English-Thai Dictionary
make
N กระบวนการผลิต แบบ วิธีการ ผลิต process and output kra-bun-kan-pa-lid
make
N เครื่องหมายการค้า ยี่ห้อ brand kind model krueng-mai-kan-ka
make
VT กระตุ้น ทำให้ เป็นเหตุให้ cause kra-tuan
make
VT กลายเป็น เปลี่ยนสภาพ เป็น klai-pen
make
VT ก่อให้เกิด ทำให้ เป็น bring about ko-hai-koed
make
VT คาดคะเน กะ ประเมิน ประมา ณ reckon kad-ka-nea
make
VT จัด (ที่นอน เตรียม jad
make
VT จัด (เตียงนอน จัด แต่ง ทำ เตียง jad
make
VT จัดหา provide jad-ha
make
VT จัด เวลา จัด ตารางเวลา schedule jad-we-la
make
VT ทัน ทันเวลา tan
make
VT ทำ จัดทำ สร้าง ผลิต do create produce tam
make
VT ทำกำไร ทำเงิน สร้าง กำไร สร้าง รายได้ tam-kam-rai
make
VT ทำคะแนน (กีฬา score tam-ka-nean
make
VT บรรลุเป้าหมาย reach get to ban-lu-pao-mai
make
VT บังคับ บังคับ ให้ ทำ force compel oblige bang-kab
make
VT ปรุง (อาหาร cook prung
make
VT หา ได้ มี รายได้ หารายได้ earn gain ha-dai
make
VT เขียน แต่ง ประพันธ์ write kian
make
VT เข้าใจ understand kao-jai
make
VT เท่ากับ รวม เป็น มี จำนวน เป็น amount to add up to tao-kab
make
VT แต่งตั้ง constitute appoint tang-teng
make
VT ไป ถึง ถึง มาถึง reach arrive at pai-tuang
make a bee-line for
IDM มุ่ง ตรง ไป ที่ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ mung-trong-pai-ti
make a beginning / start on
IDM เริ่มต้น roem-ton
make a bid for
IDM ประมูล pra-mun
make a bolt / break for it
IDM พยายาม หลบหนี พยายาม รอดพ้น pa-ya-yam-lob-ne
make a bolt / dash for
IDM พยายาม หนี ไป ทาง pa-ya-yam-ne-pai-tang
make a clean breast of
IDM ยอม สารภาพ yom-sa-ra-pab
make a come-back
IDM หันกลับ มา ทำ อาชีพ (ที่ ประสบความสำเร็จ ที่ เคย ทำ อีก ครั้ง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ han-kab-ma-tm-ar-chib
make a deal with
IDM ทำ ข้อตกลง กับ tam-kor-tok-long-kab
make a face
IDM ทำ หน้า บิดเบี้ยว ทำ หน้า บอกบุญไม่รับ tam-na-bid-biao
make a face / faces at
IDM ทำ หน้า บูดเบี้ยว tam-na-bud-biao
make a fast buck
IDM หา เงินได้ มาก โดย ออกแรง เล็กน้อย ha-ngen-dai-mak-doi-ook-raeng-lek-noi
make a fool of
IDM หลอกลวง lok-luang
make a friend of
IDM เป็นมิตร ผูกมิตร เป็นเพื่อน กับ make with pen-mid
make a fuss about
IDM วิตกกังวล อย่าง ไร้เหตุผล make of wi-tok-kang-won-yang-rai-hed-pon
make a fuss of
IDM สนใจ มาก พุ่ง ความสนใจ ไป ที่ (บางสิ่ง อย่างมาก make about make over son-jai-mak
make a go of
IDM พยายาม ทำให้ สำเร็จ pa-ya-yam-tam-hai-sam-red
make a grab at
IDM พยายาม ยึด ฉวย คว้า pa-ya-yud
make a habit of
IDM สร้าง นิสัย ของ ทำ (นิสัย เป็นประจำ sang-ni-sai
make a hash / mess / muddle of
IDM ทำให้ เสีย (ด้วย ความประมาท สูญเสีย (ด้วย ความประมาท mess up tam-hai-sia
make a hit with
IDM เป็นที่นิยม ของ pen-ti-niyom-kong
make a killing
IDM ประสบความสำเร็จ มาก pra-sob-kwam-sam-red-mak
make a killing
SL ทำกำไร มหาศาล tam-kam-rai-ma-ha-san
make a killing
SL ประสบความสำเร็จ ท่วมท้น pra-son-kwam-sam-red-tuam-ton
make a living
IDM หาเงิน เลี้ยงชีพ ha-ngen-liang-chib
make a long arm for
IDM พยายาม เอื้อมมือ ไป ยัง pa-ya-yam-auam-mue-pai-yang
make a long story short
IDM อย่าง สรุป โดยย่อ yang-sa-rub
make a meal of
IDM ไม่ต้อง ใช้ ความพยายาม มาก ใน เรื่อง mai-tong-chai-kwam-pa-ya-yam-mak-nai-rueang
make a mental note of
IDM พยายาม จดจำ pa-ya-yam-jod-jam
make a mountain out of a molehill
IDM วิตกกังวล เกินไป wi-tok-kang-won
make a name for oneself
IDM มีชื่อเสียง me-chue-siang
make a note of
IDM จดบันทึก บันทึก ไว้ jod-ban-tuek
make a package
IDM ทำ เงินได้ มาก (คำ สแลง tam-ngen-dai-mak
make a pass at
IDM สนใจ ชอบ son-jai
make a pig of oneself
IDM กิน มากเกินไป kin-mak-koen-pai
make a pile
IDM ทำ เงินได้ มาก (คำ สแลง tam-ngen-dai-mak
make a practice / business of
IDM ทำ (บางสิ่ง เป็นประจำ tam-pen-pra-jam
make a room for
IDM หา ที่ว่าง หรือ เวลา สำหรับ ha-ti-wang-rue-we-la-sam-rab
make a scene
IDM บอก ให้ รู้กัน ทั่ว กระจาย ข่าว bok-hai-rue-tua-kan
make a secret of
IDM ปิด เป็นความลับ ไม่ยอม เปิดเผย pid-pen-kwam-rab
make a show of
IDM แสร้งทำ แกล้งทำ sang-tam
make a success of
IDM ประสบความสำเร็จ pra-sob-kwam-sam-red
make a trade of
IDM แลกเปลี่ยน leak-pian
make after
IDM ไล่ตาม วิ่งไล่ ตาม จับ come after lai-tam
make allowances (for)
IDM อนุญาต ให้ ทำ บางอย่าง ที่ เคย ไม่ยอมรับ (เพราะ เหตุผล บางอย่าง ar-nu-yad-hai-tam-bang-yang-ti-koei-mai-yom-rab
make amends for
IDM ชดใช้ ชดเชย make to chod-chai
make amends to
IDM ชดใช้ make for chod-chai
make an appearance
IDM ปรากฏตัว pra-kod-tua
make an appointment (with)
IDM นัดหมาย กับ nad-mai-kab
make an ass of
IDM ทำให้ กลายเป็น ตัวตลก ทำให้ ดู โง่เง่า tam-hai-klai-pen-tua-ta-lok
make an attempt on someone's life
IDM พยายาม ฆ่า pa-ya-yam-ka
make an example of
IDM แสดงผล ของ บอก พฤติกรรม ของ sa-dang-pon
make an exception (for)
IDM อนุญาต ให้ ยอม ยกเว้น ให้ กับ ar-nu-yad-hai
make an exhibition / spectacle of oneself
IDM ประพฤติ ตัว ไม่เหมาะสม ใน ที่สาธารณะ pra-parued-tua-mai-mor-som-nai-ti-sa-ta-ra-na
make an honest woman of
IDM แต่งงาน กับ (ผู้หญิง teng-ngan-kab
make an impression on
IDM ให้ ความเห็น เกี่ยวกับ hai-kwam-hen-kiao-kab
make an issue of
IDM ทำให้ บางสิ่ง กลายเป็น อีก สิ่ง tam-hai-bang-sing-klai-pen-eak-sing
make application to
IDM สมัคร ยื่นเสนอ apply to sa-mak
make approaches to
IDM ขอความร่วมมือ kor-kwam-ruam-mue
make arrangements for
IDM เตรียมการ จัดการ triam-kan
make as if to do
IDM ดูเหมือน จะ ทำ บางสิ่ง ราวกับว่า จะ ทำ บางสิ่ง du-muan-ja-tam-bang-sing
make at
PHRV จู่โจม ขู่ โจมตี come after ju-jom
make at
PHRV หารายได้ จาก come after ha-rai-dai-jak
make away
PHRV รีบ หนี ไป รีบ ผละ ไป make off rin-ne-pai
make away with
PHRV ขโมย หนี ไป ฉก make off with ka-moi-pai
make away with
PHRV ฆ่า ทำให้ ตาย bump off ka
make away with
PHRV ทำลาย ทำให้ เสีย make off with tam-lai
make bed
N ทำให้ ดีขึ้น ปรับปรุง heal improve on tam-hai-de-kuan
make believe
IDM เสแสร้ง แกล้งทำ จอมปลอม feign simulate pretend se-sang
make black
IDM ทำให้ ดำ blacken tam-hai-dam
make bold
IDM กล้า dare ka
make brief
IDM ย่อ compress yor
make certain
PHRV ทำให้ มั่นใจ แน่นอน ย้ำ ให้ แน่ make sure tam-hai-man-jai
make certain of
IDM มั่นใจ ใน ความจริง ของ make of make sure of man-jai-nai-kwam-jing
make clear
PHRV อธิบาย ชัดเจน ar-ti-bai-chad-jen
make demands of
IDM ต้องการ ความช่วยเหลือ จาก make of tong-kan-kwam-chue-ruea-jak
make demands on
IDM ต้องการ ความช่วยเหลือ จาก make of tong-kan-kwam-chue-ruea-jak
make down
PHRV เย็บ ให้ เล็ก ลง cut down yeb-hai-lek-long
make ends meet
IDM มี รายได้ พอ ประทังชีวิต มีเงิน พอ อยู่รอด e-rai-dai-por-pra-tang-che-wid
make fast
PHRV ทำให้ เร็ว ขึ้น เร่ง ให้ เร็ว ta-hai-reo-kuan
make for
PHRV ทำให้เกิด นำไปสู่ มีผล ให้ เกิด ส่งผลให้เกิด tam-hai-koed
make for
PHRV สร้าง ทำ เพื่อ sang
make free of
IDM ให้ สิทธิพิเศษ ใน (บางสิ่ง make of hai-sid-ti-pi-sed-ni
make free with
IDM นำไปใช้ (โดย ไม่ ได้รับอนุญาต make with nam-pai-chai
make free with
IDM ใช้ บางคน หรือ บางสิ่ง ใน ทาง ที่ ผิด chai-bang-kon-rue-bang-sing-nai-tang-ti-pid
make friends with
IDM ผูกมิตร กับ เป็นเพื่อน กับ make of puk-mid-kab
make from
PHRV นำ มาจาก สร้าง จาก fashion from form from nam-ma-jak
make fun / mock / sport of
IDM หัวเราะเยาะ ล้อเลียน laugh at hua-ror-yor
make good
PHRV ทำตาม สัญญา รักษา สัญญา tam-tam-san-ya
make good
PHRV ทำให้ ดี (คุณ ภาพ ,พฤติกรรม ทำให้ มี คุณ ภาพ tam-hai-de
make good
PHRV ประสบความสำเร็จ ใน เรื่อง pra-sob-kwam-sam-red-nai-rueang
make good
PHRV พิสูจน์ pi-sud
make good
PHRV มีชีวิต ดีขึ้น หรือ ประสบความสำเร็จ me-chi-wid-de-kuen-rue-pra-sob-kwam-sam-red
make good
PHRV ใช้หนี้ ชดเชย (เงิน ,เวลา make up chai-ne
make hay of
PHRV ทำลาย tam-lai
make headway with
IDM สร้างความสัมพันธ์ กับ (อ ย่างก้าว หน้า สร้าง ความก้าวหน้า กับ sang-kwam-sam-pan-kab
make hot
PHRV ทำให้ อุ่น ทำให้ ร้อน tam-hai-un
make in
PHRV สร้าง อยู่ ใน ทำ อยู่ ใน ทำ ขึ้น ใน สร้าง ขึ้น ใน sang-yu-nai
