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make > 51 senses
NOUN	1	make, brand	A recognizable kind
NOUN	2	make, shuffle, shuffling	The act of mixing cards haphazardly
VERB	1	make, do	Engage in
	2	make, get	Give certain properties to something
	3	make, create	Make or cause to be or to become
	4	make, induce, stimulate, cause, have, get	Cause to do
	5	make, cause, do	Give rise to
	6	make, produce, create	Create or manufacture a man-made product
	7	make, draw	Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
	8	make	Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
	9	make, create	Create by artistic means
	10	make, gain, take in, clear, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in	Earn on some commercial or business transaction
	11	make, do	Create or design, often in a certain way
	12	make, form, constitute	To compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
	13	make, reach, get to, progress to	Reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
	14	make	Be or be capable of being changed or made into
	15	make	Make by shaping or bringing together constituents
	16	make	Perform or carry out
	17	make, construct, build	Make by combining materials and parts
	18	make	Change from one form into another
	19	make	Act in a certain way so as to acquire
	20	make, name, nominate	Charge with a function
	21	make, have, get	Achieve a point or goal
	22	make, reach, attain, hit, arrive at, gain	Reach a destination, either real or abstract
	23	make, lay down, establish	Institute, enact, or establish
	24	make	Carry out or commit
	25	make	Add up to
	26	make	Form by assembling individuals or constituents
	27	make, hold, throw, have, give	Organize or be responsible for
	28	make, cook, fix, ready, prepare	Prepare for eating by applying heat
	29	make, make up	Put in order or neaten
	30	make, take	Head into a specified direction
	31	make, stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap	Have a bowel movement
	32	make	Undergo fabrication or creation
	33	make	Be suitable for
	34	make	Amount to
	35	make	Constitute the essence of
	36	make	Appear to begin an activity
	37	make, work	Proceed along a path
	38	make	Reach in time
	39	make	Gather and light the materials for
	40	make, seduce, score	Induce to have sex
	41	make	Assure the success of
	42	make, pretend, make believe	Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
	43	make	Consider as being
	44	make	Calculate as being
	45	make	Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
	46	make	Favor the development of
	47	make	Develop into
	48	make	Behave in a certain way
	49	make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water	Eliminate urine

make > pronunciation
Sounds	mey'k
Rhymes	ache, awake, backache, and 55 more rhymes in eyk...

make > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	A recognizable kind.
Examples	"what make of car is that?"
Synonyms	brand
Broader	kind, sort, form, variety
Verbs	make; make

make > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of mixing cards haphazardly.
Synonyms	shuffle, shuffling
Part of	card game, cards
Broader	reordering
Narrower	reshuffle, reshuffling; riffle

make > verb 1, social
Meaning	Engage in.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "make revolution"
Synonyms	do
Similar to	make
Narrower	overdo, exaggerate

make > verb 2, change
Meaning	Give certain properties to something.
Pattern	Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Examples	"Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
Synonyms	get
Broader	change, alter, modify
Narrower	render; get, let, have; leave

make > verb 3, creation
Meaning	Make or cause to be or to become.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"make a mess in one's office"
Synonyms	create
See also	make over; make up
Narrower	beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth; reproduce, procreate, multiply; regenerate; clear; distill, extract, distil; derive, educe; froth, spume, suds; lay down, establish, make; puncture; twine; cleave; track; institute, bring; short-circuit, short; re-create; grind; generate, bring forth; originate, initiate, start; give, yield; bring, work, play, wreak, make for; raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth; create by mental act, create mentally; create, make; realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate; cause, do, make; establish, give; put on, turn in; bear, turn out; create from raw material, create from raw stuff; construct, build, make; build, establish; assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together; style; strike; copy, re-create; create verbally; compose, write; choreograph; direct; film; film-make; recreate; offset; scrape; produce, bring forth; produce, bring about, give rise; press; prepare; cut; cut; raise; beat; arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke; incorporate; form, organize, organise
Nouns	making

