make
make is a 4-letter English word with 73 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
- transitive verb. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
- transitive verb. To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.
- transitive verb. To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
- transitive verb. To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
- transitive verb. To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
- transitive verb. To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.
- transitive verb. To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
- transitive verb. To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.
- transitive verb. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
- transitive verb. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
- transitive verb. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
- transitive verb. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
- transitive verb. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.
- transitive verb. To be engaged or concerned in.
- transitive verb. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
- intransitive verb. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.
- intransitive verb. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
- intransitive verb. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
- intransitive verb. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- intransitive verb. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- noun. Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
- noun. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- noun. a recognizable kind
"there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"
"what make of car is that?"
- verb. act in a certain way so as to acquire
"make friends"
"make enemies"
- verb. eliminate urine
"Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
- verb. have a bowel movement
"The dog had made in the flower beds"
- verb. behave in a certain way
"make merry"
- verb. give certain properties to something
"get someone mad"
"She made us look silly"
- verb. put in order or neaten
"make the bed"
"make up a room"
- verb. develop into
"He will make a splendid father!"
- verb. change from one form into another
"make water into wine"
"make lead into gold"
- verb. favor the development of
"Practice makes the winner"
- verb. cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
"make my day"
- verb. institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"
- verb. calculate as being
"I make the height about 100 feet"
- verb. consider as being
"It wasn't the problem some people made it"
- verb. make, formulate, or derive in the mind
"I draw a line here"
"draw a conclusion"
- verb. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"
"My children finally got me to buy a computer"
- verb. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
"She makes like an actress"
- verb. assure the success of
"A good review by this critic will make your play!"
- verb. induce to have sex
"Harry finally seduced Sally"
"Did you score last night?"
- verb. make or cause to be or to become
"make a mess in one's office"
"create a furor"
- verb. create or design, often in a certain way
"Do my room in blue"
"I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
- verb. create or manufacture a man-made product
"We produce more cars than we can sell"
"The company has been making toys for two centuries"
- verb. create by artistic means
"create a poem"
"Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"
- verb. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
"cause a commotion"
"make a stir"
- verb. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
"People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"
"Heat makes you sweat"
- verb. make by shaping or bringing together constituents
"make a dress"
"make a cake"
- verb. make by combining materials and parts
"this little pig made his house out of straw"
"Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
- verb. prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"
"can you make me an omelette?"
- verb. organize or be responsible for
"hold a reception"
"have, throw, or make a party"
- verb. gather and light the materials for
"make a fire"
- verb. perform or carry out
"make a decision"
"make a move"
- verb. reach a destination, either real or abstract
"We hit Detroit by noon"
"The water reached the doorstep"
- verb. reach in time
"We barely made the plane"
- verb. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
"We made it!"
"She may not make the grade"
- verb. proceed along a path
"work one's way through the crowd"
"make one's way into the forest"
- verb. head into a specified direction
"The escaped convict took to the hills"
"We made for the mountains"
- verb. appear to begin an activity
"He made to speak but said nothing in the end"
"She made as if to say hello to us"
- verb. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
"How much do you make a month in your new job?"
"She earns a lot in her new job"
- verb. achieve a point or goal
"Nicklaus had a 70"
"The Brazilian team got 4 goals"
- verb. charge with a function; charge to be
"She was named Head of the Committee"
"She was made president of the club"
- verb. engage in
"make love, not war"
"make an effort"
- verb. carry out or commit
"make a mistake"
"commit a faux-pas"
- verb. form by assembling individuals or constituents
"Make a quorum"
- verb. constitute the essence of
"Clothes make the man"
- verb. to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
"The branches made a roof"
"This makes a fine introduction"
- verb. amount to
"This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
- verb. be or be capable of being changed or made into
"He makes a great host"
"He will make a fine father"
- verb. add up to
"four and four make eight"
- verb. be suitable for
"Wood makes good furniture"
- verb. undergo fabrication or creation
"This wool makes into a nice sweater"
Synonyms
shuffle, shuffling, brand, micturate, pee, piddle, piss, puddle, urinate, wee, crap, defecate, shit, stool, get, establish, draw, cause, have, induce, stimulate, pretend, score, seduce
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in make:
Common word forms
maker, makes, making, makeable, makeless
Words from these letters
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