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(māk)

v., made (mād), mak·ing, makes.

v.tr.

To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create: made problems for us; making a commotion.
To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct: make a dress; made a stone wall.
To form by assembling individuals or constituents: make a quorum.
To change from one form or function to another: make clay into bricks.
1. To cause to be or become: made her position clear; a decision that made him happy.
2. To cause to assume a specified function or role: made her treasurer; made Austin his home.
1. To cause to act in a specified manner: Heat makes gases expand.
2. To compel: made him quit.
1. To form in the mind: make an estimate.
2. To compose: make verses.
1. To prepare; fix: make dinner.
2. To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed.
3. To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
1. To engage in: make war.
2. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision.
To achieve, produce, or attain: made peace between the two sides; not making sense; didn't make the quota.
1. To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
2. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
3. To arrange or agree to: make a date.
1. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
2. To reach in time: just made the plane.
1. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
2. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
1. To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
2. To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
3. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
1. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
2. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
To be suited for: Oak makes strong furniture.
To develop into: will make a fine doctor.
1. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
2. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
3. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
1. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum.
2. To add up to: Two and two make four.
3. To amount to: makes no difference.
To cover (a distance): made 200 miles before sunset
To constitute the essence or nature of: Clothes make the man.
To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding: You made my day.
To appear to begin (an action): She made to leave.
Slang. To persuade to have sexual intercourse.

v.intr.

To act or behave in a specified manner: make merry; make free.
To begin or appear to begin an action: made as if to shake my hand.
To cause something to be as specified: make ready; make sure.
To proceed in a certain direction: made for home; made after the thief.
Slang. To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like: made like a ballerina.
To undergo fabrication or manufacture: This wool makes up into a warm shawl.
To rise or accumulate: The tide is making.

The act or process of making; manufacturing.
The style or manner in which a thing is made: disliked the make of my coat.
The amount produced, especially the output of a factory.
A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark: a famous make of shirt.
The physical or moral nature of a person; character or disposition: found out what make of man he was.
Slang. Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records: Did you get a make on the thief?

phrasal verbs:

make for

To have or produce (a particular effect or result): small details that make for comfort.
To help promote; further: makes for better communication.

make off

To depart in haste; run away.

make out

To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
To understand: could not make out what she said.
To write out; draw up: made out the invoices.
To fill in (a form, for example).
Informal. To represent as being: made me out to be a liar.
Informal. To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent.
To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business.
Slang.
1. To neck; pet.
2. To have sexual intercourse.

make over

To redo; renovate.
To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document: made over the property to her son.

make up

To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription.
To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade.
1. To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
2. To apply cosmetics.
To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse.
1. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
2. To compensate for: make up for lost time.
To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up.
To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up to his friend's boss.
To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.
To set in order: make up a room.
Printing. To select and arrange material for: made up the front page.

make with Slang.

To bring into use: a flirt making with the eyes.
To put forth; produce: always making with the jokes.

idioms:

make a clean breast of

To confess fully.

make a face

To distort the features of the face; grimace.

make a go of

To achieve success in: have made a go of the business.

make away with

To carry off; steal.
To use up or consume.
To kill or destroy.

make believe

To pretend.

make bold

To venture: I will not make so bold as to criticize such a scholar.

make book

To accept bets on a race, game, or contest.

make do

To manage to get along with the means available: had to make do on less income.

make ends meet

To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs.

make eyes

To ogle.

make fun of

To mock; ridicule.

make good

To carry out successfully: made good his escape.
To fulfill: made good her promise.
To make compensation for; make up for: made good the loss.
To succeed: made good as a writer.

make hay

To turn to one's advantage: The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal.

make heads or tails of

To understand: I couldn't make heads or tails of the report.

make history

To do something memorable or spectacular enough to influence the course of history: The first space flight made history.

make it

InformalTo achieve a goal; be successful.finally made it as an actor. To achieve a goal; be successful. finally made it as an actor.
SlangTo have sexual intercourse. To have sexual intercourse.

make light of

To treat as unimportant: He made light of his illness.

make love

To engage in amorous caressing.
To engage in sexual intercourse.

make much of

To treat as of great importance.

make no bones about

To be forthright and candid about; acknowledge freely: They make no bones about their dislike for each other.

make off with

To snatch or steal: made off with the profits.

make (one's) day

To give one great pleasure.

make (one's) peace with

To bring oneself to accept; reconcile oneself to.

make (one's) way

To go forward; advance.
To succeed, especially in making a living.

make sail

To begin a voyage.
To set sail.

make sense

To be coherent or intelligible: an explanation that made sense.
To be practical or advisable: It makes sense to go now.

make something of

To start a fight or quarrel over.

make the grade

To measure up to a given standard.

make the most of

To use to the greatest advantage.

make the scene Slang.

