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verb trans. Incur or suffer (something undesirable). Formerly also (chiefly Scot.) defray, provide for (expenses, costs). arch. LME.
verb trans. Eat (a meal). M16.
verb trans. Accomplish (a distance, a speed) by travelling etc.; reach (a place) in travelling, come to, arrive at; colloq. catch (a train etc.), manage (an appointment, date, etc.); achieve, accomplish, reach; (chiefly N. Amer.) attain the rank of. M16.
A. Lovell When the Wind blew so hard, that we made nine or ten Miles an hour. W. Faulkner He graduated..with the highest marks ever made at the Academy. J. Barth I made the bus with two minutes to spare, and was soon off to Baltimore. T. Roethke I could still make the deadline, if I get my manuscript off today. N. Monsarrat It took the ship another five hours to make the last forty miles. Observer Ferrari believes he has the talent ultimately to make the top. K. Amis They can't make Boxing Day. They'll be down with us. Ships Monthly I managed to make the upturned dinghy..and..clambered in. S. Rushdie The murders barely made the newspapers; they were not reported on the radio.
b. Be successful in sexual advances to; win the affection of; spec. persuade (a person) to consent to sexual intercourse, seduce. slang (orig. US). E20.
VI. verb trans. make it (with adverb or adverbial phr. of manner or with adjective): act, behave. OE-E17.
verb intrans. In early use (with adverb or adverbial phr. of manner), behave, act, (now only as in sense 40 below). Later (with adjective), be (now chiefly in make bold, make free). OE.
verb intrans. Behave or act as if, as though, (colloq.) like. LME.
Bible (AV): Joshua 8:15 And Ioshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. M. Woodhouse You aren't making much noise...For a guy who was making like an avalanche an hour back.
b. Act as if with the intention to do. L19.
S. Phillips He makes to follow, then stops.
verb intrans. Have to do with; interfere in. Chiefly in collocation with meddle. dial. M16.
verb intrans. Nautical. Of a tide: begin to flow or ebb, rise, flow in a specified direction. M17.
verb intrans.
a. Nautical. Have a certain form or appearance; look like. M-L18.
b. Of land, landscape, etc.: extend in a certain direction. US & Austral. L18.
verb intrans. Of ice: form. N. Amer. L18.
verb intrans. Of an argument, evidence, influence, etc.: be effective, tell (on one side or the other). L19.
Phrases: (A selection of cross-refs. only is included: see esp. other nouns.) as as they make them colloq. as as possible, thoroughly . be made (a) be naturally fitted or destined (for, to do); be made for each other, be made for one another, form an ideal combination, be ideally suited; (b) have been fashioned out of, consist of, be composed of; be made of money (colloq.), be extremely rich; (c) (of a person) be built in a specified manner (well etc.), have a bodily build of a specified kind. have got it made, have it made colloq. be sure of success, have it easy, have no more obstacles to overcome. make a bag kill a number of game on a shooting expedition. make a book arrange a series of bets referring to one and the same race or event. make a day of it, make a night of it, etc., continue doing something, esp. enjoying oneself, throughout the day, night, etc. make a habit of: see HABIT noun. make a hash of: see HASH noun1. make a head: see HEAD noun. make a House: see HOUSE noun1. make a meal of: see MEAL noun2 2. make a mock of, make mock of: see MOCK noun. make a monkey of, make a monkey out of: see MONKEY noun. make a mountain of a molehill, make a mountain out of a molehill: see MOLEHILL. make a night of it: see make a day of it above. make a person's day, make a person's evening, etc., be the essential factor in the pleasure of a day etc., redeem a day etc. from routine, dullness, or banality. make a work: see WORK noun. make beautiful music (together): see MUSIC noun. make believe pretend that, to do, esp. (of a child in play, etc.) for enjoyment. make both ends meet: see END noun. make certain: see CERTAIN adjective. make default: see DEFAULT noun. make do manage with or with what is available, esp. as an inferior or temporary substitute; make do and mend, repair for continued use, proceed by expedients. make ends meet: see END noun. make eyes at: see EYE noun. make friends: see FRIEND noun. make fun of: see FUN noun. make game of: see GAME noun. make good: see GOOD adjective. make good time accomplish a distance in a short time, keep to or ahead of a schedule on a journey etc. make hay: see HAY noun1. make head or tail of: see HEAD noun. make heavy weather of: see WEATHER noun. make history: see HISTORY noun. make in one's way arch. direct one's journey so as to pass by or through (a place). make it (a) see sense 38 above; (b) succeed in covering an intended distance or reaching an intended place; achieve a desired object; be successful (make it big (slang), be very successful, become very prominent); slang achieve sexual intercourse (with); (c) (with compl.) in imper., select or provide (a particular drink, time, place, etc.) from the possibilities. make its way: see WAY noun. make light of: see LIGHT adjective1. make light work of: see LIGHT adjective1. make love: see LOVE noun. make merry: see MERRY adjective. make mischief: see MISCHIEF noun. make money: see MONEY noun. make much of, make little of, etc., (a) have a high, low, etc., opinion of; treat with much, no, etc., consideration or affection; (b) derive much, little, etc., advantage from; make much, little, etc., effort to mark (an occasion etc.). make no bones about: see BONE noun. make no mistake: see MISTAKE noun. make nothing of (a) have a very low opinion of, rate or treat as valueless; (b) derive no advantage from; make no effort to mark (an occasion etc.); (c) find no difficulty in doing, feel no scruples at doing. make oneself scarce: see SCARCE adjective. make one's mark: see MARK noun1. make one's soul (orig. Anglo-Irish) devote one's efforts to the saving of one's soul; repent and be converted. make one's way: see WAY noun. make or break, make or mar cause either the complete success or the ruin of (a person or thing). make peace: see PEACE noun. make room: see ROOM noun1. make sail (a) spread a sail or sails; start on a voyage, set sail; (b) spread additional sails in order to increase a ship's speed. make something of derive some advantage from; make an effort to mark (an occasion etc.); make important or useful; improve or raise in some way. make sure: see SURE adjective. make the bag contribute most to the total of game killed on a shooting expedition. make the worst of: see WORST adjective, adverb, & noun. make time (a) find an occasion when time is available (for, to do); (b) N. Amer. slang (foll. by with) make sexual advances to; be successful in sexual advances to; court or flirt with. make to measure: see MEASURE noun. make use of: see USE noun. make war: see WAR noun1. make water: see WATER noun. make waves: see WAVE noun. make way: see WAY noun. make welcome: see WELCOME adjective. make wing: see WING noun.