make > verb 4, communication
Meaning	Cause to do. Cause to act in a specified manner.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Model	They make him to write the letter
Synonyms	induce, stimulate, cause, have, get
Narrower	decide; persuade; bring; solicit; encourage; let; lead; prompt, inspire, instigate; suborn; compel, oblige, obligate

make > verb 5, creation
Meaning	Give rise to. Cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"make a stir"
Synonyms	cause, do
Broader	make, create
Narrower	determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate; initiate, pioneer; effect, effectuate, set up; make; occasion; provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up; engender, breed, spawn; motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite; impel, force; facilitate

make > verb 6, creation
Meaning	Create or manufacture a man-made product.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Model	Sam and Sue make the movie
Synonyms	produce, create
Similar to	create, make
Narrower	breed; remake, refashion, redo, make over; prefabricate; underproduce; output; pulse, pulsate; clap up, clap together, slap together; custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make; dummy, dummy up; turn out; machine; churn out; overproduce; elaborate; put out; laminate; bootleg; generate; render, yield, return, give, generate; extrude, squeeze out; smelt; reproduce; prefabricate, preassemble; fudge together, throw together; print, publish; confect; proof; cut, burn
Nouns	make; making; maker; maker

make > verb 7, cognition
Meaning	Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
Synonyms	draw
Similar to	make
Broader	create by mental act, create mentally

make > verb 8, creation
Meaning	Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Examples	"Heat makes you sweat"
Broader	cause, do, make
Narrower	drive

make > verb 9, creation
Meaning	Create by artistic means.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	Sam and Sue make the movie
Synonyms	create
Similar to	produce, make, create
Broader	make, create
Narrower	do, make; design; design
Nouns	making

make > verb 10, possession
Meaning	Earn on some commercial or business transaction. Earn as salary or wages.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They make the money
Examples	"How much do you make a month in your new job?"
Synonyms	gain, take in, clear, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
Similar to	make; net, sack, sack up, clear
Broader	get, acquire
Narrower	eke out, squeeze out; profit, turn a profit; rake off; take home, bring home; rake in, shovel in; gross; yield, pay, bear

make > verb 11, creation
Meaning	Create or design, often in a certain way.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
Model	Did he make his major works over a short period of time?
Synonyms	do
Contrary	unmake, undo
Broader	create, make

make > verb 12, stative
Meaning	To compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting".
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"This makes a fine introduction"
Synonyms	form, constitute
Broader	constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
Narrower	chelate; add

make > verb 13, motion
Meaning	Reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team".
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"She may not make the grade"
Synonyms	reach, get to, progress to
Broader	achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

make > verb 14, stative
Meaning	Be or be capable of being changed or made into.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
Broader	become

make > verb 15, creation
Meaning	Make by shaping or bringing together constituents.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
Broader	create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Narrower	compose, compile; compile; manufacture, fabricate, construct; fashion, forge; cooper
Nouns	making

make > verb 16, creation
Meaning	Perform or carry out.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
Similar to	make, do
Broader	perform, execute, do
Narrower	pay

make > verb 17, creation
Meaning	Make by combining materials and parts.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	The men make the bookshelves
Synonyms	construct, build
Similar to	build
Broader	make, create
Narrower	customize, customise; revet; lock; wattle; frame, frame up; rebuild, reconstruct; groin; cantilever; raise, erect, rear, set up, put up; corduroy; channelize, channelise
Nouns	make; making; maker

make > verb 18, change
Meaning	Change from one form into another.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something PP
Examples	"make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
Broader	change, alter, modify

make > verb 19, body
Meaning	Act in a certain way so as to acquire.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"make friends"; "make enemies"
Similar to	gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in; have, get, make
Broader	act, behave, do

make > verb 20, social
Meaning	Charge with a function. Charge to be.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody something
Model	They make her vice president
Synonyms	name, nominate
Broader	appoint, charge
Narrower	rename

make > verb 21, possession
Meaning	Achieve a point or goal.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	have, get
Similar to	make
Broader	score, hit, tally, rack up

make > verb 22, motion
Meaning	Reach a destination, either real or abstract.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They make the water
Synonyms	reach, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
Similar to	make
Narrower	catch up; scale, surmount; breast; access, get at; peak; bottom out; top out; summit; top; make; find; culminate; get through, come through; ground, run aground
Entails	travel, go, move, locomote

