, Dutch maken, German machen to make

make [meɪk]

1. 1. n [Archaic] a peer or consort

2. 2. n a mate or spouse

3. 3. n [Etymology] Old English gemaca mate; related to match¹