make into
PHRV เปลี่ยน (บางสิ่ง หรือ บางคน ให้ เป็น change into plian
make into
PHRV แปรรูป เป็น (วัตถุ แปรสภาพ เป็น เปลี่ยนรูป เป็น pare-pen-rub
make it
IDM มีเพศสัมพันธ์ (กับ เพศตรงข้าม (คำ สแลง me-ped-sam-pan
make it
IDM สามารถ ไป ถึง ทำได้ สำเร็จ sa-mad-pai-tuang
make it clear that
IDM ประกาศ อย่าง แน่วแน่ ว่า pra-kad-yang-neao-nea-wa
make it hot for
IDM ทำให้ เดือดร้อน tam-hai-dued-ron
make light work of
IDM คิด ว่า เป็น สิ่ง ง่าย kid-wa-pen-sing-ngi
make like
IDM เลียนแบบ fake feign simulate lian-beab
make like
PHRV ทำ เหมือน ประพฤติ ราวกับ เป็น tam-muan
make love to
IDM มี ความสัมพันธ์ ทางเพศ กับ ร่วมรัก กับ me-kwam-sam-pan-tang-ped-kab
make mention of
IDM เอ่ยถึง aoi-tuang
make merry
IDM มี ความ สนุกสนาน รื่นเริง merrymaker merrymaking me-kwam-sa-nuk-sa-nan
make mincemeat of
IDM ชนะขาดลอย cha-na-kad-loi
make mischief
IDM ทำให้ ยุ่งยาก tam-hai-yuang-yak
make much of
IDM เข้าใจ หยั่งถึง kao-jai
make no bones about
IDM กล้า คิด กล้า ทำ ka-kid
make nothing of
IDM ไม่เข้าใจ mai-kao-jai
make of
PHRV ทำ จาก สร้าง จาก สร้าง ด้วย fashion from form from make from make out of produce from tam-jak
make of
PHRV ทำให้ เป็น สร้าง tam-hai-pen
make off
PHRV รีบ ออก ไป รีบ ผละ ไป make away rib-ook-pai
make off with
PHRV ฉก หนี ไป ขโมย และ รีบ หนี ไป fly off with get away with chok-ne-pai
make off with
PHRV ทำให้ สูญเสีย make away with tam-hai-sun-sia
make on
PHRV ทำกำไร สร้าง กำไร ได้ กำไร จาก lose on tam-kam-rai
make on
PHRV สร้าง ทำ sang
make one of
PHRV เข้าร่วม กลุ่ม (คำ โบรา ณ kao-ruam-klum
make one's peace with
IDM เลิก ทะเลาะ กับ lok-ta-lor-kab
make one's way in the world
IDM ประสบความสำเร็จ ทาง ธุรกิจ pra-sob-kwam-sam-red-tang-tu-ra-kid
make oneself at home
IDM รู้สึก สบาย เป็นกันเอง ru-suek-sa-bai
make oneself known to
IDM แนะนำ ให้ รู้จัก กับ nea-nam-hai-ru-jak-kab
make out
PHRV ตอบ ได้ ตอบคำถาม ตอบ tob-dai
make out
PHRV ทำสำเร็จ มีชีวิต อยู่ get on go on tam-sam-red
make out
PHRV ทำให้ สมบูรณ์ ทำให้ ครบ จำนวน tam-hai-som-bun
make out
PHRV ประสบความสำเร็จ pra-sob-kwam-sam-red
make out
PHRV มอง เห็นชัด เจน mong-hen-chad-jen
make out
PHRV มี ความสัมพันธ์ ทางเพศ กับ me-kwam-sam-pan-tang-ped-kab
make out
PHRV ร่วมรัก ร่วมเพศ ruam-rak
make out
PHRV อ้างว่า give out ang-wa
make out
PHRV เขียน fill in fill out fill up write out kian
make out
PHRV เข้าใจ ค้นพบ figure out puzzle out work out kao-jai
make out
PHRV แสร้งทำ แกล้งทำ เสแสร้ง ปลอมแปลง sang-tam
make out a case (against / for)
IDM โต้แย้ง to-yeang
make out of
PHRV ทำ ด้วย สร้าง จาก fashion from form from make from make of tam-duai
make over
PHRV ชื่นชอบ มาก หลงใหล chun-chob-mak
make over
PHRV ยก ให้ โอนกรรมสิทธิ์ ให้ pay over yok-hai
make over
PHRV หา (บางสิ่ง ใหม่ ha-mai
make over
PHRV หา ได้ มากกว่า หารายได้ มากกว่า ha-dai-mak-kwa
make over
PHRV เปลี่ยนเป็น plian-pen
make peace with
IDM ยุติ สงคราม กับ yu-ti-song-kram
make play with
IDM เอ่ยถึง บางสิ่ง เพื่อให้ เกิดผล บางอย่าง aei-tueng-bang-sing-puea-hai-koed-pon-bang-yang
make ready
IDM เตรียมพร้อม triam-prom
make rings round
IDM เอาชนะ ได้ ง่าย ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้ run round aol-cha-na-dai-ngi
make sense of
IDM สามารถ เข้าใจ เข้าใจ sa-mad-kao-jai
make someone / something available to someone
IDM หา คน หรือ สิ่งของ ให้ ได้ ha-kon-rue-sing-kong-mai-dai
make someone / something tick
IDM ทำให้ ทำงาน ได้ (มัก ใช้กับ what ทำให้ ดำเนินการ ได้ tam-hai-tam-ngan-dai
make someone eat crow
IDM ทำให้ ยอม สารภาพ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ tam-hai-yom-sa-ra-pab
make someone look good
IDM ทำให้ ดู ว่า มี ความสามารถ หรือ ประสบความสำเร็จ tam-hai-du-wa-me-kwam-sa-mad-rue-pra-sob-kwam-sam-red
make someone look ridiculous
IDM ทำให้ ดู ตลก ทำให้ ดู ขบขัน tam-hai-du-ta-lok
make someone's bed
IDM จัด เตียง ทำ เตียง ทำ เตียง ให้ เรียบร้อย เก็บ เตียง jad-tiang
make someone's blood boil
IDM ทำให้ เดือดดาล ทำให้ โมโห หรือ โกรธ มาก tam-hai-dued-dan
make someone's hair curl
IDM ทำให้ ตกใจ ที่ ได้ เห็น ได้ยิน หรือ ลิ้มรส tam-hai-tok-jai-ti-dai-hen-dai-yin-rue-lim-rod
make someone's hair stand on end
IDM ทำให้ กลัว มาก ทำให้ ขนลุก tam-hai-kua-mak
make someone's head spin
IDM ทำให้ หัวหมุน ทำให้ มึนงง ทำให้ เวียนหัว tam-hai-hua-muan
make someone's head swim
IDM ทำให้ หัวหมุน ทำให้ มึนงง ทำให้ เวียนหัว tam-hai-hua-muan
make someone's position clear
IDM บอก จุดยืน ของ ตน ให้ ความกระจ่าง ไขข้อข้องใจ bok-jud-yuen-kong-ton
make something to order
IDM ทำ ตามคำสั่ง tam-yam-kam-sang
make sure
IDM มั่นใจ แน่ใจ man-jai
make sure of
IDM แน่ใจ มั่นใจ ใน ตรวจสอบ ให้ แน่ make certain of make of nea-jai
make the arrangements (for)
IDM วางแผน เพื่อ จัดการ ใน เรื่อง wang-pan-puea
make the bed
IDM ทำ เตียง ให้ เรียบร้อย จัด เตียง tam-tiang-hai-riab-roi
make the best of
IDM พยายาม แก้ไข ให้ ดี พยายาม ทำให้ ดี pa-ya-yam-kea-kai-hai-de
make the best of
IDM ใช้ (บางสิ่ง เต็มที่ สุด ความสามารถ chai-tem-ti
make the best of it / of a bad job
IDM ยอมรับ ใน สิ่ง ที่ เกิดขึ้น yom-rab-nai-sing-ti-koed-kuan
make the feathers fly
IDM ต่อสู้ กัน โต้เถียง กัน tor-su-kan
make the fur fly
IDM ต่อสู้ กัน โต้เถียง กัน tor-su-kan
make the grade
IDM พอใจ เป็นไปตาม คาด por-jai
make the most of
IDM ทำให้ ได้มาก ที่สุด เท่าที่ จะ มาก ได้ tam-hai-dai-mak-ti-sud-tao-ti-ja-mak-dai
make through
PHRV ฝ่าฟัน ฝ่า บุกบั่น thread through pa-fan
make towards
PHRV เคลื่อน ไป ทาง วิ่ง ไป ทาง make for kluan-pai-tang
make tracks for
IDM ไป ทาง pai-tang
make up
PHRV จัด ไว้ ด้วยกัน จัด ไว้ เป็นระเบียบ jad-wai-duai-kan
make up
PHRV ชดเชย (เวลา หรือ เงิน ทดแทน make good chod-choi
make up
PHRV สร้าง ทำ sang
make up
PHRV สร้าง นึก เอา เอง dream up think up sang
make up
PHRV สอบซ่อม เรียน ชดเชย เรียน เพิ่มเติม sob-som
make up
PHRV เตรียม (ห้องพัก หรือ เตียงนอน ให้พร้ อม triam
make up
PHRV เตรียม อาหาร triam-ar-han
make up
PHRV เติม เชื้อ ฟืน toem-chue-fuan
make up
PHRV เป็น ส่วน ของ เติม ให้ เต็ม (จำนวน pen-suan-kong
make up
PHRV เป็นเพื่อน กัน อีก หลังจาก (ทะเลาะ กัน กลับมา ดีกัน patch up stitch up pen-puean-kan-eak-lang-jak
make up
PHRV แต่งหน้า teang-na
make up for
PHRV ชดเชย สำหรับ compensate for recompense for recoup for chod-choi-sam-rab
make up for lost ground / time
IDM ทำงานหนัก หรือ ทำงาน รวดเร็ว tam-ngan-nak-rue-tam-ngan-ruad-reo
make up on
PHRV เข้ามา ใกล้ เกือบ ตามทัน (การแข่งขัน kao-ma-kai
make up one's mind
IDM ตัดสินใจ tad-sin-jai
make up to
PHRV ชดเชย ทดแทน ให้ chod-choi
make up to
PHRV เพิ่ม ให้ เต็ม เพิ่ม ให้ poem-hai-tem
make use full
PHRV ทำตัว เป็นประโยชน์ tam-tua-pen-pra-yod
make use of
PHRV ใช้ (บางสิ่ง chai
make war on
PHRV ขัดแย้ง อย่างรุนแรง ต่อต้าน อย่างแรง declare against declare on kad-yeak-yang-run-rang
make war on
PHRV ต่อสู้ กับ ประกาศสงคราม กับ declare against declare on wage against tor-su-kab
make waves
IDM สร้างปัญหา ก่อปัญหา ทำให้ ยุ่งยาก sang-pan-ha
make way
IDM ก้าวหน้า เดินหน้า รุดหน้า kao-na
make way for
PHRV หลบ เข้า ด้าน ข้าง lob-kao-dan-kang
make with
PHRV ทำ ข้อตกลง กับ tam-kor-tok-long-kab
make with
PHRV ทำ ด้วย สร้าง ด้วย tam-duai
make-believe
ADJ เสแสร้ง แกล้งทำ pretended fraudulent fantastic se-sang
make-believe
N การเสแสร้ง การ แกล้งทำ sham unreality kan-se-sang
make-up
N การ แต่งหน้า การเสริมสวย makeup kan-tang-na
make-up
N เครื่องสำอาง เครื่อง แต่งหน้า เครื่องสำอาง เครื่อง เสริมสวย cosmetic krueng-sam-ang
make-work
N งา นที่ ไม่จำเป็น (มี เพื่อ ไม่ ให้ คนงาน ขี้เกียจ
makeover
N การเปลี่ยนแปลง การปรับปรุง การ ปฎิ รูป change renovation kan-pian-plang
maker
N ผู้ผลิต ผู้สร้าง ผู้ทำ producer creator manufacturer unmake break undo phu-pa-lid
maker
N ผู้ เซ็น เอกสาร (ทางกฎหมาย ผู้ เซ็นชื่อ กำกับ ใน ตั๋วสัญญาใช้เงิน phu-sen-ak-ka-san
makeready
N การ ทำ รูปแบบ สำเร็จรูป kan-tam-rub-beab-sam-red-rub
