manufacture

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

2. 2noun

   Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.

3. 3transitive verb

   To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

4. 4transitive verb

   To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To be employed in manufacturing something.

6. 6noun

   the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

   "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"

   Synonyms

   industry
7. 7noun

   the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

   "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"

   "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"

   Synonyms

   fabricationmanufacturing
8. 8verb

   make up something artificial or untrue

   Synonyms

   fabricateinvent
9. 9verb

   put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"

   "the company fabricates plastic chairs"

   "They manufacture small toys"

   Synonyms

   constructfabricate
10. 10verb

    create or produce in a mechanical way

    "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"

11. 11verb

    produce naturally

    "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"