To put in an appearance: made the scene at the party.
To participate in a specified activity: made the drug scene.

make time

To travel speedily.
To travel at a specified rate: We made good time getting to town.
SlangTo make progress toward attracting someone:tried to make time with the new neighbor. To make progress toward attracting someone: tried to make time with the new neighbor.

make tracks Slang.

To move or leave in a hurry.

make up (one's) mind

To decide between alternatives; come to a definite decision or opinion.

make waves Slang.

To cause a disturbance or controversy.

make way

To give room for passage; move aside.
To make progress.

on the make Slang.

Aggressively striving for financial or social improvement: a young executive on the make.
Eagerly seeking a sexual partner.

[Middle English maken, from Old English macian.]

makable mak'a·ble or make'a·ble adj.

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To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn. Idioms: givebirthriseto. See make/unmake.
To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir¹ (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring topasseffect, give rise to. See start/end.
To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge¹, frame, manufacture, mold, produce, put together, shape. See make/unmake.
To cause to be in a certain state or to undergo a particular experience or action: get, have. See cause/effect.
To select for an office or position: appoint, designate, name, nominate, tap¹. See choice.
To cause (a person or thing) to act or move in spite of resistance: coerce, compel, constrain, force, obligate, oblige, pressure. See attack/defend.
To cause to be ready, as for use, consumption, or a special purpose: fit¹, fix, prepare, prime, ready. See prepared/unprepared.
To put in force or cause to be by legal authority: constitute, enact, establish, legislate, promulgate. See action/inaction, make/unmake, politics.
To journey over (a specified distance): cover. Informal do. See move/halt.
To proceed in a specified direction: bear, go, head, set out, strike out. See approach/retreat.
To receive, as wages, for one's labor: earn, gain, get, win. Informal pull down. Idioms: earnmakea living, earn one's keep. See give/take/reciprocity, money.
To be the constituent parts of. compose, constitute, form. See be.

phrasal verb - make out

To perceive and fix the identity of, especially with difficulty: descry, discern, distinguish, pick out, spot. See see/not see.
To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand. Informal savvy. Slang dig. Chiefly British twig. Scots ken. Idioms: gethavea handle on, get the picture. See understand/misunderstand.
To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances: do, fare, fend, get along, get by, manage, muddle through, shift. Idioms: make do, make shift. See thrive/fail/exist.
To engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior: Informal fool around, neck, pet¹, spoon. See sex/asexual.

phrasal verb - make over

Law

give/take/reciprocity

law

phrasal verb - make up

To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, think up. Informal cook up. Idioms: come up with. See make/unmake.
To compose or recite without preparation: ad-lib, extemporize, fake, improvise. Idioms: wing it. See planned/unplanned, prepared/unprepared.
To act as an equalizing weight or force to: balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, offset, set off. See order/disorder.
To reestablish friendship between: conciliate, reconcile, reunite. See love/hatred.

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Idioms beginning with make:
make head or tail of
make one's ears burn
make ready
make heavy weather
make a beeline for
make a run for
make a pile
make a clean breast of
make a comeback
make a crack
make a date
make a night of it
make a dent in
make no difference
make a face
make a federal case of
make an ass of
make a fortune
make a go of
make a hash of
make a killing
make a laughingstock of
make a living
make allowance for
make a long story short
make amends
make a name for oneself
make an example of
make an exception
make an exhibition of oneself
make an impression
make a note of
make a pig of oneself
make a pitch for
make a play for
make a point of
make a practice of
make arrangements for
make like
make a stab at
make a stand
make a statement
make a virtue of necessity
make bail
make believe
make bold
make book
make bricks without straw
make capital out of
make conversation
make demands on
make do
make ends meet
make eyes at
make free with
make friends
make good time
make great strides
make hay while the sun shines
make headway
make history
make inroads into
make it with
make it hot for
make it one's business
make little of
make much of
make no bones about
make no mistake
make one's bed and lie in it
make one's blood boil
make one's blood run cold
make one's day
make oneself at home
make oneself scarce
make one's flesh creep
make one's hair stand on end
make one's head spin
make one sick
make one's mark
make one's mouth water
make one's peace with
make one's point
make or break
make out like a bandit
make peace
make short work of
make someone look good
make stick
make the bed
make the best of it
make the dust fly
make the grade
make the most of
make rounds
make the scene
make tracks
make it up
make up for lost time
make up one's mind
make up to
make use of
make with
make whoopee