makeshift
ADJ ซึ่ง ทดแทน ชั่วคราว สำหรับ ใช้ ชั่วคราว ชั่วคราว สำรอง temporary substitute improvised permanent lasting sueng-tod-tean-chue-kao
makeshift
N สิ่ง ที่ ใช้ ทดแทน ชั่วคราว สิ่ง สำรอง stopgap sing-ti-chai-tod-tean-chue-kao
makeup
N เครื่องสำอาง cosmetic beautifier krueng-sam-ang
makeweight
N คน หรือ สิ่ง ไม่สำคัญ kon-rue-sing-mai-sam-kan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MAKE
v.t.pret. and pp. made. 1. To compel; to constrain.
They should be made to rise at an early hour.
2. To form of materials; to fashion; to mold into shape; to cause to exist in a different form, or as a distinct thing.
He fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. Exodus 32:4.
God not only made, but created; not only made the work, but the materials.
3. To create; to cause to exist; to form from nothing. God made the materials of the earth and of all worlds.
4. To compose; to constitute as parts, materials or ingredients united in a whole. These several sums make the whole amount.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
Make but one temple for the deity.
5. To form by art.
And art with her contending, doth aspire
T'excel the natural with made delights.
6. To produce or effect, as the agent.
Call for Sampson, that he may make us sport. Judges 16:25.
7. To produce, as the cause; to procure; to obtain. Good tillage is necessary to make good crops.
Wealth maketh many friends. Proverbs 19:4.
8. To do; to perform; to execute; as, to make a journey; to make a long voyage.
9. To cause to have any quality, as by change or alteration. Wealth may make a man proud; beauty may make a woman vain; a due sense of human weakness should make us humble.
1 . To bring into any state or condition; to constitute.
See I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. Exodus 7:1.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Exodus 2:14.
11. To contract; to establish; as, to make friendship.
12. To keep; as, to make abode.
13. To raise to good fortune; to secure in riches or happiness; as when it is said, he is made for this world.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
14. To suffer.
He accuses Neptune unjustly, who makes shipwreck a second time.
15. To incur; as, to make a loss. [Improper. ]
16. To commit; to do.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I made. [Little used. ]
17. To intend or to do; to purpose to do.
Gomez, what mak'st thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? [Not used. ]
We now say, what doest thou here?
18. To raise, as, profit; to gain; to collect; as, to make money in trade or by husbandry; to make an estate by steady industry.
19. To discover; to arrive in sight of; a seaman's phrase, They made the land at nine o'clock on the larboard bow, distant five leagues.
2 . To reach; to arrive at; as, to make a port or harbor; a seaman's phrase.
21. To gain by advance; as, to make little way with a head wind; we made our way to the next village. This phrase often implies difficulty.
22. To provide; as, to make a dinner or entertainment.
23. To put or place; as, to make a difference between strict right and expedience.
24. To turn; to convert, as to use.
Whate'er they catch,
Their fury makes an instrument of war.
25. To represent. He is not the fool you make him, that is, as your representation exhibits him.
26. To constitute; to form. It is melancholy to think that sensual pleasure makes the happiness of a great part of mankind.
27. To induce; to cause. Self-confidence makes a man rely too much on his own strength and resources.
28. To put into a suitable or regular form for use; as, to make a bed.
29. To fabricate; to forge. He made the story himself.
3 . To compose; to form and write; as, to make verses or an oration.
31. To cure; to dry and prepare for preservation; as, to make hay.
To make amends, to make good; to give adequate compensation; to replace the value or amount of loss.
To make account of, to esteem; to regard.
To make away, to kill; to destroy.
1. To make free with, to treat with freedom; to treat without ceremony.
To make good, to maintain, to defend.
I'll either die, or I'll make good the place.
1. To fulfill; to accomplish; as, to make good one's word, promise or engagement.
2. To make compensation for; to supply an equivalent; as, to make good a loss or damage.
To make light of, to consider as of no consequence; to treat with indifference or contempt.
They made light of it, and went their way. Matthew 22:5.
To make love,
To make suit, to court; to attempt to gain the favor or affection.
To make merry, to feast; to be joyful or jovial.
To make much of, to treat with fondness or esteem; to consider as of great value, or as giving great pleasure.
To make of, to understand. He knows not what to make of the news, that is, he does not well understand it; he knows not how to consider or view it.
1. To produce from; to effect.
I am astonished that those who have appeared against this paper, have made so very little of it.
2. To consider; to account; to esteem.
Makes she no more of me than of a slave?
To make over, to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate. He made over his estate in trust or in fee.
To make out, to learn; to discover; to obtain a clear understanding of. I cannot make out the meaning or sense of this difficult passage. Antiquaries are not able to make out the inscription on this medal.
1. To prove; to evince; to establish by evidence or argument. The plaintiff, not being able to make out his case, withdrew the suit.
In the passages from divines, most of the reasonings which make out both my propositions are already suggested.
2. To furnish; to find or supply. He promised to pay, but was not able to make out the money or the whole sum.
To make sure of, to consider as certain.
1. To secure to one's possession; as, to make sure of the game.
To make up, to collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package.
1. To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel.
2. To repair; as, to make up a hedge. Ezekiel 13:5.
3. To supply what is wanting. A dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
4. To compose, as ingredients or parts.
Oh, he was all made up of love and charms!
The parties among us are made up of moderate whigs and presbyterians.
5. To shape; as, to make up a mass into pills.
6. To assume a particular form of features; as, to make up a face; whence, to make up a lip, is to pout.
7. To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss.
8. To settle; to adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts.
9. To determine; to bring to a definite conclusion; as, to make up one's mind.
In seamen's language, to make sail, to increase the quantity of sail already extended.
To make sternway, to move with the stern foremost.
To make water, to leak.
To make words, to multiply words.
MAKE
v.i.To tend; to proceed; to move. He made towards home. The tiger made at the sportsman. Formerly authors used to make way, to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make towards. 1. To contribute; to have effect. This argument makes nothing in his favor. He believes wrong to be right, and right to be wrong, when it makes for his advantage.
2. To rise; to flow toward land; as, the tide makes fast.
To make as if, to show; to appear; to carry appearance.
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. Joshua 8:15.
To make away with, to kill; to destroy.
To make for, to move towards; to direct a course towards; as, we apprehended a tempest approaching, and made for a harbor.