make > verb 23, cognition
Meaning	Institute, enact, or establish.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Examples	"make laws"
Synonyms	lay down, establish
Broader	make, create
Narrower	set, mark

make > verb 24, social
Meaning	Carry out or commit.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"make a mistake"
Broader	perpetrate, commit, pull

make > verb 25, stative
Meaning	Add up to.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"four and four make eight"
Similar to	make; make
Category	arithmetic
Broader	total, number, add up, come, amount

make > verb 26, social
Meaning	Form by assembling individuals or constituents.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"Make a quorum"
Similar to	make
Broader	assemble, gather, get together

make > verb 27, creation
Meaning	Organize or be responsible for.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"have, throw, or make a party"
Synonyms	hold, throw, have, give
Broader	direct

make > verb 28, creation
Meaning	Prepare for eating by applying heat.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	The chefs make the vegetables
Examples	"can you make me an omelette?"
Synonyms	cook, fix, ready, prepare
Similar to	make
Broader	create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Narrower	preserve, keep; dress, dress out; deglaze; scallop, escallop; flambe; put on; devil; precook; whip up, whomp up; concoct, cook up; lard

make > verb 29, change
Meaning	Put in order or neaten.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"make the bed"; "make up a room"
Synonyms	make up
Similar to	make
Broader	tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

make > verb 30, motion
Meaning	Head into a specified direction.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	take
Broader	head

make > verb 31, body
Meaning	Have a bowel movement.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap
Similar to	make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
Broader	excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
Narrower	dung

make > verb 32, stative
Meaning	Undergo fabrication or creation.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Examples	"This wool makes into a nice sweater"
Broader	change
Nouns	making; making

make > verb 33, stative
Meaning	Be suitable for.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"Wood makes good furniture"
Broader	be
Nouns	making

make > verb 34, stative
Meaning	Amount to.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
Similar to	make
Broader	amount

make > verb 35, stative
Meaning	Constitute the essence of.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Examples	"Clothes make the man"
Broader	constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be

make > verb 36, perception
Meaning	Appear to begin an activity.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Broader	look, appear, seem

make > verb 37, motion
Meaning	Proceed along a path.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"make one's way into the forest"
Synonyms	work
Similar to	work
Broader	pass, go through, go across
Narrower	claw; jostle; bushwhack

make > verb 38, motion
Meaning	Reach in time.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Similar to	reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
Broader	reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

make > verb 39, creation
Meaning	Gather and light the materials for.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"make a fire"
Similar to	make, make up; cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
Broader	create from raw material, create from raw stuff

make > verb 40, contact
Meaning	Induce to have sex.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	seduce, score
Similar to	seduce
Broader	persuade
Entails	roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

make > verb 41, communication
Meaning	Assure the success of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples	"A good review by this critic will make your play!"
Contrary	break
Broader	guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure

make > verb 42, communication
Meaning	Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Examples	"She makes like an actress"
Synonyms	pretend, make believe
Similar to	feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
Broader	act, play, represent
Narrower	go through the motions

make > verb 43, cognition
Meaning	Consider as being.
Pattern	Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Similar to	make
Broader	see, consider, reckon, view, regard

make > verb 44, cognition
Meaning	Calculate as being.
Pattern	Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Examples	"I make the height about 100 feet"
Similar to	make; draw, make
Broader	estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge

make > verb 45, change
Meaning	Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"make my day"
Broader	change, alter, modify

make > verb 46, change
Meaning	Favor the development of.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Examples	"Practice makes the winner"
Broader	develop

make > verb 47, change
Meaning	Develop into.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Examples	"He will make a splendid father!"
Broader	develop, grow
Nouns	making

make > verb 48, body
Meaning	Behave in a certain way.
Pattern	Somebody ----s Adjective
Examples	"make merry"
Broader	act, behave, do

make > verb 49, body
Meaning	Eliminate urine.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
Similar to	urinate; stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make
Broader	excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
Narrower	wet; stale

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