See Also: make-believe(dictionary)
make(3)(dictionary)
make-do(dictionary)
Make(medicine)
make-over(dictionary)
Make-up(finance)
make-up(dictionary)
make(2)(dictionary)
Make or Buy(money)
make-believe(dictionary)

make(3) (iou)



make noun2. ME.
[from the verb.]
The manner in which a thing (natural or manufactured) is made; style of construction, kind of composition; build of body; (particular) origin or type of manufacture, a brand. ME.
H. Martineau Look at his delicate hands and slight make. J. Cary He was crowned by a helmet of French make. E. Bruton A stone which is near the ideal is said to be of good make or fine make. Motor Sport They confine their purchases to one make of car or commercial vehicle.
b. Of an immaterial thing: form, fashion; sort, character, nature; dial. a kind, a sort, a species. M17.
c. Mental or moral constitution, disposition, or character. L17.
Doing, action; esp. (Scot.) manner of action or behaviour. LME-M16.
a. The action or process of making or manufacture. Now rare. M18.
b. An amount manufactured; the quantity produced. M19.
The action of making profit or of advancing oneself. Only in on the make below. slang. M19.
The act of making electrical contact; the position or condition in which contact is made. L19.
Bridge. A declaration. E20.
A (sexual) conquest. slang. M20.
An identification or profile of, or information about, a person or thing from police records, fingerprints, etc. slang. M20.
N. Thornburg Let me give you a short make on our witness here. N. Mailer 'What's your make on Pangborn?' 'Corporate lawyer. Sharp.'
Phrases: make and mend the action of making and repairing clothes; Nautical a period set apart for repairing clothes, a period of leisure, a half-holiday. on the make slang (a) intent on profit or advancement; (b) intent on winning someone's affections, seeking sexual pleasure; (c) improving, advancing, getting better. put the make on N. Amer. slang make sexual advances towards.