1. To tend to advantage; to favor. A war between commercial nations makes for the interest of neutrals.
To make against, to tend to injury. This argument makes against his cause.
To make out, to succeed; to have success at last. He made out to reconcile the contending parties.
To make up, to approach. He made up to us with boldness.
To make up for, to compensate; to supply by an equivalent.
Have you a supply of friends to make up for those who are gone?
To make up with, to settle differences; to become friends.
To make with, to concur.
MAKE
n.Structure; texture; constitution of parts in a body. It may sometimes be synonymous with shape or form, but more properly, the word signifies the manner in which the parts of a body are united; as a man of slender make, or feeble make, Is our perfection of so frail a make
As every plot can undermine and shake?
MAKE
n.[Eng. match; L. par. ] A companion; a mate.
MAKEBATE
n.One who excites contention and quarrels.
MAKELESS
a.Matchless; without a mate.
MAKER
n.The Creator. The universal Maker we may praise.
1. One that makes, forms, shapes, or molds; a manufacturer; as a maker of watches, or of jewelry; a maker of cloth.
2. A poet.
MAKEPEACE
n.A peace-maker; one that reconciles persons when are variance.
MAKEWEIGHT
n.That which is thrown into a scale to make weight.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MAKE
Make, n. Etym: [AS. maca, gemaca. See Match. ]
Defn: A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs. ] For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. Chaucer.
MAKE
Make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Made; p. pr. & vb. n. Making. ] Etym: [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. Match an equal. ]
1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications: (a ) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate. He. .. fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. Ex. xxxii. 4.
(b ) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story. And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. Spenser.
(c ) 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. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. Judg. xvi. 25. Wealth maketh many friends. Prov. xix. 4. I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. Dryden.
(d ) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc. (e ) 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. He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time. Bacon.
(f ) 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. (h ) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive. Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. Dryden.
2. 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. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us Ex. ii. 14.See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. Ex. vii. 1.
Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc.
3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent. He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. Baker.
4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted. I will make them hear my words. Deut. iv. 1 . They should be made to rise at their early hour. Locke.
5. 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. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak.
6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to. The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. Waller.
7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs. ] Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs Dryden.
8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And make the Libyan shores." Dryden. They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. Sir T. Browne.To make a bed, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order. -- To make a card (Card Playing ), to take a trick with it. -- To make account. See under Account, n. -- To make account of, to esteem; to regard. -- To make away. (a ) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs. ] If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. Burton. (b ) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs. ] Waller. -- To make believe, to pretend; to feign; to simulate. -- To make bold, to take the liberty; to venture. -- To make the cards (Card Playing ), to shuffle the pack. -- To make choice of, to take by way of preference; to choose. -- To make danger, to make experiment. [Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. -- To make default (Law ), to fail to appear or answer. -- To make the doors, to shut the door. [Obs. ] Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. Shak. - To make free with. See under Free, a. -- To make good. See under Good. -- To make head, to make headway. -- To make light of. See under Light, a. -- To make little of. (a ) To belittle. (b ) To accomplish easily. -- To make love to. See under Love, n. -- To make meat, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] -- To make merry, to feast; to be joyful or jovial. -- To make much of, to treat with much consideration, , attention, or fondness; to value highly. -- To make no bones. See under Bone, n. -- To make no difference, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. -- To make no doubt, to have no doubt. -- To make no matter, to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. -- To make oath (Law ), to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law. -- To make of. (a ) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news. (b ) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave. "Dryden. -- To make one's law (Old Law ), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- To make out. (a ) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b ) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (c ) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money. -- To make over, to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee. -- To make sail. (Naut. ) (a ) To increase the quantity of sail already extended. (b ) To set sail. -- To make shift, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq. ]. -- To make sternway, to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward. -- To make strange, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or suggestion. -- To make suit to, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court. -- To make sure. See under Sure. -- To make up. (a ) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. (b ) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel. (c ) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum. (d ) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story. He was all made up of love and charms! Addison. (e ) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss. (f ) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts. (g ) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up. -- To make up a face, to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision. -- To make up one's mind, to reach a mental determination; to resolve. -- To make water. (a ) (Naut. ) To leak. (b ) To urinate. -- To make way, or To make one's way. (a ) To make progress; to advance. (b ) To open a passage; to clear the way. -- To make words, to multiply words.
MAKE
MAKE Make, v. i.
1. 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. [Obs. ] A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make. Shak.
2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
Note: Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc.
3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage. M. Arnold. Follow after the things which make for peace. Rom. xiv. 19. Considerations infinite Do make against it. Shak.
4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic ] Chaucer. Tennyson. To solace him some time, as I do when I make. P. Plowman. To make as if, or To make as though, to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under Make, v. t.). Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. Josh. viii. 15. My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. Latimer. -- To make at, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to attack. -- To make away with. (a ) To carry off. (b ) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate. (c ) To kill; to destroy. -- To make off, to go away suddenly. -- To make out, to succeed; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties. -- To make up, to become reconciled or friendly. -- To make up for, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for. -- To make up to. (a ) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us. (b ) To pay addresses to; to make love to. -- To make up with, to become reconciled to. [Colloq. ] -- To make with, to concur or agree with. Hooker.
MAKE
MAKE Make, n.
Defn: Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form. It our perfection of so frail a make As every plot can undermine and shake Dryden. On the make, bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.]
MAKE AND BREAK
MAKE AND BREAK Make and break. (Elec.)
Defn: Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
MAKEBATE
Make "bate `, n. Etym: [Make, v. + bate a quarrel. ]
Defn: One who excites contentions and quarrels. [Obs. ]
MAKE-BELIEF
MAKE-BELIEF Make "-be *lief `, n.
Defn: A feigning to believe; make believe. J. H. Newman.
MAKE-BELIEVE
MAKE-BELIEVE Make "-be *lieve `, n.
Defn: A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. "Childlike make-believe. " Tylor. To forswear self-delusion and make-believe. M. Arnold.
MAKE-BELIEVE
MAKE-BELIEVE Make "-be *lieve `, a.
Defn: Feigned; insincere. "Make-believe reverence. " G. Eliot.
MAKED
MAKED Mak "ed, obs. p. p. of Make.
Defn: Made. Chaucer.
MAKE-GAME
MAKE-GAME Make "-game `, n.
Defn: An object of ridicule; a butt. Godwin.
MAKELESS
Make "less, a. Etym: [See 1st Make, and cf. Matchless, Mateless. ]
1. Matchless. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
2. Without a mate. Shak.
MAKE-PEACE
MAKE-PEACE Make "-peace ` (-pes `) n.
Defn: A peacemaker. [R.] Shak.
MAKER
MAKER Mak "er (mak "er ) n.,
1. One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator. The universal Maker we may praise. Milton.
2. (Law )
Defn: The person who makes a promissory note.
3. One who writes verses; a poet. [Obs. ]
Note: "The Greeks named the poet poihth `s, which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word poiei ^n, make; wherein, I know not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met well the Greeks in calling him a maker. " Sir P.Sidney.
MAKESHIFT
MAKESHIFT Make "shift `, n.
Defn: That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
MAKE-UP
MAKE-UP Make "-up `, n.
Defn: The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc. , in personating a character. The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. L. F. Ward.
MAKEWEIGHT
MAKEWEIGHT Make "weight ` (, n.
Defn: That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.
