Dictionary entry details
• MAKE (noun)
Meaning:
A recognizable kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
make; brand
Context examples:
there's a new brand of hero in the movies now / what make of car is that?
Hypernyms ("make" is a kind of...):
form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)
Meaning:
The act of mixing cards haphazardly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
shuffle; make; shuffling
Hypernyms ("make" is a kind of...):
reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "make"):
reshuffle; reshuffling (shuffling again)
riffle (shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners)
Holonyms ("make" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
• MAKE (verb)
Meaning:
Engage in
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
do; make
Context examples:
make love, not war / make an effort / do research / do nothing / make revolution
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
exaggerate; overdo (do something to an excessive degree)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give certain properties to something
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make; get
Context 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
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
leave (act or be so as to become in a specified state)
get; have; let (cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition)
render (cause to become)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Make or cause to be or to become
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
create; make
Context examples:
make a mess in one's office / create a furor
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
create verbally (create with or from words)
compose; write (write music)
choreograph (compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music)
direct (guide the actors in (plays and films))
film (record in film)
copy; re-create (make a replica of)
strike (produce by ignition or a blow)
style (make consistent with a certain fashion or style)
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
build; establish (build or establish something abstract)
build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
film-make (make films; be a film maker)
recreate (create anew)
offset (create an offset in)
incorporate (form a corporation)
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
beat (make by pounding or trampling)
raise (create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise)
cut (form by probing, penetrating, or digging)
cut (form or shape by cutting or incising)
prepare (to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery)
press (create by pressing)
bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)
bring forth; produce (bring forth or yield)
scrape (make by scraping)
form; organise; organize (create (as an entity))
bear; turn out (bring forth,)
beget; bring forth; engender; father; generate; get; mother; sire (make children)
track (make tracks upon)
cleave (make by cutting into)
twine (make by twisting together or intertwining)
puncture (make by piercing)
establish; lay down; make (institute, enact, or establish)
froth; spume; suds (make froth or foam and become bubbly)
derive; educe (develop or evolve from a latent or potential state)
distil; distill; extract (extract by the process of distillation)
clear (make a way or path by removing objects)
regenerate (form or produce anew)
multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or young)
bring; institute (advance or set forth in court)
short; short-circuit (create a short circuit in)
re-create (create anew)
put on; turn in (carry out (performances))
establish; give (bring about)
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
actualise; actualize; realise; realize; substantiate (make real or concrete; give reality or substance to)
create; make (create by artistic means)
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)
bring; make for; play; work; wreak (cause to happen or to occur as a consequence)
give; yield (cause to happen or be responsible for)
initiate; originate; start (bring into being)
bring forth; generate (bring into existence)
grind (created by grinding)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Also:
make over (make new)
make up (make up something artificial or untrue)
Meaning:
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cause; stimulate; induce; make; get; have
Context 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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony)
inspire; instigate; prompt (serve as the inciting cause of)
lead (cause to undertake a certain action)
let (actively cause something to happen)
encourage (spur on)
solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination)
bring (induce or persuade)
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
decide (cause to decide)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They make him to write the letter
Meaning:
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
cause; do; make
Context examples:
cause a commotion / make a stir / cause an accident
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
facilitate (increase the likelihood of (a response))
force; impel (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)
actuate; incite; motivate; move; prompt; propel (give an incentive for action)
breed; engender; spawn (call forth)
call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)
occasion (give occasion to)
make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way)
effect; effectuate; set up (produce)
initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)
determine; influence; mold; regulate; shape (shape or influence; give direction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Create or manufacture a man-made product
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
produce; create; make
Context examples:
We produce more cars than we can sell / The company has been making toys for two centuries
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
extrude; squeeze out (form or shape by forcing through an opening)
generate; give; render; return; yield (give or supply)
generate (produce (energy))
bootleg (produce or distribute illegally)
laminate (create laminate by putting together several thin sheets of a material)
smelt (extract (metals) by heating)
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
preassemble; prefabricate (to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings)
fudge together; throw together (produce shoddily, without much attention to detail)
print; publish (put into print)
confect (make or construct)
proof (make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset)
burn; cut (create by duplicating data)
put out (put out considerable effort)
elaborate (produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product)
breed (cause to procreate (animals))
make over; redo; refashion; remake (make new)
prefabricate (produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally)
underproduce (produce below capacity or demand)
output (to create or manufacture a specific amount)
pulsate; pulse (produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses)
clap together; clap up; slap together (make hastily and carelessly)
custom-make; customise; customize; tailor-make (make to specifications)
dummy; dummy up (make a dummy of)
turn out (produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery)
machine (make by machinery)
churn out (produce something at a fast rate)
overproduce (produce in excess)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue make the movie
Meaning:
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
draw; make
Context examples:
I draw a line here / draw a conclusion / draw parallels / make an estimate / What do you make of his remarks?
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law! / Heat makes you sweat
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
drive (compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Create by artistic means
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
create; make
Context examples:
create a poem / Schoenberg created twelve-tone music / Picasso created Cubism / Auden made verses
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
design (create designs)
design (create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner)
do; make (create or design, often in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue make the movie
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
realise; earn; pull in; bring in; realize; gain; take in; make; clear
Context 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
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
bear; pay; yield (bring in)
gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)
bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They make the money
Meaning:
Create or design, often in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
do; make
Context examples:
Do my room in blue / I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (create by artistic means)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
Did he make his major works over a short period of time?
