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English noun: make | |||
| 1. | make (cognition) a recognizable kind | ||
| Samples | There's a new brand of hero in the movies now. What make of car is that?. | ||
| Synonyms | brand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, kind, sort, variety | ||
| 2. | make (act) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | ||
| Synonyms | shuffle, shuffling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reordering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reshuffle, reshuffling, riffle | ||
| Part meronym | card game, cards | ||
English verb: make | |||
| 1. | make (social) engage in | ||
| Samples | Make love, not war. Make an effort. Do research. Do nothing. Make revolution. | ||
| Synonyms | do | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | exaggerate, overdo | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 2. | make (change) give certain properties to something | ||
| Samples | Get someone mad. She made us look silly. He made a fool of himself at the meeting. Don't make this into a big deal. This invention will make you a millionaire. Make yourself clear. | ||
| Synonyms | get | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | get, have, leave, let, render | ||
| 3. | make (creation) make or cause to be or to become | ||
| Samples | Make a mess in one's office. Create a furor. | ||
| Synonyms | create | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | actualise, actualize, arouse, arouse, assemble, bear, beat, beget, blast, bring, bring, bring about, bring forth, bring forth, bring forth, bring up, build, build, call down, call forth, cause, chop, choreograph, clear, cleave, compose, conjure, conjure up, construct, copy, create, create by mental act, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, create mentally, create verbally, cut, cut, derive, direct, distil, distill, do, educe, elicit, engender, enkindle, establish, establish, establish, evoke, evoke, extract, father, film, film-make, fire, form, froth, generate, generate, get, give, give, give rise, grind, incorporate, initiate, institute, invoke, kindle, lay down, make, make, make, make, make for, manufacture, mother, multiply, offset, organise, organize, originate, piece, play, prepare, press, procreate, produce, produce, provoke, puncture, put forward, put on, put together, raise, raise, raise, re-create, re-create, realise, realize, recreate, regenerate, reproduce, scrape, set up, shell, short, short-circuit, sire, spume, start, stir, strike, style, substantiate, suds, tack, tack together, track, turn in, turn out, twine, work, wreak, write, yield | ||
| 4. | make (communication) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | ||
| Samples | The ads induced me to buy a VCR. My children finally got me to buy a computer. My wife made me buy a new sofa. | ||
| Examples | They make him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | cause, get, have, induce, stimulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bring, compel, decide, encourage, inspire, instigate, lead, let, obligate, oblige, persuade, prompt, solicit, suborn | ||
| 5. | make (creation) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally | ||
| Samples | Cause a commotion. Make a stir. Cause an accident. | ||
| Synonyms | cause, do | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | actuate, breed, call forth, determine, effect, effectuate, engender, evoke, facilitate, force, impel, incite, influence, initiate, kick up, make, mold, motivate, move, occasion, pioneer, prompt, propel, provoke, regulate, set up, shape, spawn | ||
| 6. | make (creation) create or manufacture a man-made product | ||
| Samples | We produce more cars than we can sell. The company has been making toys for two centuries. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue make the movie | ||
| Synonyms | create, produce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bootleg, breed, burn, churn out, clap together, clap up, confect, custom-make, customise, customize, cut, dummy, dummy up, elaborate, extrude, fudge together, generate, generate, give, laminate, machine, make over, output, overproduce, preassemble, prefabricate, prefabricate, print, proof, publish, pulsate, pulse, put out, redo, refashion, remake, render, reproduce, return, slap together, smelt, squeeze out, tailor-make, throw together, turn out, underproduce, yield | ||
| Verb group | create, make | ||
| 7. | make (cognition) make, formulate, or derive in the mind | ||
| Samples | I draw a line here. Draw a conclusion. Draw parallels. Make an estimate. What do you make of his remarks?. | ||
| Synonyms | draw | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create by mental act, create mentally | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 8. | make (creation) compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way | ||
| Samples | People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!. Heat makes you sweat. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cause, do, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drive | ||
| 9. | make (creation) create by artistic means | ||
| Samples | Create a poem. Schoenberg created twelve-tone music. Picasso created Cubism. Auden made verses. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue make the movie | ||
