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make  

 [1]  
      vb   , makes, making, made   mainly tr  
1    to bring into being by shaping, changing, or combining materials, ideas, etc.; form or fashion; create  
to make a chair from bits of wood, make a poem     
2    to draw up, establish, or form  
to make a decision, make one's will     
3    to cause to exist, bring about, or produce  
don't make a noise     
4    to cause, compel, or induce  
please make him go away     
5    to appoint or assign, as to a rank or position  
they made him chairman     
6    to constitute  
one swallow doesn't make a summer     
7    also intr   to come or cause to come into a specified state or condition  
to make merry, make someone happy     
8    copula   to be or become through development  
he will make a good teacher     
9    to cause or ensure the success of  
your news has made my day     
10    to amount to  
twelve inches make a foot     
11    to be part of or a member of  
did she make one of the party?     
12    to serve as or be suitable for  
that piece of cloth will make a coat     
13    to prepare or put into a fit condition for use  
to make a bed     
14    to be the essential element in or part of  
charm makes a good salesman     
15    to carry out, effect, or do  
to make a gesture     
16    intr; foll by: to, as if to, or as though to   to act with the intention or with a show of doing something  
they made to go out, he made as if to hit her     
17    to use for a specified purpose  
I will make this town my base     
18    to deliver or pronounce  
to make a speech     
19    to judge, reckon, or give one's own opinion or information as to  
what time do you make it?     
20    to cause to seem or represent as being  
that furniture makes the room look dark     
21    to earn, acquire, or win for oneself  
to make friends, make a fortune     
22    to engage in  
make love not war     
23    to traverse or cover (distance) by travelling  
we can make a hundred miles by nightfall     
24    to arrive in time for  
he didn't make the first act of the play     
25      (Cards)  
a    to win a trick with (a specified card)  
b    to shuffle (the cards)  
c      (Bridge)   to fulfil (a contract) by winning the necessary number of tricks  
26      (Cricket)   to score (runs)  
27      (Electronics)   to close (a circuit) permitting a flow of current  
   Compare     →   break     →   44  
28    intr   to increase in depth  
the water in the hold was making a foot a minute     
29    intr   (of hay) to dry and mature  
30    Informal   to gain a place or position on or in  
to make the headlines, make the first team     
31    Informal   to achieve the rank of  
32    Taboo slang   to seduce  
33   ♦ make a book   to take bets on a race or other contest  
34   ♦ make a day, night, etc., of it   to cause an activity to last a day, night, etc.  
35   ♦ make do      See     →   do   1     →   36  
36   ♦ make eyes at   to flirt with or ogle  
37   ♦ make good      See     →   good     →   44  
38   ♦ make heavy weather (of)  
a      (Nautical)   to roll and pitch in heavy seas  
b    Informal   to carry out with great difficulty or unnecessarily great effort  
39   ♦ make it  
a    Informal   to be successful in doing something  
b    foll by: with  
Taboo slang   to have sexual intercourse  
c    Slang   to inject a narcotic drug  
40   ♦ make like  
Slang     (chiefly U.S. and Canadian)   to imitate  
41   ♦ make love (to)  
a    to have sexual intercourse (with)  
b    Now archaic   to engage in courtship (with)  
42   ♦ make or break   to bring success or ruin  
43   ♦ make time      See     →   time     →   45  
44   ♦ make water  
a       another term for     →   urinate  
b    (of a boat, hull, etc.) to let in water  
      n  
45    brand, type, or style  
what make of car is that?     
46    the manner or way in which something is made  
47    disposition or character; make-up  
48    the act or process of making  
49    the amount or number made  
50      (Bridge)   the contract to be played  
51      (Cards)   a player's turn to shuffle  
52   ♦ on the make  
a    Informal   out for profit or conquest  
b    Slang   in search of a sexual partner,   (See also)      →   make after     →   make away     →   make for     →   make of     →   make off     →   make out     →   make over     →   make-up     →   make with  
     (Old English macian; related to Old Frisian makia to construct, Dutch maken, German machen to make)  
♦   makable      adj  
Diccionario Inglés definición  
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make   [2]  
      n  
Archaic  
1    a peer or consort  
2    a mate or spouse  
     (Old English gemaca mate; related to match1)  
♦   makeless      adj  

Diccionario Inglés definición  

Collins
make  
      vb  
1    assemble, build, compose, constitute, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, manufacture, mould, originate, produce, put together, shape, synthesize  
2    accomplish, beget, bring about, cause, create, effect, engender, generate, give rise to, lead to, occasion, produce  
3    cause, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, force, impel, induce, oblige, press, pressurize, prevail upon, railroad     (informal)   require  
4    appoint, assign, create, designate, elect, install, invest, nominate, ordain  
5    draw up, enact, establish, fix, form, frame, pass  
6    add up to, amount to, compose, constitute, embody, form, represent  
7    act, carry out, do, effect, engage in, execute, perform, practise, prosecute  
8    calculate, estimate, gauge, judge, reckon, suppose, think  
9    acquire, clear, earn, gain, get, net, obtain, realize, secure, take in, win  
10    arrive at, arrive in time for, attain, catch, get to, meet, reach  
11    make it        (informal)   arrive     (informal)   be successful, come through, crack it     (informal)   cut it     (informal)   get on, get somewhere, prosper, pull through, succeed, survive  
      n  
12    brand, build, character, composition, constitution, construction, cut, designation, form, kind, make-up, mark, model, shape, sort, structure, style, type, variety  
13    cast of mind, character, disposition, frame of mind, humour, kidney, make-up, nature, stamp, temper, temperament  

