make in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
make in Hindi हिन्दी
make in Malayalam മലയാളം
make in Marathi मराठी
make in English
- make⇄expr. make (both) ends meet. See under end (1).
- make⇄expr. make after, to follow; chase; pursue.
Ex. At the signal, the hounds made after the fox. - make⇄expr. make as if or as though, to pretend that; act as if.
Ex. to make as if one is afraid. - make⇄expr. make away with,
a. to kill.
Ex. The trap made away with the rat.
b. to steal.
Ex. The treasurer made away with the club's funds.
c. to get rid of.
Ex. I will make away with my castle and dowry to support the c - make⇄expr. make believe. See under believe.
- make⇄expr. make bold. See under bold.
- make⇄expr. make book. See under book.
- make⇄expr. make do, to get along; manage; be contented (with).
Ex. I shall make do quite happily on biscuits and cheese (Punch). - make⇄expr. make eyes at. See under eye.
- make⇄expr. make fast, to attach firmly.
Ex. Make the boat fast to the dock. - make⇄expr. make for,
a. to go toward.
Ex. Make for the hills!
b. to rush at; attack.
Ex. The watchdog made for the robber.
c. to help bring about; favor.
Ex. The new facts made for the prisoner's acquittal. - make⇄expr. make fun of. See under fun.
- make⇄expr. make good. See under good.
- make⇄expr. make hay. See under hay (1).
- make⇄expr. make head. See under head.
- make⇄expr. make it, (U.S. Slang.)
a. to attain success.
Ex. I was thirty-seven and I wanted to make it as a writer (Alex Haley).
b. to make love.
Ex. She was the sniffling ... girl who wanted to make it with Arlo (New Yorker). - make⇄expr. make light of. See under light (2).
- make⇄expr. make like, (U.S. Informal.)
a. to imitate; act the part of.
Ex. The clown made like a monkey to amuse the children.
b. to perform the services of.
Ex. to make like a cook. - make⇄expr. make love. See under love.
- make⇄expr. make much of. See under much.
- make⇄expr. make no bones. See under bone (1).
- make⇄expr. make off with, to steal; take without permission.
Ex. He made off with some apples. - make⇄expr. make off, to run away; leave suddenly.
Ex. Just before the storm everybody made off for home. - make⇄expr. make one's own, to consider (something or someone) as one's own.
Ex. He never succeeded in his own life but he made his son's success his own. - make⇄expr. make or break, to cause to succeed or fail.
Ex. ... a critique written by one of the men in New York who make or break plays (George E. Sokolsky). - make⇄expr. make out,
a. to write out.
Ex. She made out a marketing list.
b. to show to be; prove.
Ex. to make out a strong case.
c. to try to prove; declare to be.
Ex. Your accusation that I never share my candy makes me - make⇄expr. make over,
a. to alter; make different.
Ex. She had to make over her dress because it was too big.
b. to hand over; transfer ownership of.
Ex. He made over his business to his son. - make⇄expr. make sail. See under sail.
- make⇄expr. make time. See under time.
- make⇄expr. make tracks. See under track.
- make⇄expr. make up for, to give or do in place of.
Ex. to make up for lost time. - make⇄expr. make up to, to try to get the friendship of; flatter.
Ex. We all made up to the new boy the first day. If Lady Elinor was a widow, I should certainly make up to her (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton). - make⇄expr. make up,
a. to put together.
Ex. to make up cloth into a dress, to make up a prescription.
b. to invent.
Ex. to make up a story.
c. to settle (a dispute, etc.); reconcile.
Ex. to make up one's differences. The - make⇄expr. make water. See under water.
- make⇄expr. make way. See under way.
- make⇄expr. make with (the), (U.S. Slang.)
a. to use in the usual way.
Ex. Make with the piano!
b. to produce; offer.
Ex. Finally, he made with the coffee. - make⇄expr. on the make, (Slang.) trying for success, profit, status, or the like.
Ex. ... ""What Makes Sammy Run?"", Budd Schulberg's vitriolic story of a young heel on the make (Time). - make⇄make (1), verb, made,making,noun.
- make⇄make (2), noun.
(British Dialect.)
1. a mate; companion; friend.
Ex. like a widow having lost her make (Sir Philip Sidney).
2. a match; equal. - make⇄noun 1. the way in which a thing is made; build or style; fashion.
Ex. Do you like the make of that coat?
2. kind; brand.
Ex. What make of car is this?
3. nature; character.
Ex. To my natural make and my temper Painful the - make⇄v.i. 1. to cause something to be in a certain condition.
Ex. to make sure, to make ready.
2. to behave or act in a certain way.
Ex. to make merry, to make bold. He beckons, and makes as he would speak (Longfellow).
3. to attempt - make⇄v.t. 1. to bring into being; put together; build; form; shape.
Ex. to make a new dress, to make a boat, to make jelly, to make a fire, to make a will. God made the country, and man made the town (William Cowper).
(SYN) create.
2. to h