New American Oxford Dictionary
make
make |māk meɪk | ▶verb ( past and past participle made |mād | ) [ with obj. ] 1 form (something ) by putting parts together or combining substances; construct; create: my grandmother made a dress for me | the body is made from four pieces of maple | baseball bats are made of ash. • (make something into ) alter something so that it forms or constitutes (something else ): buffalo's milk can be made into cheese. • compose, prepare, or draw up (something written or abstract ): she made her will. • prepare (a dish, drink, or meal ) for consumption: she was making lunch for Lucy and Francis | [ with two objs. ] : I'll make us both a cup of tea. • arrange bedclothes tidily on (a bed ) ready for use. • arrange and light materials for (a fire ). • Electronics complete or close (a circuit ). 2 cause (something ) to exist or come about; bring about: the drips had made a pool on the floor. • [ with obj. and complement or infinitive ] cause to become or seem: decorative features make brickwork more interesting | the best way to disarm your critics is to make them laugh. • carry out, perform, or produce (a specified action, movement, or sound ): Unger made a speech of forty minutes | anyone can make a mistake | we made a deal. • communicate or express (an idea, request, or requirement ): I tend to make heavy demands on people | [ with two objs. ] : make him an offer he can't refuse. • chiefly archaic enter into a contract of (marriage ): a marriage made in heaven. • [ with obj. and complement ] appoint or designate (someone ) to a position: he was made a colonel in the Mexican army. • [ with obj. and complement ] represent or cause to appear in a specified way: the sale price and extended warranty make it an excellent value. • cause or ensure the success or advancement of: the work which really made Wordsworth's reputation. 3 [ with obj. and infinitive ] compel (someone ) to do something: she bought me a brandy and made me drink it. 4 constitute; amount to: they made an unusual duo. • serve as or become through development or adaptation: this fern makes a good houseplant. • consider to be; estimate as: How many are there? I make it sixteen. • agree or decide on (a specified arrangement ), typically one concerning a time or place: let's make it 7:30. 5 gain or earn (money or profit ): he'd made a lot of money out of hardware. 6 arrive at (a place ) within a specified time or in time for (a train or other transport ): we've got a lot to do if you're going to make the shuttle | they didn't always make it on time. • (make it ) succeed in something; become successful: he waited confidently for his band to make it. • achieve a place in: these dogs seldom make the news | they made it to the semifinals. • achieve the rank of: he wasn't going to make captain. 7 [ no obj. ] go or prepare to go in a particular direction: he struggled to his feet and made toward the car. • [ with infinitive ] act as if one is about to perform an action: she made as if to leave the room. 8 informal induce (someone ) to have sexual intercourse with one: he had been trying to make Cynthia for two years now | his alleged quest to make it with the world's most attractive women. 9 (in bridge, whist, and similar games ) win (a trick ). • win a trick with (a card ). • win the number of tricks that fulfills (a contract ). • shuffle (a pack of cards ) for dealing. 10 [ no obj. ] (of the tide ) begin to flow or ebb. ▶noun 1 the manufacturer or trade name of a particular product: the make, model, and year of his car. • the structure or composition of something. 2 the making of electrical contact. • the position in which this is made. PHRASES be made of money [ often with negative ] informal be very rich. have ( got ) it made informal be in a position where success is certain: because your dad's a manager, he's got it made. make a day (or night ) of it devote a whole day (or night ) to an activity, esp. an enjoyable one. make someone's day make an otherwise ordinary or dull day pleasingly memorable for someone. make do manage with the limited or inadequate means available: Dad would have to make do with an old car. make like informal pretend to be; imitate: tell the whole group to make like a bird by putting their arms out. make or break be the factor that decides whether (something ) will succeed or fail. make sail Sailing spread a sail or sails. • start a voyage. make time 1 find an occasion when time is available to do something: the nurse should make time to talk to the patient. 2 informal make sexual advances to someone: I couldn't make time with Marilyn because she was already a senior. make up one's mind make a decision; decide: he made up his mind to attend the meeting. make way 1 allow room for someone or something else: the land is due to be bulldozed to make way for a parking garage. 2 chiefly Nautical make progress; travel. on the make informal intent on gain, typically in an unscrupulous way. • looking for a sexual partner. put the make on informal make sexual advances to (someone ).PHRASAL VERBS make after archaic pursue (someone ). make away another way of saying make off. make away with • kill (someone ) furtively and illicitly: for all we know she could have been made away with. make for 1 move or head toward (a place ): I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life. • approach (someone ) to attack them. 2 tend to result in or be received as (a particular thing ): job descriptions never make for exciting reading. 3 (be made for ) be eminently suited for (a particular function ): a man made for action. • form an ideal partnership; be ideally suited: you two were just made for each other . make something of give or ascribe a specified amount of attention or importance to: oddly, he makes little of America's low investment rates. • understand or derive advantage from: they stared at the stone but could make nothing of it. • [ with negative or in questions ] conclude to be the meaning or character of: he wasn't sure what to make of Russell. make off leave hurriedly, esp. in order to avoid duty or punishment: they made off without paying. make off with carry (something ) away illicitly: burglars made off with all their wedding presents. make out informal 1 make progress; fare: how are you making out, now that the summer's over? 2 informal engage in sexual activity: Ernie was making out with Bernice. make someone /something out 1 manage with some difficulty to see or hear something: in the dim light it was difficult to make out the illustration. • understand the character or motivation of someone: I can't make her out —she's so inconsistent. 2 [ with infinitive or clause ] assert; represent: I'm not as bad as I'm made out to be . • try to give a specified impression; pretend: he made out he was leaving. 3 draw up or write out a list or document, esp. an official one: advice about making out a will | send a check made out to Trinity College. make something over 1 transfer the possession of something to someone: if he dies childless he is to make over his share of the estate to his brother. 2 completely transform or remodel something, esp. a person's hairstyle, makeup, or clothes. make up be reconciled after a quarrel: let's kiss and make up. make someone up apply cosmetics to oneself or another. make something up 1 (also make up for ) serve or act to compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient: I'll make up the time tomorrow. • (make it up to ) compensate someone for negligent or unfair treatment: I'll try to make it up to you in the future. 2 (make up ) (of parts ) compose or constitute (a whole ): women make up 56 percent of the student body | the team is made up of three women and two men. • complete an amount or group: he brought along a girl to make up a foursome. 3 put together or prepare something from parts or ingredients: make up the mortar to a consistency that can be molded in the hands. • get an amount or group together: he was trying to make up a party to go dancing. • prepare a bed for use with fresh bedclothes. • Printing arrange type and illustrations into pages or arrange the type and illustrations on a page. 4 concoct or invent a story, lie, or plan: she enjoyed making up tall tales. make up to informal attempt to win the favor of (someone ) by being pleasant: you can't go on about morals when you're making up to Adam like that. make with informal proceed to use or supply: make with the feet, honey —we're late. DERIVATIVES make a ble |-əbəl |(also makable ) adjective ORIGIN Old English macian, from a base meaning ‘fitting ’; related to match 1 .
make-and-break
make-and-break ▶noun a switch or other device in which electrical contact is automatically made and broken.
make-before-break
make-before-break ▶adjective denoting a switch or other device in which a new electrical connection is made before the existing one is broken.
make-believe
make-be lieve |ˈmeɪk bəˌliv | ▶noun the action of pretending or imagining, typically that things are better than they really are: she's living in a world of make-believe. ▶adjective imitating something real; pretend: he was firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes. ▶verb pretend; imagine: [ with clause ] : Brenda rode along, make-believing she was a knight riding to the rescue.
make-do
make-do ▶adjective [ attrib. ] makeshift, ad hoc, or temporary: his make-do clothes and borrowed tie.
makeover
make o ver |ˈmākˌōvər ˈmeɪˌkoʊvər | ▶noun a complete transformation or remodeling of something, esp. a person's hairstyle, makeup, or clothes.
maker
mak er |ˈmākər ˈmeɪkər | ▶noun 1 [ usu. in combination ] a person or thing that makes or produces something: a cabinetmaker. 2 ( our, the, etc. , Maker ) God; the Creator. PHRASES meet one's Maker chiefly humorous die.
makeready
make read y |ˈmākˌredē ˈmeɪkrɛdi | ▶noun (in letterpress printing ) final adjustment of a form for printing, with overlays and underlays to achieve the correct pressure over the whole printing area.
makeshift
make shift |ˈmākˌSHift ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft | ▶adjective serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for the time being: arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed. ▶noun a temporary substitute or device.
makeup
make up |ˈmākˌəp ˈmeɪkəp | ▶noun 1 cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance. 2 the composition or constitution of something: studying the makeup of ocean sediments. • the combination of qualities that form a person's temperament: a nastiness that had long been in his makeup. 3 Printing the arrangement of type, illustrations, etc. , on a printed page: page makeup. 4 a supplementary test or assignment given to a student who missed or failed the original one: [ as modifier ] : Tony has a makeup exam.
makeweight
make weight |ˈmākˌwāt ˈmeɪkˌweɪt | ▶noun something put on a scale to make up the required weight. • an extra person or thing that is only added or included in order to complete something: use it for casserole toppings or makeweight in meatloaf | this suggestion was thrown in as a makeweight.
make-work
make-work |ˈmeɪk ˌwərk | ▶adjective denoting an activity that serves mainly to keep someone busy and is of little value in itself: a make-work scheme for lawyers. ▶noun work or activity of this kind.
Oxford Dictionary
make
make |meɪk | ▶verb ( past and past participle made |meɪd | ) [ with obj. ] 1 form (something ) by putting parts together or combining substances; create: my grandmother made a dress for me | cricket bats are made of willow. • (make something into ) alter something so that it forms (something else ): buffalo's milk can be made into cheese. • compose or draw up (something written or abstract ): make a list of all the points you can think of. • prepare (a dish, drink, or meal ): she was making lunch for Lucy and Francis | [ with two objs ] : I'll make us both a cup of tea. • arrange bedclothes tidily on (a bed ) ready for use. • arrange and light materials for (a fire ). • Electronics complete or close (a circuit ). 2 cause (something ) to exist or come about; bring about: the drips had made a pool on the floor. • [ with obj. and complement or infinitive ] cause to become or seem: decorative features make brickwork more interesting | the best way to disarm your critics is to make them laugh. • carry out, perform, or produce (a specified action or sound ): anyone can make a mistake. • (in soccer ) enable a teammate to score (a goal ) by one's play. • communicate or express (an idea, request, or requirement ): there are two more points to make | [ with two objs ] : make him an offer he can't refuse. • archaic enter into a contract of (marriage ). • [ with obj. and complement ] appoint or designate (someone ) to a position: he was made a fellow of the Royal Institute. • [ with obj. and complement ] represent or cause to appear in a specified way: the issue price makes them good value. • cause to be successful: the work which made Wordsworth's reputation. 3 [ with obj. and infinitive ] compel (someone ) to do something: she bought me a brandy and made me drink it. 4 constitute; amount to: they made an unusual duo. • be suitable for or likely to develop into: this fern makes a good houseplant. • consider to be; estimate as: How many are there? I make it sixteen. • agree or decide on (a specified arrangement ): let's make it 7.30. 5 gain or earn (money or profit ): he'd made a lot of money out of hardware. • Cricket score (a specified number of runs ). 6 manage to arrive at (a place ) within a specified time or catch (a train or other form of transport ): we've got a lot to do if you're going to make the shuttle | they didn't always make it on time. • (make it ) become successful: he waited confidently for his band to make it. • (make it ) succeed in reaching safety or in surviving: the pilot didn't make it —his neck's broken. • achieve a place in: Australia should make the final. • achieve the rank of: he wasn't going to make captain. 7 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] prepare to go in a particular direction: he struggled to his feet and made towards the car. • [ with infinitive ] act as if one is about to perform an action: she made as if to leave the room. 8 N. Amer. informal induce (someone ) to have sexual intercourse with one: he had been trying to make Cynthia for two years now. 9 (in bridge, whist, etc. ) win (a trick ). • win a trick with (a card ). • win the number of tricks that fulfils (a contract ). • shuffle (cards ) for dealing. 10 [ no obj. ] Nautical (of the tide ) begin to flow or ebb. ▶noun 1 the manufacturer or trade name of a product: the make, model, and year of his car. • the structure or composition of something. 2 the making of electrical contact. PHRASES be made of money [ often with negative ] informal be very rich. be made up 1 N. English & Irish informal be delighted: we're made up about the baby. 2 Irish be assured of success; be lucky: what with the high prices since the war started, we'll be made up if it lasts. have ( got ) it made informal be in a position where success is certain. make a day (or night ) of it devote a whole day (or night ) to an activity. make someone's day make an otherwise ordinary or dull day pleasingly memorable for someone. make a House Brit. secure the presence of enough members for a quorum or support in the House of Commons. make do manage with the limited or inadequate means available: Dad would have to make do with an old car. make like N. Amer. informal pretend to be; imitate: now make like my pants and split. make or break be the factor which decides whether (something ) will succeed or fail. make sail Sailing spread a sail or sails. • start a voyage. make time 1 find an occasion when time is available to do something. 2 N. Amer. informal make sexual advances to someone: I couldn't make time with Marilyn because she was already a senior. make up one's mind make a decision; decide. make way 1 allow room for someone or something else: the land is due to be concreted over to make way for a car park. 2 Nautical make progress; travel. on the make informal intent on gain, typically in an unscrupulous way. • looking for a sexual partner. put the make on N. Amer. informal make sexual advances to (someone ).PHRASAL VERBS make after dated pursue (someone ). make away with another way of saying make off with. • kill (someone ). make for 1 move or head towards (a place ): I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life. • approach (someone ) to attack them. 2 tend to result in or be received as (a particular thing ): job descriptions never make for exciting reading. 3 (be made for ) be eminently suited for (a particular function or person ): a man made for action. make something of give a specified amount of attention or importance to: he makes little of America's low investment rates. • understand the meaning or character of: he wasn't sure what to make of Sue. make off leave hurriedly, especially in order to avoid duty or punishment: they made off without paying. make off with carry (something ) away illicitly: burglars made off with all their wedding presents. make out informal 1 make progress; fare: how are you making out, now that the summer's over? 2 N. Amer. informal engage in sexual activity. make someone /thing out 1 manage with some difficulty to see or hear something: in the dim light it was difficult to make out the illustration. • understand the character or motivation of. 2 [ with infinitive or clause ] assert; represent: I'm not as bad as I'm made out to be . • try to give a specified impression; pretend: he made out he was leaving. 3 draw up or write out a list or document: send a cheque made out to Trinity College. make someone over give someone a new image with hairstyling, make-up, or clothes. make something over transfer the possession of something to someone. make up be reconciled after a quarrel: let's kiss and make up. make someone up apply cosmetics to oneself or another. make something up 1 (also make up for ) compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient: I'll make up the time tomorrow. • (make it up to ) compensate someone for negligent or unfair treatment. 2 (make up ) (of parts ) compose or constitute (a whole ): women make up 56 per cent of the student body. • complete an amount or group: he brought along a girl to make up a foursome. 3 put together or prepare something from parts or ingredients: make up the mortar to a consistency that can be moulded in the hands. • get an amount or group together. • prepare a bed for use with fresh bedclothes. • Printing arrange text and illustrations into pages. 4 invent a story, lie, or plan. make up to Brit. informal attempt to win the favour of (someone ) by being pleasant. make with US informal proceed to use or supply: make with the feet, honey —you're embarrassing Jim. DERIVATIVES makeable (also makable ) adjective ORIGIN Old English macian, of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘fitting ’; related to match 1 .
