make

Meanings

To create.
To behave, to act.
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
To constitute.
To add up to, have a sum of.
To interpret.
To bring into success.
To cause to be.
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
To force to do.
To indicate or suggest to be.
To cover neatly with bedclothes.
To recognise, identify, spot.
To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
To proceed (in a direction).
To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
To move at (a speed).
To appoint; to name.
To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
To defecate or urinate.
To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
To pay, to cover (an expense);
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
To enact; to establish.
To develop into; to prove to be.
To form or formulate in the mind.
To perform a feat.
To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
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.
To increase; to augment; to accrue.
To be engaged or concerned in.
To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
To take the virginity of.
To have sexual intercourse with.
Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.

Brand or kind; model.
Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
A person's character or disposition.
The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
Quantity produced, especially of materials.
A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
Past, present or future target of seduction (usually female).
A promotion.
A home-made project
Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
A made basket.
The closing of an electrical circuit.
Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
A halfpenny.
An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian ("to make, build, work"), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn ("to make, build, work"), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- ("to knead, mix, make"). Cognate with Latin mācerō, macer, Ancient Greek μάσσω, Scots mak ("to make"), Saterland Frisian moakje ("to make"), West Frisian meitsje ("to make"), Dutch maken ("to make"), Dutch Low Saxon maken ("to make") and German Low German maken ("to make") and German machen ("to make, do"). Related to match.
From Middle English make, imake, from Old English ġemaca ("a mate, an equal, companion, peer"), from Proto-Germanic *gamakô ("companion, comrade"), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- ("to knead, oil"). Reinforced by Old Norse maki ("an equal"). Cognate with Icelandic maki ("spouse"), Swedish make ("spouse, husband"), Danish mage ("companion, fellow, mate"). See also match.
Origin uncertain.
Origin unclear.

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