• Noun: a recognizable kind; examples: "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now", "what make of car is that?"
• Noun: the act of mixing cards haphazardly
• Verb: engage in; examples: "make love, not war", "make an effort", "do research", "do nothing", "make revolution"
• Verb: give certain properties to something; examples: "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"
• Verb: make or cause to be or to become; examples: "make a mess in one's office", "create a furor"
• Verb: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; examples: "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"
• Verb: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; examples: "cause a commotion", "make a stir", "cause an accident"
• Verb: create or manufacture a man-made product; examples: "We produce more cars than we can sell", "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
• Verb: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; examples: "I draw a line here", "draw a conclusion", "draw parallels", "make an estimate", "What do you make of his remarks?"
• Verb: compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; examples: "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!", "Heat makes you sweat"
• Verb: create by artistic means; examples: "create a poem", "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music", "Picasso created Cubism", "Auden made verses"
• Verb: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; examples: "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"
• Verb: create or design, often in a certain way; examples: "Do my room in blue", "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
• Verb: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; examples: "The branches made a roof", "This makes a fine introduction"
• Verb: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; examples: "We made it!", "She may not make the grade"
• Verb: be or be capable of being changed or made into; examples: "He makes a great host", "He will make a fine father"
• Verb: make by shaping or bringing together constituents; examples: "make a dress", "make a cake", "make a wall of stones"
• Verb: perform or carry out; examples: "make a decision", "make a move", "make advances", "make a phone call"
• Verb: make by combining materials and parts; examples: "this little pig made his house out of straw", "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
• Verb: change from one form into another; examples: "make water into wine", "make lead into gold", "make clay into bricks"
• Verb: act in a certain way so as to acquire; examples: "make friends", "make enemies"
• Verb: charge with a function; charge to be; examples: "She was named Head of the Committee", "She was made president of the club"
• Verb: achieve a point or goal; examples: "Nicklaus had a 70", "The Brazilian team got 4 goals", "She made 29 points that day"
• Verb: reach a destination, either real or abstract; examples: "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"
• Verb: institute, enact, or establish; example: "make laws"
• Verb: carry out or commit; examples: "make a mistake", "commit a faux-pas"
• Verb: add up to; example: "four and four make eight"
• Verb: form by assembling individuals or constituents; example: "Make a quorum"
• Verb: organize or be responsible for; examples: "hold a reception", "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course"
• Verb: prepare for eating by applying heat; examples: "Cook me dinner, please", "can you make me an omelette?", "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
• Verb: put in order or neaten; examples: "make the bed", "make up a room"
• Verb: head into a specified direction; examples: "The escaped convict took to the hills", "We made for the mountains"
• Verb: have a bowel movement; example: "The dog had made in the flower beds"
• Verb: undergo fabrication or creation; example: "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
• Verb: be suitable for; example: "Wood makes good furniture"
• Verb: amount to; example: "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
• Verb: constitute the essence of; example: "Clothes make the man"
• Verb: appear to begin an activity; examples: "He made to speak but said nothing in the end", "She made as if to say hello to us"
• Verb: proceed along a path; examples: "work one's way through the crowd", "make one's way into the forest"
• Verb: reach in time; example: "We barely made the plane"
• Verb: gather and light the materials for; example: "make a fire"
• Verb: induce to have sex; examples: "Harry finally seduced Sally", "Did you score last night?", "Harry made Sally"
• Verb: assure the success of; example: "A good review by this critic will make your play!"
• Verb: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; example: "She makes like an actress"
• Verb: consider as being; example: "It wasn't the problem some people made it"
• Verb: calculate as being; example: "I make the height about 100 feet"
• Verb: cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; example: "make my day"
• Verb: favor the development of; example: "Practice makes the winner"
• Verb: develop into; example: "He will make a splendid father!"
• Verb: behave in a certain way; example: "make merry"
• Verb: eliminate urine; example: "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
