Made vs. Make

Made (noun)

A grub or maggot.

Made (verb)

simple past tense and past participle of make

Made (verb)

simple past tense and past participle of myek

Made (verb)

simple past tense and past participle of mak

Make (verb)

To create.

Make (verb)

To build, construct, or produce.

“We made a bird feeder for our yard.”

“I’ll make a man out of him yet.”

Make (verb)

To write or compose.

“I made a poem for her wedding.”

“He made a will.”

Make (verb)

To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.

“make war”

“They were just a bunch of ne’er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.”

Make (verb)

To behave, to act.

“To make like a deer caught in the headlights.”

“They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.”

“He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.”

Make (verb)

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

Make (verb)

To constitute.

“They make a cute couple.”

“This makes the third infraction.”

“One swallow does not a summer make.”

Make (verb)

To interpret.

“I don’t know what to make of it.”

Make (verb)

To bring into success.

“This company is what made you.”

“She married into wealth and so has it made.”

Make (verb)

To cause to be.

“The citizens made their objections clear.”

“This might make you a bit woozy.”

“Did I make myself heard?”

“Scotch will make you a man.”

Make (verb)

To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

Make (verb)

To create as, earth, heaven, stars, etc.

“God made earth and heaven.”

Make (verb)

To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

“You’re making her cry.”

“I was made to feel like a criminal.”

Make (verb)

To force to do.

“The teacher made the student study.”

“Don’t let them make you suffer.”

Make (verb)

To indicate or suggest to be.

“His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.”

Make (verb)

To cover neatly with bedclothes.

Make (verb)

To recognise, identify.

Make (verb)

To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

“We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.”

Make (verb)

To proceed (in a direction).

“They made westward over the snowy mountains.”

“Make for the hills! It’s a wildfire!”

“They made away from the fire toward the river.”

Make (verb)

To cover (a given distance) by travelling. from 16^thc.

Make (verb)

To move at (a speed). from 17^thc.

“The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.”

“This baby can make 220 miles an hour.”

Make (verb)

To appoint; to name.

Make (verb)

To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

Make (verb)

To defecate or urinate.

Make (verb)

To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).

“They hope to make a bigger profit.”

“He didn’t make the choir after his voice changed.”

“She made ten points in that game.”

Make (verb)

To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

Make (verb)

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

Make (verb)

To enact; to establish.

Make (verb)

To develop into; to prove to be.

“She’ll make a fine president.”

Make (verb)

To form or formulate in the mind.

“make plans”

“made a questionable decision”

Make (verb)

To perform a feat.

“make a leap”

“make a pass”

“make a u-turn”

Make (verb)

To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

Make (verb)

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

Make (verb)

To be engaged or concerned in.

Make (verb)

To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

Make (verb)

To take the virginity of.

Make (noun)

Brand or kind; often paired with model. t

“What make of car do you drive?”

Make (noun)

How a thing is made; construction. s

Make (noun)

Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture. s

“The camera was of German make.”

Make (noun)

Quantity produced, especially of materials. s

Make (noun)

The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing. s

Make (noun)

A person’s character or disposition. s

Make (noun)

The declaration of the trump for a hand.

Make (noun)

The closing of an electrical circuit. s

Make (noun)

A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.

Make (noun)

Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence. s

Make (noun)

Past or future target of seduction (usually female). s

Make (noun)

A promotion.

Make (noun)

A home-made project

Make (noun)

A made basket.

Make (noun)

Mate; a spouse or companion.

Make (noun)

A halfpenny. from 16th c.