make as as though

transitive verb made, making

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

intransitive verb

1. to start (to do something): she made to go
2. to tend, extend, or point (to, toward, etc.)
3. to behave in a specified manner: with a following adjective: make bold, make merry, etc.
4. to cause something to be in a specified condition: make ready, make fast, etc.
5. to increase in depth or volume; rise or accumulate, as tide, snow, water in a ship, etc.
6. to mature: said of hay, etc.

noun

1. the act or process of making; esp., manufacture
2. the amount made; output, esp. of manufacture
3. the way in which something is made; style; build
4. type, sort, or brand: with reference to the maker or the place, time, etc. of making: a foreign make of car
5. disposition; character; nature: a man of this make
6. Slang the act or process of identifying a person, taking fingerprints, etc. in police work: run a make on the suspect
7. Elec. the closing of a circuit by making contact