| Synonyms | create | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | design, design, do, make | ||
| Verb group | create, make, produce | ||
| 10. | make (possession) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | ||
| Samples | How much do you make a month in your new job?. She earns a lot in her new job. This merger brought in lots of money. He clears $5,000 each month. | ||
| Examples | They make the money | ||
| Synonyms | bring in, clear, earn, gain, pull in, realise, realize, take in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bear, bring home, eke out, gross, pay, profit, rake in, rake off, shovel in, squeeze out, take home, turn a profit, yield | ||
| Verb group | clear, make, net, sack, sack up | ||
| 11. | make (creation) create or design, often in a certain way | ||
| Samples | Do my room in blue. I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest. | ||
| Examples | Did he make his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | do | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Antonyms | unmake, undo | ||
| 12. | make (stative) to compose or represent: | ||
| Samples | This wall forms the background of the stage setting. The branches made a roof. This makes a fine introduction. | ||
| Synonyms | constitute, form | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | add, chelate | ||
| 13. | make (motion) reach a goal, e.g., | ||
| Samples | Make the first team. We made it!. She may not make the grade. | ||
| Synonyms | get to, progress to, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accomplish, achieve, attain, reach | ||
| 14. | make (stative) be or be capable of being changed or made into | ||
| Samples | He makes a great host. He will make a fine father. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become | ||
| 15. | make (creation) make by shaping or bringing together constituents | ||
| Samples | Make a dress. Make a cake. Make a wall of stones. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | compile, compile, compose, construct, cooper, fabricate, fashion, forge, manufacture | ||
| 16. | make (creation) perform or carry out | ||
| Samples | Make a decision. Make a move. Make advances. Make a phone call. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do, execute, perform | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pay | ||
| Verb group | do, make | ||
| 17. | make (creation) make by combining materials and parts | ||
| Samples | This little pig made his house out of straw. Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer. | ||
| Examples | The men make the bookshelves | ||
| Synonyms | build, construct | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cantilever, channelise, channelize, corduroy, customise, customize, dry-wall, erect, frame, frame up, groin, lock, put up, raise, rear, rebuild, reconstruct, revet, set up, wattle | ||
| Verb group | build | ||
| 18. | make (change) change from one form into another | ||
| Samples | Make water into wine. Make lead into gold. Make clay into bricks. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 19. | make (body) act in a certain way so as to acquire | ||
| Samples | Make friends. Make enemies. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, behave, do | ||
| Verb group | bring in, clear, earn, gain, get, have, make, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in | ||
| 20. | make (social) charge with a function; charge to be | ||
| Samples | She was named Head of the Committee. She was made president of the club. | ||
| Examples | They make her vice president | ||
| Synonyms | name, nominate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appoint, charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rename | ||
| 21. | make (possession) achieve a point or goal | ||
| Samples | Nicklaus had a 70. The Brazilian team got 4 goals. She made 29 points that day. | ||
| Synonyms | get, have | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit, rack up, score, tally | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 22. | make (motion) reach a destination, either real or abstract | ||
| Samples | We hit Detroit by noon. The water reached the doorstep. We barely made it to the finish line. I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts. | ||
| Examples | They make the water | ||
| Synonyms | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | access, bottom out, breast, catch up, come through, culminate, find, get at, get through, ground, make, peak, run aground, scale, summit, surmount, top, top out | ||
| Entail | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 23. | make (cognition) institute, enact, or establish | ||
| Samples | Make laws. | ||
| Synonyms | establish, lay down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mark, set | ||
| 24. | make (social) carry out or commit | ||
| Samples | Make a mistake. Commit a faux-pas. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | commit, perpetrate, pull | ||
| 25. | make (social) form by assembling individuals or constituents | ||
| Samples | Make a quorum. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemble, gather, get together | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 26. | make (creation) organize or be responsible for | ||
| Samples | Hold a reception. Have, throw, or make a party. Give a course. | ||