make-and-break
make-and-break ▶noun a switch or other device in which electrical contact is automatically made and broken.
make-before-break
make-before-break ▶adjective denoting a switch or other device in which a new electrical connection is made before the existing one is broken.
make-believe
make-believe ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are: she's living in a world of make-believe. ▶adjective imitating something real: he was firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes. ▶verb [ no obj. ] pretend; imagine.
make-do
make-do |meɪkˈduː | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] makeshift; temporary: make-do shelters dotted the landscape.
makeover
make |over |ˈmeɪkəʊvə (r )| ▶noun a complete transformation of the appearance of someone or something: win one of our special pampering makeovers.
maker
maker |ˈmeɪkə | ▶noun 1 [ usu. in combination ] a person or thing that makes or produces something: film-makers | a cabinetmaker. 2 ( our, the, etc. Maker ) God. PHRASES meet one's Maker chiefly humorous die.
makeready
make read y |ˈmākˌredē ˈmeɪkrɛdi | ▶noun (in letterpress printing ) final adjustment of a form for printing, with overlays and underlays to achieve the correct pressure over the whole printing area.
makeshift
make |shift |ˈmeɪkʃɪft | ▶adjective acting as an interim and temporary measure: arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed. ▶noun a temporary substitute or device.
make-up
make-up ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance. 2 the composition or constitution of something: ozone damages the cellular make-up of plants and trees. • the combination of qualities that form a person's temperament: a curiously unexpected timidity in his make-up. 3 Printing the arrangement of text, illustrations, etc. on a printed page: page make-up. 4 [ count noun ] N. Amer. a supplementary test or assignment given to a student who missed or failed the original one.
makeweight
make |weight |ˈmeɪkweɪt | ▶noun something put on a scale to make up the required weight. • an unimportant person or thing that is only added or included in order to complete something: he has waited a long time to establish himself after two years as squad makeweight.
make-work
make-work N. Amer. ▶adjective denoting an activity that serves mainly to keep someone busy and is of little value in itself: a make-work scheme for lawyers. ▶noun [ mass noun ] make-work activity.
American Oxford Thesaurus
make
make verb 1 he makes models: construct, build, assemble, put together, manufacture, produce, fabricate, create, form, fashion, model. ANTONYMS destroy. 2 I didn't want to go but she made me: force, compel, coerce, press, drive, pressure, oblige, require; have someone do something, prevail on, dragoon, bludgeon, strong-arm, impel, constrain; informal railroad. 3 don't make such a noise: cause, create, give rise to, produce, bring about, generate, engender, occasion, effect, set up, establish, institute, found, develop, originate; literary beget. 4 she made a little bow: perform, execute, give, do, accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry out, effect. 5 they made him chairman: appoint, designate, name, nominate, select, elect, vote in, install; induct, institute, invest, ordain. 6 he had made a will: formulate, frame, draw up, devise, make out, prepare, compile, compose, put together; draft, write, pen. 7 I've made a mistake: perpetrate, commit, be responsible for, be guilty of, be to blame for. 8 he's made a lot of money: acquire, obtain, gain, get, realize, secure, win, earn; gross, net, clear; bring in, take (in ), rake in. ANTONYMS lose. 9 he made dinner: prepare, get ready, put together, concoct, cook, dish up, throw together, whip up, brew; informal fix. 10 we've got to make a decision: reach, come to, settle on, determine on, conclude. 11 she made a short announcement: utter, give, deliver, give voice to, enunciate, recite, pronounce. 12 the sofa makes a good bed: be, act as, serve as, function as, constitute, do duty for. 13 he'll make the team: gain a place in, get into, gain access to, enter; achieve, attain. 14 he just made his train: catch, get, arrive /be in time for, arrive at, reach; get to. ANTONYMS miss. ▶noun 1 what make is the car? brand, marque, label. 2 a man of a different make from his brother: character, nature, temperament, temper, disposition, kidney, mold, stamp. PHRASES make as if /though he made as if to run away: feign, pretend, make a show /pretense of, affect, feint, make out. make believe we encourage the children to make believe: pretend, fantasize, daydream, build castles in the air, dream, imagine, play-act, play. make do we have precious little but we make do | we'll have to make do with just one income: scrape by, get by, manage, cope, survive, muddle through, improvise, make ends meet, keep the wolf from the door, keep one's head above water; informal make out; (make do with ) make the best of, get by on, put up with. make for 1 she made for the door: go for /toward, head for /toward, aim for, make one's way toward, move toward, direct one's steps toward, steer a course toward, be bound for, make a beeline for. 2 constant arguing doesn't make for a happy marriage: contribute to, be conducive to, produce, promote, facilitate, foster. make it 1 he'll never make it as a singer: succeed, be a success, distinguish oneself, get ahead, make good; informal make the grade, arrive. 2 she's very ill —is she going to make it? survive, come through, pull through, get better, recover. make love See have sex with at sex. make off with they made off with all the wedding gifts: take, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away /off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away /off with, swipe, filch, nab, lift, “liberate ”, “borrow ”, snitch, pinch; heist. make out informal 1 how did you make out? get on /along, fare, do, proceed, go, progress, manage, survive, cope, get by. 2 I could just make out a figure in the distance: see, discern, distinguish, perceive, pick out, detect, observe, recognize; literary descry, espy. 3 he couldn't make out what she was saying: understand, comprehend, follow, grasp, fathom, work out, make sense of, interpret, decipher, make head (s ) or tail (s ) of, get, get the drift of, catch. 4 she made out that he was violent: allege, claim, assert, declare, maintain, affirm, suggest, imply, hint, insinuate, indicate, intimate, impute; formal aver. 5 he made out a receipt for $20: write out, fill out, fill in, complete, draw up. 6 they made out in the back seat: kiss, neck, caress, pet; informal smooch, canoodle, fool around. make over Grandpa made over the deed to Uncle Marc: transfer, sign over, turn over, hand over /on /down, give, leave, bequeath, bestow, pass on, assign, consign, entrust; Law devolve. make up 1 let's kiss and make up: be friends again, bury the hatchet, declare a truce, make peace, forgive and forget, shake hands, become reconciled, settle one's differences, mend fences, call it quits. 2 exports make up 42 \% of earnings: constitute, form, compose, account for. 3 Gina brought a friend to make up a foursome: complete, round off /out, finish. 4 the pharmacist made up the prescription: prepare, mix, concoct, put together. 5 he made up an excuse: invent, fabricate, concoct, dream up, think up, hatch, trump up; devise, manufacture, formulate, coin; informal cook up. 6 she made up her face: apply makeup /cosmetics to, powder; (make oneself up ) informal put on one's face, do /paint one's face, apply one's war paint, doll oneself up. make up for 1 she tried to make up for what she'd said: atone for, make amends for, compensate for, make recompense for, make reparation for, make redress for, make restitution for, expiate. 2 job satisfaction can make up for low pay: offset, counterbalance, counteract, compensate for; balance, neutralize, cancel out, even up, redeem. make up one's mind you need to make up your mind about the job offer: decide, come to a decision, make /reach a decision; settle on a plan of action, come to a conclusion, reach a conclusion; determine, resolve. make way make way for the paramedics: move aside, clear the way, make a space, make room, stand back.
make-believe
make-believe noun that was sheer make-believe: fantasy, pretense, daydreaming, imagination, invention, fancy, dream, fabrication, play-acting, dreaming in technicolor, charade, masquerade, dress-up. ANTONYMS reality. ▶adjective make-believe adventures: imaginary, imagined, made-up, fantasy, dreamed-up, fanciful, fictitious, fictive, feigned, fake, mock, sham, simulated; informal pretend, phony. ANTONYMS real, actual.
makeover
makeover noun the kitchen is long overdue for a makeover: transformation, renovation, overhaul, new look, remodeling, refurbishment, reconditioning, improvement; informal facelift.
maker
maker noun the makers of fine furniture: creator, manufacturer, constructor, builder, producer, fabricator, inventor, architect, designer.
makeshift
makeshift adjective we stayed dry under some makeshift shelter: temporary, provisional, interim, stopgap, make-do, standby, rough and ready, improvised, ad hoc, extempore, jury-rigged, jerry-built, thrown together, cobbled together. ANTONYMS permanent.
makeup
makeup noun 1 she used excessive makeup: cosmetics, maquillage; greasepaint, face paint; informal war paint. 2 the cellular makeup of plants: composition, constitution, structure, configuration, arrangement, organization, formation. 3 jealousy isn't part of his makeup: character, nature, temperament, personality, disposition, mentality, persona, psyche; informal what makes someone tick.