See also absence makes the heart grow fonder; all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; can't make head or tail of; kiss and make up; many hands make light work; might makes right; on the make; practice makes perfect; put in (make) an appearance; put the make on; run for it, make a; that makes two of us; two wrongs do not make a right; what makes one tick. Also see under made.

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Definition: arrive
Antonyms: fail

v

Definition: create, build
Antonyms: crush, destroy, raze, ruin

v

Definition: designate, appoint
Antonyms: demote, renounce

v

Definition: earn, acquire
Antonyms: lose

v

Definition: enact, execute
Antonyms: deny, disallow, refuse, refute, repeal, veto

v

Definition: estimate, infer
Antonyms: calculate, measure

v

Definition: induce, compel
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, halt, prevent, stop

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v. past and past part. made appoint or designate (someone) to a position: he was made a colonel in the Mexican army.

make sail

1. spread a sail or sails.

2. start a voyage.

make way make progress; travel.

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IN BRIEF: To put together from parts.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. — Tom Brokaw, American anchor of the NBC nightly news, author.

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as in: to create
sign description: Both fists make a twisting motion as they bounce on top of each other.

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noun
noun, orig US

1: on the make
a: Intent on gain. (1863 —) .
R. Adams Insinuating, dandified with the manners, at once familiar and obsequious, of a presuming servant on the make (1974).

b: Looking for sexual partners. (1929 —) .

2: orig US A (sexual) conquest; spec. an easily seduced woman. (1942 —) .
Landfall 'A widow's an easy make,' He said, 'you pedal and let her steer' (1951).

3: orig US An identification of, or information about, a person or thing from police records, fingerprints, etc. (1950 —) .
R. K. Smith We got a make on the Chevvy....Stolen last week (1972). verb

4: trans. US, criminals' To recognize or identify (a person, etc.). (1906 —) .
D. Shannon 'Have you made the gun?' 'Right off. It's a Hi-Standard revolver' (1973).

5: trans. orig US To make successful advances to (a member of the opposite sex); spec. to have or succeed in having sex with. (1918 —) .
E. Goffman James Bond makes the acquaintance of an unattainable girl and then rapidly makes the girl (1969).

6: to make time N Amer To court or flirt with; to have or succeed in having sex with. (1934 —) .
D. Hughes Which I'll bet he did if wanted to make time with her, eh? (1973).

7: to make out orig US To have or succeed in having sex with. (1939 —) .
Times The detailed accounts of how he 'made out' sexually and emotionally with some sixteen different girls (1961).

8: to make with orig US To supply; to perform; to use; to proceed with. (1940 —) .
D. Lees When people like Zodiac make with the dreams you have to listen (1972).

9: to make it to have sex with. (1957 —) .
Times Literary Supplement He finally makes it with long-desired Rachel (1973).

[In sense 8, translation of Yiddish mach mit.]

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Sex Acts - make: (vb) Slang. have sexual relations with

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Look up make in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Make may refer to:

Make (software), a computer software utility
Make (magazine), a DIWO (Do It With Others) technology periodical and the associated television program
MAKE Architects, a UK architecture practice
Make, Botswana, a small village in the Kalahari Desert

Make may also refer to:

Maker, English village
Maker subculture, a contemporary subculture

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Common misspelling(s) of make

mkea
amke
mkae

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - få til at, skaffe, blive, skabe
v. intr. - nå, gøre, lave
n. - fabrikat, tilvirkning

idioms:

make after løbe efter, sætte efter
make at slå ud efter, fare hen mod
make believe påskud, komediespil, foregivende
make do klare sig med
make for fare løs på, styre hen mod
make good on klare sig med
make it klare den/det
make like efterligne, lade som om
make of få noget ud af noget, sige noget til noget
make off stikke af, rende sin vej
make off with stikke af med, løbe med
make oneself up sminke sig, gøre sig i stand
make or break knald eller fald
make out forstå, afgøre, se
make over lave om, overdrage
make the most of få det bedste ud af
make time komme til tiden, holde fin tid
make up udgøre, opdigte, gøre godt igen
make up for erstatte, opveje
make way give plads
on the make være på vej frem, være om sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
maken, dwingen, aanstellen (in functie), opmaken, in totaal zijn/ bedragen, trekken (gezicht), doen, verdienen (winst/loon), bereiden, gaan (naar), bereiken, ervan maken, op bepaalde manier dienen als, vormen, vrijen (met), de slag maken/winnen, aflopen/opkomen (getij), schudden (kaarten), invoeren (wet etc.), (doen) slagen, merk, (op) bouw, het schudden van kaarten, contact (elektronica), karakter, fabricage, (hoeveelheid) productie

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire, se faire (des amis, des ennemis), faire (faire qch), obliger (qn) à faire, faire de qn qch, ajouter, s'élever à, coûter, gagner (un salaire), arriver jusqu'à, atteindre (le niveau), faire (une vitesse, une distance), estimer, dire, assurer la réussite de, rendre bien (une couleur), rendre heureux (qn), se faire (une femme) (vulg), prendre (un repas) (sout), (Élec) fermer (un circuit), battre (aux cartes), gagner/faire une levée (aux cartes)
v. intr. - s'assurer de qch, se permettre de, suggérer, prétendre, aller/se diriger
n. - marque

idioms:

make after poursuivre
make at attaquer
make away se tirer (avec qn/qch), s'enfuir
make believe faire semblant
make do faire avec, se contenter de
make for se diriger vers, (Naut) faire route sur, mettre le cap sur, contribuer à
make good on réussir dans
make it réussir, parvenir à qch, arriver à temps, finir à temps, se libérer (pour assister à), coucher avec (vulg)
make like faire ressembler, faire semblant, prétendre
make of comprendre, attacher de l'importance à, faire grand cas de
make off décamper, filer
make off with voler, se tirer avec (qn, qch)
make oneself up se maquiller
make or break réussir ou échouer
make out s'en tirer (fam), (US) se peloter, affirmer, distinguer, prétendre que, comprendre, faire, rédiger (un testament), argumenter, prétendre être, faire semblant d'être
make over transformation, transformer, céder (une propriété)
make someone up maquiller (qn)
make something of comprendre qch, attacher de l'importance à qch
make the most of en profiter, en tirer le meilleur profit
make time trouver le temps de, se dépêcher
make up se maquiller, se réconcilier (avec), constituer, inventer (une excuse), faire, préparer, composer, constituer, rattraper (le temps), combler (le déficit), maquiller, alimenter, s'occuper (d'un feu)
make up for compenser, rattraper (qch), combler (un déficit financier)
make up to faire des avances/faire la cour à (qn), flatter (qn)
make way ouvrir, faire de la place pour
make with (US) faire (arg), cuisiner, se servir de
on the make (US) avoir du succès, (chercher) à se remplir les poches, (penser) à ses intérêts d'abord, faire du plat, baratiner (une femme)
put the make on avancer rapidement, mettre (qch) en route

Deutsch (German)
v. - machen, zubereiten, erreichen, anfertigen, herstellen, verdienen, erzielen, (veran)lassen
n. - Fabrikat, Ausführung, Produktion, Marke

idioms:

make after verfolgen
make at zustürzen auf
make away aus dem Weg räumen, verschwenden, stehlen
make believe glauben machen
make do sich behelfen
make for losgehen auf, führen zu
make good on sein Wort halten
make it erfolgreich sein, Geschlechtsverkehr haben
make like so tun als ob
make of von jmdm. halten, herstellen aus
make off sich davonmachen
make off with sich mit etwas davonmachen
make oneself up sich schminken
make or break alles entscheiden
make out ausstellen, zurechtkommen, verstehen, entziffern
make over überschreiben, umgestalten
make someone up jmdn. schminken
make something of Aufmerksamkeit geben
make the most of ausnutzen
make time Zeit für etwas finden, (Slang) sexuelle Annäherungsversuche machen
make up zusammenstellen, erfinden, ausgleichen, (sich) schminken, beilegen
make up for ausgleichen, wettmachen
make up to bringen auf (+Akk), sich heranmachen an (+Akk) (ugs)
make way Platz machen, (aus)weichen, Fortschritte machen
make with bringen, herstellen
on the make hinter dem Geld her, auf der Ausschau nach Sexpartnern
put the make on (inf) jmdn. etw. gemein vorschlagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάνω, φτιάχνω, προκαλώ, προξενώ, δημιουργώ, επιβάλλω, υποχρεώνω, εξαναγκάζω, κάνω, διορίζω, ορίζω, αναγορεύω, καθιστώ, κερδίζω, βγάζω, ισούμαι (προς), προλαβαίνω, προφταίνω, φθάνω, καταφέρνω, κατορθώνω, επιτυγχάνω
n. - κατασκευή, φτιάσιμο, τύπος, μοντέλο ή μάρκα

idioms:

make after ρίχνομαι στο κατόπι τού
make at κινούμαι κατά/προς, προχωρώ εναντίον
make believe υποκρίνομαι, καμώνομαι, προσποιούμαι
make do κουτσοβολεύομαι με, αρκούμαι σε
make for κατευθύνομαι, τραβώ προς, συμβάλλω εις, τείνω σε, συντελώ σε
make good on κερδίζω από
make it καταφέρνω, προφταίνω, είμαι στην ώρα μου
make like κάνω σαν
make of καταλαβαίνω, ερμηνεύω, φτιάχνω από
make off την κοπανάω, το σκάω, φεύγω
make off with λακίζω παίρνοντας
make oneself up φτιάχνομαι, περιποιούμαι τον εαυτό μου
make or break του ύψους ή του βάθους
make out συντάσσω, βγάζω, ετοιμάζω, διακρίνω, επιτυγχάνω, καταφέρνω, αντιλαμβάνομαι, ισχυρίζομαι, καταλαβαίνω, ξεχωρίζω, προσποιούμαι, παριστάνω, κάνω έρωτα
make over μεταβιβάζω, εκχωρώ, μεταβάλλω, μεταποιώ (ρούχο κ.λπ.)
make the most of εκμεταλλεύομαι στο έπακρο τον, επωφελούμαι, αξιοποιώ
make time κερδίζω χαμένο χρόνο
make up επινοώ, σκαρώνω, φτιάχνω, απαρτίζω, συνιστώ, συγκροτώ, συμπληρώνω, μακιγιάρω/-ομαι, φτιασιδώνομαι, καλλωπίζω/-ομαι, συμφιλιώνω/-ομαι, καλύπτω διαφορά ή καθυστέρηση, (τυπογρ.) σελιδοποιώ, ρυθμίζω, διευθετώ
make up for αντισταθμίζω, ανακτώ, αναπληρώνω
on the make που επιδιώκει κέρδος, που αναζητεί ερωτικό σύντροφο

Italiano (Italian)
fare, preparare, prendere, confezionare, guadagnare, costare, produzione, marchio

idioms:

make after inseguire
make at assalire
make away with rubare
make believe far credere
make do cavarsela
make do with arrangiarsi con
make for dirigersi verso, comportare
make fun of prendersi gioco di
make good on mantenere la promessa, consegnare
make it farcela
make like far finta di
make love fare all'amore
make of pensare di (qualcuno/qualcosa)
make off darsela a gambe
make off with rubare
make oneself up truccarsi
make or break o la va o la spacca
make out capire, afferrare, completare, dichiarare, scorgere
make over trasferire (una proprietà o una attività)
make the most of approfittare di, trarre profitto da
make time trovare il tempo
make up costituire, inventare, riconciliarsi, integrare (somma, tempo perduto ), preparare (cibo, medicamento ecc...)
make up for risarcire
make up one's mind decidersi
make way farsi strada
on the make alla caccia (di soldi/donne)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - construir, fazer, ganhar (dinheiro)
n. - produção (f), modelo (m), feitio (m)

idioms:

make after perseguir
make at atacar
make away with matar, desfazer-se de, esbanjar
make believe fingir
make do virar-se (coloq.)
make do with virar-se com o que se tem (coloq.)
make for ir em direção a
make good on confirmar
make it chegar a tempo
make like imitar
make of entender
make off fugir
make off with roubar
make oneself up reconciliar-se
make or break causar o sucesso ou o fracasso de
make out decifrar, compreender, emitir
make over transferir (propriedades, bens)
make the most of fazer o melhor de
make time ir depressa, levar vantagem, conquistar
make up maquilar-se, inventar, reatar
make up for compensar (em decorrência de uma perda)
make way progredir, abrir caminho
on the make rigoroso