make as if      , though  
act as if or though, affect, feign, feint, give the impression that, make a show of, pretend  
make away  
1    abscond, beat a hasty retreat, clear out     (informal)   cut and run     (informal)   decamp, depart, do a runner     (slang)   flee, fly, fly the coop     (U.S. & Canad. informal)   hook it     (slang)   make off, run away or off, run for it     (informal)   scoot, skedaddle     (informal)   slope off, take a powder     (U.S. & Canad. slang)   take it on the lam     (U.S. & Canad. slang)   take to one's heels  
2      (with)       with   abduct, cabbage     (Brit. slang)   carry off, cart off     (slang)   filch, kidnap, knock off     (slang)   make off with, nab     (informal)   nick     (slang, chiefly Brit.)   pilfer, pinch     (informal)   purloin, steal, swipe     (slang)  
3      (with)       with   blow away     (slang, chiefly U.S.)   bump off     (slang)   destroy, dispose of, do away with, do in     (slang)   eliminate, get rid of, kill, murder, rub out     (U.S. slang)  
make-believe  
1   
      n   charade, dream, fantasy, imagination, play-acting, pretence, unreality  
2   
      adj   dream, fantasized, fantasy, imaginary, imagined, made-up, mock, pretend, pretended, sham, unreal  
  
Antonyms     
,       n   actuality, fact, reality, truthfulness  
      adj   authentic, genuine, real, unfeigned  
make believe     
act as if or though, dream, enact, fantasize, imagine, play, play-act, pretend  
make do     
cope, get along or by, improvise, manage, muddle through, scrape along or by  
make for  
1    aim for, be bound for, head for or towards, proceed towards, steer (a course) for  
2    assail, assault, attack, fall on, fly at, go for, have a go at     (informal)   lunge at, set upon  
3    be conducive to, conduce to, contribute to, facilitate, favour, promote  
make off  
1    abscond, beat a hasty retreat, bolt, clear out     (informal)   cut and run     (informal)   decamp, do a runner     (slang)   flee, fly, fly the coop     (U.S. & Canad. informal)   hook it     (slang)   make away, run away or off, run for it     (informal)   skedaddle     (informal)   slope off, take a powder     (U.S. & Canad. slang)   take it on the lam     (U.S. & Canad. slang)   take to one's heels  
2      (with)       with   abduct, cabbage     (Brit. slang)   carry off, cart off     (slang)   filch, kidnap, knock off     (slang)   make away with, nab     (informal)   nick     (slang, chiefly Brit.)   pilfer, pinch     (informal)   purloin, run away or off with, steal, swipe     (slang)  
make out  
1    descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, perceive, recognize, see  
2    comprehend, decipher, fathom, follow, grasp, perceive, realize, see, suss (out)     (slang)   understand, work out  
3    complete, draw up, fill in or out, inscribe, write (out)  
4    demonstrate, describe, prove, represent, show  
5    assert, claim, let on, make as if or though, pretend  
6    fare, get on, manage, prosper, succeed, thrive  
make-up  
1    cosmetics, face     (informal)   greasepaint     (Theatre)   maquillage, paint     (informal)   powder, war paint     (informal, humorous)  
2    arrangement, assembly, composition, configuration, constitution, construction, form, format, formation, organization, structure  
3    build, cast of mind, character, constitution, disposition, figure, frame of mind, make, nature, stamp, temper, temperament  
make up  
1    compose, comprise, constitute, form  
2    coin, compose, concoct, construct, cook up     (informal)   create, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, frame, hatch, invent, manufacture, originate, trump up, write  
3    complete, fill, meet, supply  
4      (with)       for   atone, balance, compensate, make amends, offset, recompense, redeem, redress, requite  
5    bury the hatchet, call it quits, come to terms, compose, forgive and forget, make peace, mend, reconcile, settle, shake hands  
6    make up one's mind      choose, come to a decision, decide, determine, make a decision, reach a decision, resolve, settle  
7    make up to        (informal)   chat up     (informal)   court, curry favour with, flirt with, make overtures to, woo  

Diccionario Inglés sinónimos  

Consulte también:

make for, make of, make out, make up

Diccionario Colaborativo     Inglés Definiciones
make no mistake about it
exp.
phrase meant to emphasize the speaker's self-assurance
syn.: you can bet on it; trust me; you can count on it; I'm telling you...
make sthg fly
v.
make something succeed strongly and rapidly
fairly made
exp.
manufactured according to fair trade principles: équitablement fabriqué?
match made in heaven
n.
expression used for describing a perfect compatibility (between people, things, factors etc.)
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mielnik
n.
Makes new purchases everyday keep up to make a new position with many individual connection gainers in the winning economy.
clickety-clack
o.
word used to describe the sound made by the wheels of a train
by extension, it can be applied to other rhythmic similar sounds (for example, the sound of a clock or of a typing machine)
upcycle
v.
to recycle somethiing and make it into something more upmarket
a necklace made of upcycled plastic bags
bicycle-kick
n.
term used in football when a player makes an acrobatic movement using his legs
workover
n.
work and operations made in drilling for maintaining petroleum or Gas wells effective
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component
n.
one of several parts that together make up a whole machines, system etc.
A component that is vital for my life is a computer because i use it everyday to do homework and email.
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captious
adj.
inclined to bring forward small faults; made to confuse in argument
to dig
nnpl.
to make a hole in ground, with a spade for example
jerk smb. around
exp.
deliberately make things difficult for someone; sabotage
a bargaining chip
exp.
something used to make someone do what you want
We can use the money as a bargaining chip in the negotiations.
drop a bomb
exp.
make a sensational announcement
[Fig.] E.g.: Today's newspapers dropped a bomb about the President's past.
get the wheels turning
v.
launch the process, launch the project, make sure that progress is under way
idiom
beat one's brain out
id.
make a lot of efforts to understand something

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