Oxford Thesaurus
make
make verb 1 he makes model steam engines: construct, build, assemble, put together, manufacture, produce, fabricate, create, form, fashion, model, mould, shape, forge, bring into existence. ANTONYMS destroy. 2 she made me drink it: force, compel, coerce, press, drive, pressure, pressurize, oblige, require; have someone do something, prevail on, dragoon, bludgeon, strong-arm, impel, constrain, urge, will, steamroller, browbeat, intimidate, use strong-arm tactics on, bully, hector, blackmail; informal railroad, bulldoze, put the heat on, put the screws on, turn /tighten the screw /screws on. 3 don't make such a noise: cause, create, give rise to, produce, bring about, generate, engender, occasion, effect, set up, establish, institute, found, develop, originate, frame; literary beget. 4 she pirouetted and made a little bow: perform, execute, give, do, accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry out, effect, practise, engage in, commit, act, prosecute. 5 they made him chairman: appoint, designate, name, nominate, select, elect, vote in, install, place, post; induct, institute, invest, ordain, assign, cast as; detail, draft, engage, hire, employ, recruit, retain, enrol, enlist, sign up. 6 I've made a will and left you everything: formulate, frame, draw up, devise, make out, prepare, compile, compose, put together; draft, write, pen, produce. 7 I'm sorry, I've made a mistake : perpetrate, commit, be responsible for, be guilty of, be to blame for; blunder, err, trip up, put a foot wrong, nod, miscalculate; informal slip up, bloop, make a boo-boo, blow it, foul up, goof (up ); Brit. informal boob, drop a clanger; N. Amer. informal screw up, drop the ball. 8 he had a great talent for making money: acquire, obtain, gain, get, realize, secure, win, earn; gross, fetch, bring in, take (in ); take home, pocket, net, clear. ANTONYMS lose. 9 he made lunch for us all: prepare, get ready, put together, concoct, cook, dish up, throw together, whip up, brew; Brit. informabal mash; N. Amer. informal fix. 10 parliament makes laws: formulate, draw up, write, frame, draft, form, enact, pass, lay down, establish, institute, found, originate. ANTONYMS repeal. 11 that makes £100: add up to, amount to, come to, total, count as; Brit. tot up to. 12 what do you make the total? compute, calculate, work out; estimate, count up, determine, gauge, reckon, put a figure on, give a figure to, forecast, predict. 13 what do you make of him? think of /about; appraise, evaluate, assess, size up, adjudge, look on, view, regard, consider, judge, deem; figure (out ), value, rate, think, sum up, weigh up. 14 we've got to make a decision: reach, come to, settle on, determine on, conclude, establish, seal. 15 I've been asked to make a speech: utter, give, deliver, give voice to, enunciate, recite, pronounce. 16 he'll make a great leader | the sofa makes a good bed: be, act as, serve as, function as, constitute, perform the function of, do duty for, play the part of, represent, embody, form. 17 he'll make the first eleven: gain a place in, get into, gain access to, enter; achieve, attain. 18 he believed he could still make the night train: catch, get, arrive /be in time for, arrive at, reach; get to. ANTONYMS miss. PHRASES make as if /though he made as if to run away: feign, pretend, give the impression, make a show /pretence of, affect, feint, make out; informal put it on. make away with 1 he could have made away with her and dumped the body: kill, murder, put to death, slaughter, dispatch, execute, eliminate; informal bump off, do away with, do in, do for, knock off, take out, finish off, top, croak, stiff, liquidate, blow away; N. Amer. informal ice, off, rub out, smoke, waste; literary slay. 2 they made away with the evidence: dispose of, get rid of, destroy, throw away, jettison, ditch, dump, eliminate; informal do away with. make believe pretend, fantasize, indulge in fantasy, daydream, build castles in the air, build castles in Spain, dream, imagine, romance, fancy, play-act, play. make do 1 we have very little but we make do: scrape by /along, get by /along, manage, cope, survive, muddle through /along, fare all right, make the best of a bad job, improvise, make ends meet, keep the wolf from the door, keep one's head above water, shift for oneself; informal make out. 2 you'll have to make do with an old car: make the best of, get by with /on, put to the best use, make the most of. make for 1 she made for the door: go towards, head for /towards, aim for, make one's way towards, move towards, direct one's steps towards, steer a course towards, be bound for, set out for, make a beeline for, take to. 2 constant arguing doesn't make for a happy marriage: contribute to, be conducive to, produce, promote, facilitate, further, advance, forward, foster, favour; formal conduce to. make fun of it is easy to make fun of politicians: taunt, poke fun at, chaff, tease, make jokes about, ridicule, mock, laugh at, guy, mimic, parody, caricature, lampoon, satirize, rag, quiz, be sarcastic about, deride, scoff at, jeer at, jibe at; informal take the mickey out of, send up, rib, josh, wind up, pull someone's leg, make a monkey of; N. Amer. informal goof on, rag on, pull someone's chain, razz; Austral. /NZ informal poke mullock at, sling off at; Brit. informal, dated rot, twit; dated make sport of; archaic smoke, rally. make it 1 he never really made it as a doctor: succeed, be successful, prosper, distinguish oneself, be a success, get ahead, make good; informal make the grade, arrive, crack it, cut it, find a place in the sun. 2 she's very ill —is she going to make it? survive, come through, pull through, get better, recover, rally, recuperate. make love have sex, have sexual intercourse, go to bed (together ), sleep together; Brit. informal bonk, do it, make whoopee, get one's oats; N. Amer. informal get it on; vulgar slang fuck, screw, shag, hump, do the business, have it away /off; Brit. vulgar slang knob, roger; formal copulate, fornicate; dated couple. make off on seeing the police they made off: run away /off, take to one's heels, beat a hasty retreat, flee, make one's getaway, make a quick exit, make a run for it, run for it, take off, take flight, bolt, fly, make oneself scarce, leave, abscond, decamp, do a disappearing act; informal clear off /out, beat it, do a runner, leg it, make tracks, cut and run, skedaddle, vamoose, hightail it, hotfoot it, show a clean pair of heels, fly the coop, split, scoot, scram; Brit. informal scarper, have it away (on one's toes ); N. Amer. informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder; Brit. informal, dated hook it. ANTONYMS turn up. make off with burglars made off with all the wedding presents: take, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, appropriate, run away /off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away /off with, swipe, filch, snaffle, nab, lift, ‘liberate ’, ‘borrow ’, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half-inch, nick, whip, knock off, nobble, bone; N. Amer. informal heist, glom; Austral. informal snavel; W. Indian informal tief; archaic crib, hook. make out 1 how did you make out? get on, get along, fare, do, proceed, go, progress, manage, survive, cope, get by. 2 N. Amer. informal they were making out on the sofa: make love, have sex, have sexual intercourse; kiss and cuddle, caress, French kiss, pet, engage in heavy petting; informal canoodle, neck, smooch; Brit. informal snog, bonk, do it, make whoopee, get one's oats; N. Amer. informal get it on; vulgar slang fuck, screw, hump, do the business, have it away /off; Brit. vulgar slang roger; informal, dated spoon, couple; formal copulate, fornicate. make something out 1 I could just make out a figure in the distance: see, discern, distinguish, perceive, pick out, detect, notice, observe, recognize, catch sight of, glimpse, discover; literary descry, espy, behold. 2 he couldn't make out what she was saying: understand, comprehend, follow, grasp, fathom, work out, figure out, make sense of, interpret, decipher, make head or tail of, get, get the drift of, catch; Brit. informal suss out. 3 she made out that he was violent: allege, claim, assert, declare, maintain, affirm, aver, suggest, imply, hint, insinuate, indicate, intimate, impute, make as if /though, pretend. 4 how do you make that out? demonstrate, show to be true, establish, substantiate, prove, verify, validate, authenticate, corroborate. 5 he made out a receipt for $20: write out, fill out, fill in, complete, draw up, draft, inscribe. make something over to someone he made over the whole property to his son: transfer, sign over, turn over, hand over, hand on, give, hand down, leave, bequeath, bestow, pass on, devolve, transmit, cede, deliver, assign, consign, convey, entrust. make up come now, pet, let's kiss and make up: be friends again, bury the hatchet, declare a truce, make peace, forgive and forget, shake hands, become reconciled, settle one's differences, mend fences, call it quits. ANTONYMS quarrel. make something up 1 women make up 56 per cent of the student body: comprise, form, compose, constitute, account for. 2 he brought another girl with him to make up a foursome: complete, round off, finish. 3 the pharmacist made up the prescription: prepare, mix, concoct, put together. 4 I'll have to make up an excuse: invent, fabricate, concoct, dream up, think up, hatch, trump up; devise, manufacture, formulate, frame, construct, coin; informal cook up. 5 she made up her face carefully: apply make-up /cosmetics to, powder, rouge; (make oneself up ) informal put on one's face, do one's face, paint one's face, tart oneself up, do oneself up, apply one's warpaint, doll oneself up. make up for 1 she tried to make up for what she'd said earlier: atone for, make amends for, compensate for, make recompense for, make reparation for, make redress for, make restitution for, expiate; formal requite. 2 hard work can more than make up for a lack of intellectual brilliance: offset, counterbalance, counterweigh, counteract, compensate for; balance, neutralize, cancel out, even up, redeem. make up one's mind stop dithering and make up your mind: decide, be decisive, come to a decision, make a decision, reach a decision; determine, resolve, settle on a plan of action, come to a conclusion, reach a conclusion. make up to informal she spent the whole evening making up to Adam: flirt with, chase after, run after, pursue, make romantic advances to, court, woo, vamp; informal chat up, make eyes at, make sheep's eyes at, give the come-on to, come on to, be all over; dated set one's cap at. make way please make way for the king: move aside, clear the way, make a space, make room, stand back; allow to pass, allow through. ▶noun 1 a different make of car: brand, marque, model, mark, sort, type, kind, variety, style, label. 2 a man of a different make from his brother: character, nature, temperament, temper, disposition, cast /turn of mind, humour, make-up, kidney, mould, stamp. PHRASES on the make informal everyone is on the make, especially the children: ambitious, aspiring, determined, forceful, pushy, enterprising, pioneering, progressive, eager, motivated, enthusiastic, energetic, zealous, committed, go-ahead, go-getting, purposeful, assertive, aggressive, hungry, power-hungry. WORD LINKS make -facient, -faction, -fic, -genic suffixes meaning 'making or causing …', as in abortifacient, liquefaction, soporific, hallucinogenic Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
make-believe
make-believe noun if that was make-believe I can't wait to sample the real thing: fantasy, pretence, pretending, daydreaming, dreaming, imagination, invention, fancy, dream, unreality, romancing, fabrication, play-acting, charade, masquerade, self-deception, illusion, delusion. ANTONYMS reality. ▶adjective Heather loved reading stories and was always having make-believe adventures: imaginary, imagined, pretended, made-up, fantasy, fantasized, fancied, dream, dreamed-up, unreal, fanciful, fictitious, fictive, mythical, feigned, fake, mock, sham, simulated, pseudo, false, spurious; informal pretend, phoney; S. African play-play. ANTONYMS real, actual.