Русский (Russian)
делать, готовить, составлять, становиться, получать, добывать, формировать, предполагать, зарабатывать, заключать, приобретать, достигать какого-л. места, наводить порядок, равняться, производство, изделие, развитие, форма, склад характера

idioms:

make after преследовать
make at наброситься на кого-л. с бранью
make away with устранить кого-л., растратить
make believe притворство, воображаемый, притворяться, заставить людей поверить
make do управляться с, обходиться тем, что имеется
make do with управляться с
make for способствовать, направляться, нападать
make good on выполнить
make it добиться успеха
make like имитировать
make of толковать, делать из
make off убежать
make off with удрать, прихватив с собой что-л.
make oneself up загримироваться
make or break возвеличить или погубить, "пан или пропал"
make out разобраться, доказывать, выписывать счет, справляться
make over передавать, жертвовать, переделывать одежду
make the most of использовать наилучшим образом, расхвалить, мириться с чем-либо
make time найти удачное время для чего-л., иметь к кому-л. сексуальные притязания, флиртовать
make up составлять, выдумывать, помириться, возмещать, гримироваться, одеваться к выходу
make up for наверстывать
make way уступить дорогу, расчистить путь
on the make стремиться к наживе, делать карьеру

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - hacer, preparar, hacer que, cuidar de que, mandar, causar, inducir, alcanzar, llegar, conseguir, triunfar, confeccionar, fabricar, elaborar, manufacturar, construir, crear, componer, ganar, percibir, ir, subir, designar, nombrar, estimar
v. intr. - encargarse de, dirigirse, encaminarse a, abalanzarse, contribuir a servir, tender a, propender a , hacer, formarse (hielo)
n. - hechura, fabricación, confección, marca, el Hacer, disposición, cantidad producida

idioms:

make after perseguir, lanzarse en persecución
make at atacar a, lanzarse contra
make away llevarse, alzarse con, destruir, hacer desaparecer, despilfarrar, suprimir, tornarse raro
make believe fingir, simular, hacer creer, jugar a hacer "como si"
make do arreglárselas, defenderse
make for ir hacia, acometer, contribuir a, servir para
make good on cumplir una promesa
make it lograr el éxito, salir airoso, triunfar
make like hacer como si se hiciera algo
make of pensar de, entender por, interpretar, sacar de
make off largarse, partir
make off with llevarse, alzarse con
make oneself up maquillarse, pintarse
make or break triunfo o fracaso, el éxito o la ruina
make out extender, redactar, llenar, distinguir, divisar, comprender, captar, entender
make over ceder, traspasar, arreglar
make someone up maquillar, maquillar a alguien
make something of pensar de, entender por, interpretar, sacar de, hacer algo de
make the most of sacar el mejor partido de
make time ganar tiempo, avanzar
make up inventar, imaginar, reconciliarse, formar, componer, constituir, integrar, maquillar, completar, compensar
make up for compensar por, indemnizar
make up to tratar de ganar el favor de alguien adulándolo, compensar, resarcir, (BrE Mil) ascender a , congraciarse
make way avanzar, progresar, prosperar, dar lugar a, hacerse a un lado, dejar paso
make with producir, hacer
on the make resuelto a triunfar o sacar partido, con intención de seducir, avanzando
put the make on hacer insinuaciones sexuales

