transitive verb made, making
- to bring into being; specif.,
- to form by shaping or putting parts or ingredients together, physically or mentally; build, construct, fabricate, fashion, create, compose, devise, formulate, etc.
- to fit or destine, as if by fashioning: they were made for each other
- to cause; bring about; produce: to make corrections
- to bring together materials for and start: to make a fire
- to cause to be available; provide: to make change, to make room
- to present for consideration: to make a suggestion
- to bring into a specified condition; specif.,: sometimes used reflexively: make yourself comfortable
- to cause to be or become; specif., to elect or appoint: make her director
- to cause to seem: the portrait makes him an old man
- to prepare by arranging the sheets, blankets, etc.: said of a bed
- to amount to; form as a total: two pints make a quart
- to count as; constitute: this makes his fifth novel
- to turn out to be; have, or prove to have, the essential qualities of: to make a fine leader
- to set up; establish: to make rules
- to get or acquire, as by one's behavior: to make friends
- to get by earning, investing, etc.: to make a fortune
- to cause the success of: that venture made her
- to understand or regard as the meaning (of): what do you make of the poem?
- to estimate to be; regard as: I make the distance about 500 miles
- to do or perform (a specified action); execute; accomplish: to make a quick turn
- to engage in; carry on: to make war
- to deliver (a speech) or utter (remarks, etc.)
- to cause or force: followed by an infinitive without to: make the machine work, make him behave
- to arrive at; reach: the ship made port
- to arrive at in time: to make a train
- to go or travel; traverse: to make 500 miles the first day, to make 90 miles an hour
- Informal to succeed in getting membership in, a position on, the status of, recognition in, etc.: to make the team, to make the headlines
- ☆ Slang to succeed in becoming the lover of; seduce
- Slang to identify or recognize
- Slang to induct, for one's lifetime, into the Mafia: usually used as a participial adj.: a made man
- Archaic to shut (a door) tight
- Card Games
- to win (tricks) or fulfill (one's bid)
- to take a trick with (a specified card)
- to shuffle (the cards)
- Elec. to close (a circuit); effect (a contact)
- Games to score; get as a score
- Law to perform, execute, or sign (a legal document)