Make Definition

māk
made, makes, making
verb
made, makes, making
To start (to do something)
She made to go.
Webster's New World
To bring into being.
Webster's New World
To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct.
Make a dress; made a stone wall.
American Heritage
To tend, extend, or point (to, toward, etc.)
Webster's New World
To form by assembling individuals or constituents.
We made a temporary information center using savvy volunteers.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
makes
The act or process of making; esp., manufacture.
Webster's New World
The amount made; output, esp. of manufacture.
Webster's New World
A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark.
A famous make of shirt.
American Heritage
The way in which something is made; style; build.
Webster's New World
The origin of a product's manufacturing.
A bicycle of a French make.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
make a clean breast of
  • To confess fully.
American Heritage
make a face
  • To distort the features of the face; grimace.
American Heritage
make a go of
  • To achieve success in:

    have made a go of the business.

American Heritage
make away with
  • To carry off; steal.
  • To use up or consume.
American Heritage
make believe
  • To pretend.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Make

Noun

Singular:
make
Plural:
makes

Origin of Make

  • From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work"), from Proto-Germanic *makōnÄ… (“to make, build, work"), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make"). Cognate with Scots mak (“to make"), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make"), West Frisian maaikjen (“to make"), meitsje (“to make"), and oanmeitsje (“to act, 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English make, imake, from Old English Ä¡emaca (“a mate, an equal, companion, peer"), from Proto-Germanic *gamakô (“companion, comrade"), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English maken from Old English macian mag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin uncertain.

    From Wiktionary

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