| Synonyms | give, have, hold, throw | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | direct | ||
| 27. | make (change) put in order or neaten | ||
| Samples | Make the bed. Make up a room. | ||
| Synonyms | make up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 28. | make (motion) head into a specified direction | ||
| Samples | The escaped convict took to the hills. We made for the mountains. | ||
| Synonyms | take | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | head | ||
| 29. | make (body) have a bowel movement | ||
| Samples | The dog had made in the flower beds. | ||
| Synonyms | ca-ca, crap, defecate, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dung | ||
| Verb group | make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee | ||
| 30. | make (stative) undergo fabrication or creation | ||
| Samples | This wool makes into a nice sweater. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 31. | make (stative) be suitable for | ||
| Samples | Wood makes good furniture. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 32. | make (stative) add up to | ||
| Samples | Four and four make eight. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | add up, amount, come, number, total | ||
| Verb group | make, make | ||
| Domain category | arithmetic | ||
| 33. | make (stative) amount to | ||
| Samples | This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amount | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 34. | make (stative) constitute the essence of | ||
| Samples | Clothes make the man. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent | ||
| 35. | make (perception) appear to begin an activity | ||
| Samples | He made to speak but said nothing in the end. She made as if to say hello to us. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, look, seem | ||
| 36. | make (motion) proceed along a path | ||
| Samples | Work one's way through the crowd. Make one's way into the forest. | ||
| Synonyms | work | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bushwhack, claw, jostle | ||
| Verb group | work | ||
| 37. | make (motion) reach in time | ||
| Samples | We barely made the plane. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | ||
| Verb group | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | ||
| 38. | make (creation) gather and light the materials for | ||
| Samples | Make a fire. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | ||
| Verb group | cook, fix, make, make, make up, prepare, ready | ||
| 39. | make (creation) prepare for eating by applying heat | ||
| Samples | Cook me dinner, please. Can you make me an omelette?. Fix breakfast for the guests, please. | ||
| Examples | The chefs make the vegetables | ||
| Synonyms | cook, fix, prepare, ready | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concoct, cook up, deglaze, devil, dress, dress out, escallop, flambe, keep, lard, precook, preserve, put on, scallop, whip up, whomp up | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 40. | make (contact) induce to have sex | ||
| Samples | Harry finally seduced Sally. Did you score last night?. Harry made Sally. | ||
| Synonyms | score, seduce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | persuade | ||
| Entail | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | ||
| Verb group | seduce | ||
| 41. | make (communication) assure the success of | ||
| Samples | A good review by this critic will make your play!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure | ||
| Antonyms | break | ||
| 42. | make (communication) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | ||
| Samples | She makes like an actress. | ||
| Synonyms | make believe, pretend | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, play, represent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | go through the motions | ||
| Verb group | affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham | ||
| 43. | make (cognition) consider as being | ||
| Samples | It wasn't the problem some people made it. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consider, reckon, regard, see, view | ||
| Verb group | make | ||
| 44. | make (cognition) calculate as being | ||
| Samples | I make the height about 100 feet. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge | ||
| Verb group | draw, make, make | ||
| 45. | make (change) cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable | ||
| Samples | Make my day. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 46. | make (change) favor the development of | ||
| Samples | Practice makes the winner. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
| 47. | make (change) develop into | ||
| Samples | He will make a splendid father!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | develop, grow | ||
| 48. | make (body) behave in a certain way | ||
| Samples | Make merry. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s Adjective | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, behave, do | ||
| 49. | make (body) eliminate urine | ||
| Samples | Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug. | ||
| Synonyms | make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stale, wet | ||
| Verb group | ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit, urinate | ||
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