Antonym:
unmake (deprive of certain characteristics)
Meaning:
To compose or represent:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
form; constitute; make
Context examples:
This wall forms the background of the stage setting / The branches made a roof / This makes a fine introduction
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
chelate (form a chelate, in chemistry)
add (constitute an addition)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Reach a goal, e.g.,
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
get to; progress to; reach; make
Context examples:
make the first team / We made it! / She may not make the grade
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be or be capable of being changed or made into
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context examples:
He makes a great host / He will make a fine father
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
become (come into existence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make by shaping or bringing together constituents
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
make a dress / make a cake / make a wall of stones
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
cooper (make barrels and casks)
fashion; forge (make out of components (often in an improvising manner))
construct; fabricate; manufacture (put together out of components or parts)
compile (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)
compile; compose (put together out of existing material)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Perform or carry out
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
make a decision / make a move / make advances / make a phone call
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
pay (render)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make by combining materials and parts
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
construct; build; make
Context examples:
this little pig made his house out of straw / Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
channelise; channelize (make a channel for; provide with a channel)
corduroy (build (a road) from logs laid side by side)
erect; put up; raise; rear; set up (construct, build, or erect)
cantilever (construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed)
groin (build with groins)
rebuild; reconstruct (build again)
frame; frame up (construct by fitting or uniting parts together)
wattle (build of or with wattle)
lock (build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels)
revet (construct a revetment)
customise; customize (make according to requirements)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men make the bookshelves
Meaning:
Change from one form into another
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
make water into wine / make lead into gold / make clay into bricks
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Act in a certain way so as to acquire
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context examples:
make friends / make enemies
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Charge with a function; charge to be
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
nominate; name; make
Context examples:
She was named Head of the Committee / She was made president of the club
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
rename (name again or anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sentence example:
They make her vice president
Meaning:
Achieve a point or goal
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
get; have; make
Context examples:
Nicklaus had a 70 / The Brazilian team got 4 goals / She made 29 points that day
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Reach a destination, either real or abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
arrive at; reach; attain; gain; hit; make
Context 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
"Make" entails doing...:
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
top (reach or ascend the top of)
make (reach in time)
find (succeed in reaching; arrive at)
culminate (reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body)
come through; get through (succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems)
ground; run aground (hit or reach the ground)
summit (reach the summit of a mountain)
top out (reach the highest point)
catch up (reach the point where one should be after a delay)
scale; surmount (reach the highest point of)
breast (reach the summit)
access; get at (reach or gain access to)
peak (to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity)
bottom out (reach the low point)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They make the water
Meaning:
Institute, enact, or establish
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
lay down; establish; make
Context example:
make laws
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
mark; set (establish as the highest level or best performance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Carry out or commit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context examples:
make a mistake / commit a faux-pas
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
commit; perpetrate; pull (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Add up to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
four and four make eight
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
add up; amount; come; number; total (add up in number or quantity)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Form by assembling individuals or constituents
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Make a quorum
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
assemble; gather; get together (get people together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Organize or be responsible for
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
hold; give; have; throw; make
Context examples:
hold a reception / have, throw, or make a party / give a course
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
direct (be in charge of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Prepare for eating by applying heat
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
ready; cook; prepare; fix; make
Context examples:
Cook me dinner, please / can you make me an omelette? / fix breakfast for the guests, please
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
precook (cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long)
whip up; whomp up (prepare or cook quickly or hastily)
concoct; cook up (prepare or cook by mixing ingredients)
lard (prepare or cook with lard)
devil (coat or stuff with a spicy paste)
put on (put on the stove or ready for cooking)
flambe (pour liquor over and ignite (a dish))
escallop; scallop (bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top)
deglaze (dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring)
dress; dress out (kill and prepare for market or consumption)
keep; preserve (prevent (food) from rotting)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs make the vegetables
Meaning:
Put in order or neaten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make up; make
Context examples:
make the bed / make up a room
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up (put (things or places) in order)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Head into a specified direction
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
take; make
Context examples:
The escaped convict took to the hills / We made for the mountains
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
head (to go or travel towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Have a bowel movement
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
take a shit; take a crap; defecate; crap; ca-ca; shit; stool; make
Context example:
The dog had made in the flower beds
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
dung (defecate; used of animals)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Undergo fabrication or creation
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This wool makes into a nice sweater
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Be suitable for
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Wood makes good furniture
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Amount to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
amount (be tantamount or equivalent to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Constitute the essence of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Clothes make the man
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
be; comprise; constitute; make up; represent (form or compose)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Appear to begin an activity
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context examples:
He made to speak but said nothing in the end / She made as if to say hello to us
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Proceed along a path
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
work; make
Context examples:
work one's way through the crowd / make one's way into the forest
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
claw (move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging)
jostle (make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving)
bushwhack (cut one's way through the woods or bush)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Reach in time
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
We barely made the plane
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Gather and light the materials for
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
make a fire
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
create from raw material; create from raw stuff (make from scratch)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Induce to have sex
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
seduce; score; make
Context examples:
Harry finally seduced Sally / Did you score last night? / Harry made Sally
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
"Make" entails doing...:
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 with (have sexual intercourse with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Assure the success of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
A good review by this critic will make your play!
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
assure; ensure; guarantee; insure; secure (make certain of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
break (cause the failure or ruin of)
Meaning:
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
make believe; pretend; make
Context example:
She makes like an actress
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; play; represent (play a role or part)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
go through the motions (pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Consider as being
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
It wasn't the problem some people made it
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Meaning:
Calculate as being
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I make the height about 100 feet
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Meaning:
Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
make my day
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Favor the development of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Practice makes the winner
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
develop (generate gradually)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Develop into
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
He will make a splendid father!
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
develop; grow (grow emotionally or mature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Behave in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
make merry
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Meaning:
Eliminate urine
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; wee; wee-wee; piss; micturate; pee-pee; make water; pee; pass water; urinate; piddle; puddle; make
Context example:
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
Hypernyms (to "make" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make"):
wet (make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating)
stale (urinate, of cattle and horses)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