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra, skapa, laga till, anlägga, hålla, skriva, lämna, ställa till (med), få (komma) att, förtjäna, vinna, öka, bli, uppskatta till, fastställa, avverka, äta, hinna med, lyckas med, göra berömd, rädda, bilda, upptäcka, skynda, anfalla, tala, peka, låtsas som om, sträcka s
n. - fabrikat, märke, utförande, (kropps)byggnad, läggning, lyckat kap, slutande (av ström)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
做, 建造, 制造, 作出, 开始, 增大, 前进, 性情, 构造

idioms:

make after 追随
make at 扑向
make believe 假装, 虚构
make do 将就使用, 凑合着用
make for 走向, 导致, 攻击
make good on 达成目的, 赔偿损失, 履行诺言等
make it 成功, 赶上, 做或完成某事
make like 像...
make of 以...为材料制成, 了解
make off 离开
make off with 偷走
make oneself up 粉墨登场, 给自己梳妆打扮
make or break 要么成功要么毁灭
make out 书写, 拼凑, 填写
make over 转让, 改变
make the most of 充分利用
make time 进行, 抽空
make up 弥补, 缝制, 虚构
make up for 补偿
make way 成功, 发迹
on the make 在制作中, 野心勃勃

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 做, 建造, 製造, 作出
v. intr. - 開始, 增大, 前進
n. - 製造, 性情, 構造

idioms:

make after 追隨
make at 撲向
make believe 假裝, 虛構
make do 將就使用, 湊合著用
make for 走向, 導致, 攻擊
make good on 達成目的, 賠償損失, 履行諾言等
make it 成功, 趕上, 做或完成某事
make like 像...
make of 以...為材料製成, 瞭解
make off 離開
make off with 偷走
make oneself up 粉墨登場, 給自己梳妝打扮
make or break 成之或毀之
make out 書寫, 拼湊, 填寫
make over 轉讓, 改變
make the most of 充分利用
make time 進行, 抽空
make up 彌補, 縫製, 虛構
make up for 補償
make way 成功, 發跡
on the make 在製作中, 野心勃勃

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 만들다, 제작하다, 정비하다, 수행하다, 보이게 하다, 바꾸다
v. intr. - 행동하다, ~의 상태가 되다, 만들어지다, 나아가다, 가리키다
n. - 만듦새, 구조, 성격, 제조, 접속

idioms:

make after ~을 추적하다
make at ~에 덤벼들다, 향해서 가다
make believe 체하다, ~처럼 보이게 하다
make do 때우다, 참다
make for ~쪽으로 향하다, 기여하다, ~에 다가가다
make good on 보상하다, 벌충하다
make it 잘해내다 , 성공하다, 시간에 대다
make like 역할을 하다
make of ~로 만들다, 생각하다
make off 달아나다, 급히 떠나다
make off with ~을 갖고 달아나다, 다 써버리다, 훔치다
make oneself up 분장시키다
make or break 성공하느냐 실패하느냐 이다
make out 잘하다, 그럭저럭하다, 작성하다
make over ~을 고치다, 양도하다, 변경하다
make the most of 생각, 의견 등을 알기를 원하다
make time 시간을 내다
make up 화장하다, 분장하다, 보충하다
make up for 벌충하다
make way 지나가게 하다, 나아가다, 양보하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 作る, 建設する, 用意する, 整える, 得る, 生じさせる, 引き起こす, …になる, 構成する, する, 行う, 行く, 間に合う, 手に入れる, 追いつく, 得点する, 食べる
n. - 型, 銘柄, …製, 性質, 体格, 製作, 製造, 構造, 性格

idioms:

make at 襲いかかる, 向かって進む
make do 間に合わせる
make do with で我慢する
make for 役立つ, 襲う
make it 何とかやる, 成功する, 間に合う
make like …のふりをする
make of …とみなす
make off 逃亡する, 急いで去る
make off with 奪って逃げる, 持ち逃げする
make out 見分ける, 理解する, うまくやる, うまくいく, 作成する, 書き込む, 結論に達する, 立証する
make over 作り変える, 作り直す, 譲渡する
make up 仲直りする, 仲裁する, 燃料を加える, 作り出す, 作る, 化粧をする, 完全にする, 全部そろえる, 調合する, 埋め合わせる, 補う, 考え出す
make up for 償う, 埋め合わせをする
on the make 利欲に熱心で, 形成中で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصنع, يعمل, يجعل (الاسم) تبرج, صناعه, خلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עשה, יצר, גרם, הביא, אילץ, הכריח, הגיע, השיג, תיאר, הציג, העריך, הסתכם ב-‬
v. intr. - ‮נעשה, נוצר, נגרם, נראה כ-, נע בכיוון מסוים, עלה‬
n. - ‮דגם מוצר, מוצר של, סוג של מבנה או יצירה רוחניים או פיסיים, טריפת קלפים, חיבור חשמלי‬

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