With prepositions in specialized senses: make after arch. go in pursuit of, follow. make against be unfavourable to; militate or tell against. make at arch. approach (as if) to attack or seize. make for (a) operate in favour of, conduce to; tend to the advancement or progress of; confirm (a view etc.); (b) proceed or direct one's course towards; go in the direction of; (c) assail, make to attack. make to , make unto (a) = make for above; (b) be pertinent or applicable to. make upon arch. = make at above. make with (a) side with, make common cause with; (of a thing) tell in favour of; (b) slang [partly translating Yiddish mach mit] bring into operation; use, affect; concern oneself with.
With adverbs in specialized senses: make away (a) = make away with below; (b) arch. go away suddenly or hastily, make off. make away with (a) put out of the way; kill; (b) remove from its rightful place or ownership; get rid of; dissipate, squander; destroy fraudulently. make down (a) (chiefly Scot.) fold down the sheets etc. on (a bed) to make it ready for use; (b) colloq. refashion so as to fit a smaller wearer. make in go in towards a particular point; intervene in an action; join in a fray. make off (a) fatten (lambs etc.) for the market; (b) depart or leave a place suddenly or hastily, run away, decamp (with something in one's possession). make on (a) dial. put together and set alight materials for (a fire); (b) go or hasten forward, proceed. make out (a) draw up (a list, a document, etc.); make a draft of; write out (a bill, cheque, etc., to or in favour of a person); (b) succeed in accomplishing, effect, achieve, (now Scot.); make it out (slang), achieve sexual intercourse (with); (c) colloq. manage, make shift, (to do), get along, fare, succeed, thrive, get on (well, badly, etc.); slang achieve sexual intercourse (with); (d) compensate for (a defect etc.); supply the lack or the deficiencies of; (e) make complete; get together with difficulty or by degrees; (f) fill up or while away (the time) with some occupation; (g) (now only in Art) represent or delineate clearly or in detail; (h) establish by evidence, argument, or investigation; demonstrate, prove; claim to have proved, try to prove (a thing, a thing to be, that); represent as, pretend to be; (i) find out the meaning of; arrive at an understanding of; decipher; succeed in reading; understand the character or behaviour of (a person); (j) discern, discover, find out; distinguish by sight or hearing; (k) (now only dial.) start, set out, sally forth; get away, escape. make over (a) hand over (by a formal agreement); transfer the possession of (a thing) from oneself to another; (b) remake, refashion (a garment etc.); refurbish, reorganize. make up (a) erect; build up (a bank etc.); (b) serve or act to overcome or supply (a deficiency); make complete; raise (a sum) to a larger sum; make good, compensate for; make it up to, compensate (a person for); also, compensate for, atone for; (c) (now chiefly dial.) fill up (an opening or gap); stop up (a hole or passage); shut or fasten up (a door, a house); (d) wrap up (an article); put together into a parcel or package; (e) put together, construct, compound, by combination of parts or ingredients; sew together the parts of (a garment etc.), fit together (pieces of material) to form a garment etc., make (cloth) into clothing; get together, collect (a company, a sum of money), furnish by contributions from different sources; Typography arrange into columns or pages; add fuel to (a fire) to keep it burning; also admit of being made up into a garment etc.; (f) compose, compile, draw up (a list, document, etc.); concoct, invent, fabricate (a story, a lie); compose (verses etc.) impromptu, improvise; (g) (of component parts) constitute or compose (a whole, (now rare) a total), (freq. in pass., foll. by of the parts); (h) prepare (a person, esp. oneself) for a theatrical performance or other public appearance by means of an appropriate costume, false hair, cosmetics, etc., apply cosmetics to (the face, a facial feature), (chiefly refl. or in pass.); (now US) get (a horse etc.) into good condition for selling; fatten; put in order (a bed, a room, etc.) for a particular occasion; (i) set out the items of (an account) in order; add up and balance (an account); (j) make up one's mind, come to a decision or conclusion, resolve, (that, to do); (k) arrange (a marriage etc.), conclude (a treaty); settle (a dispute etc.), end (a quarrel) by reconciliation (freq. make it up); also, be reconciled after a dispute or quarrel, become friends again (also in kiss and make up); (l) advance in a certain direction; now only foll. by to: draw near to, approach, make advances to (a person), court, curry favour with.
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