Maker
Maker noun he had gone to meet his Maker: God, Creator, Prime Mover, master of the universe.
maker
maker noun the maker's name is stamped on the back: creator, manufacturer, builder, constructor, producer, fabricator, author, architect, designer, framer, originator, inventor, founder, father.
makeshift
makeshift adjective a huge makeshift scaffold had been erected in front of the palace: temporary, make-do, provisional, stopgap, standby, rough and ready, substitute, emergency, improvised, ad hoc, impromptu, extemporary, extempore, thrown together, cobbled together; Nautical jury-rigged, jury; informal quick and dirty. ANTONYMS permanent.
make-up
make-up noun 1 she was pale in spite of her excessive make-up: cosmetics, greasepaint; foundation, pancake, panstick, powder, loose powder, pressed powder, blusher, rouge, concealer; mascara, eye make-up, eyeliner, eyeshadow, eyebrow pencil, kohl; lipstick, lip gloss, lip pencil, nail varnish /polish; blackface, whiteface; informal paint, warpaint, face paint, slap; rare maquillage. 2 the cellular make-up of plants and trees: composition, constitution, configuration, form, arrangement, format, structure, construction, formation, assembly, organization, fabric, framework. 3 jealousy doesn't seem to be part of his make-up: character, nature, temperament, temper, personality, disposition, constitution, mentality, persona, psyche, psychology, make, stamp, mould, cast /turn of mind; informal kidney, what makes someone tick; archaic humour, grain.
Duden Dictionary
Makedone
Ma ke do ne Substantiv, maskulin , der |Maked o ne |der Makedone; Genitiv: des Makedonen, Plural: die Makedonen Angehöriger eines Volkes im nordwestlichen Griechenland der Antike
Makedonien
Ma ke do ni en Substantiv, Neutrum |Maked o nien |Makedoniens Region im nördlichen Griechenland
Makedonier
Ma ke do ni er Substantiv, maskulin , der |Maked o nier |Einwohnerbezeichnung
Makedonierin
Ma ke do ni e rin , Ma ke do ni erin Substantiv, feminin , die |Maked o nierin |weibliche Form zu Makedonier
Makedonin
Ma ke do nin Substantiv, feminin , die |Maked o nin |die Makedonin; Genitiv: der Makedonin, Plural: die Makedoninnen weibliche Form zu Makedone
makedonisch
ma ke do nisch Adjektiv |maked o nisch |Makedonien, die Makedonier betreffend; aus Makedonien stammend
Makel
Ma kel Substantiv, maskulin gehoben , der |M a kel |der Makel; Genitiv: des Makels, Plural: die Makel mittelhochdeutsch makel < lateinisch macula = Mal; (Schand )fleck 1 etwas (ein Fehler, Mangel o. Ä.), was für jemanden, in seinen eigenen Augen oder im Urteil anderer, als Schmach, als herabsetzend gilt etwas als Makel empfinden 2 Fehler, fehlerhafte Beschaffenheit von etwas, die etwas als unvollkommen erscheinen lässt, die seinen Wert herabsetzt hervorragende Ware ohne jeden Makel
Mäkelei
Mä ke lei Substantiv, feminin abwertend , die |Mäkel ei |die Mäkelei; Genitiv: der Mäkelei, Plural: die Mäkeleien a ohne Plural dauerndes Mäkeln, Nörgeln b seltener mäkelnde Äußerung deine Mäkeleien kannst du dir sparen
mäkelig
mä ke lig Adjektiv abwertend mäklig |m ä kelig |[häufig ] mäkelnd
makellos
ma kel los Adjektiv |m a kellos |ohne Makel; keinen Fehler oder Mangel aufweisend eine makellose Figur, Haut
Makellosigkeit
Ma kel lo sig keit Substantiv, feminin , die |M a kellosigkeit |die Makellosigkeit; Genitiv: der Makellosigkeit das Makellossein
makeln
ma keln schwaches Verb |m a keln |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « aus dem Niederdeutschen (-Niederländischen ), Iterativbildung zu niederdeutsch (-niederländisch ) maken = machen 1 Wirtschaftsjargon [mit etwas ] Maklergeschäfte, Vermittlergeschäfte machen er makelt Häuser, Grundstücke 2 Telefonie zwischen zwei Gesprächspartnern, mit denen man gleichzeitig telefonisch verbunden ist, nach Bedarf wechseln (wobei der jeweils nicht Beteiligte stets abgeschaltet ist )
mäkeln
mä keln schwaches Verb |m ä keln |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « aus dem Niederdeutschen < mittelniederdeutsch mekelen, ursprünglich = makeln, später (zuerst im Niederdeutschen ) = bemängeln, nach dem Versuch der Händler, durch das Feststellen von Mängeln bei der Ware den Preis zu drücken 1 abwertend an jemandem, etwas beständig etwas auszusetzen haben und seiner Unzufriedenheit durch nörgelnde Kritik Ausdruck verleihen sie mäkelt am Essen 2 selten makeln
Mäkelsucht
Mä kel sucht Substantiv, feminin , die |M ä kelsucht |die Mäkelsucht; Genitiv: der Mäkelsucht
mäkelsüchtig
mä kel süch tig Adjektiv |m ä kelsüchtig |
Makette
Ma ket te Substantiv, feminin , die |Mak e tte |eindeutschend für Maquette
Make-up
Make-up Substantiv, Neutrum , das |meɪkˈ |ap |das Make-up; Genitiv: des Make-ups, Plural: die Make-ups englisch make-up, eigentlich = Aufmachung 1 a kosmetische Präparate, die der Verschönerung, der dekorativen Kosmetik dienen keinerlei Make-up verwenden b getönte [flüssige ] Creme, mit der die Flächen des Gesichts bedeckt werden Make-up auflegen, auftragen 2 kosmetische Verschönerung des Gesichts mit Make-up 1 ein gekonntes Make-up | kein Make-up tragen (sich nicht schminken, geschminkt haben )
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
make
make /meɪk /〖語源は 「粘土を練って (家などを )作る 」〗(名 )maker, making 動詞 ~s /-s /; made /meɪd /; made ; making コーパス頻度ランク make +名詞 ①sense (→成句 make (…) sense )②decision (↓他動詞 7a 第1例 )③money (↓他動詞 14 第1例 )④difference (↓他動詞 4 第1例 )⑤mistake (↓他動詞 7a 第2例 )❢make は 「…を作る 」が基本の意の 動詞 だが, 目的語に 動詞 の名詞形を伴うと 「〈特定の行為 〉をする 」ことを表し, この用法が頻度の上で上位を占める. また, 比喩的に 「〈抽象的な状態 〉を生じさせる 」, 「〈金など 〉を得る 」などの意のほか, 種々の慣用的表現でもしばしば用いられる .他動詞 【作る 】1 a. 〈人が 〉【材料で 】〈物 〉を作る , 制作 [製作 ]する «with , in » (!特にwithは材料の一部であることを, inは材質を特徴的に述べるのに用いる ) ; 〈作品など 〉を創造 [創作 ]する ; 〈文書など 〉を作成する ; 〈法律 条文など 〉を定める ; (しばしば誤って )〈へこみ 傷など 〉を作る ▸ make sauce with red wine 赤ワインを使ってソースを作る ▸ make [build ] a doghouse 犬小屋を作る (!大きな建造物の場合は通例buildが好まれる ) ▸ make a movie 映画を制作する ▸ make a list of customers 顧客リストを作成する ▸ make a will 遺言状を書く ▸ make laws [guidelines ]法律を制定 [ガイドラインを策定 ]する ▸ make a hole in the wall 壁に穴をあける b. 〖make A B /B for A 〗A 〈人 〉にB 〈物 〉を作ってあげる (↓2 ; →give 他動詞 1 語法 (5 )(a ))▸ Ann made her a doll. ≒A doll was made (for her ) by Ann .アンは彼女に人形を作ってやった (!(1 )受け身は通例Aを主語にしない; ╳She was made a doll by Ann. (2 )Bを主語とする場合は, Aを省略するかfor Aとするのが一般的 ) 2 〈人が 〉〈ベッド 食事など 〉を準備する , 整える ; 〈火 〉をおこす ; 〖make A B /B for A 〗A 〈人 〉にB 〈物 〉を用意する ; B 〈時間 場所など 〉を設ける (→cook 作文のポイント )▸ make the [one's ] bed (シーツなどをきれいに掛けて )ベッドを整える ▸ My mother made me a cake [a cake for [╳to ] me ].母は私にケーキを作ってくれた (!両者とも基本的には同義であるが, 前者は 「ケーキを 」に, 後者は 「私に 」に意味上の焦点がある ) ▸ make oneself a cup of coffee [a cup of coffee for oneself ]自分でコーヒーを入れる ▸ He made time to meet with me .彼は私に会おうと時間の都合をつけてくれた ▸ Can you make some room for me? 少し場所を空けてもらえませんか 3 〖~ A of B 〗〈人 物 事が 〉B 〈人 物 事 〉をA 〈ある状態など 〉にする , ならしめる (!Aは慣用的に用いる一部の 名詞 ) ▸ make a mess of everything すべてを台なしにする ▸ make a success [failure ] of the project プロジェクトを成功 [失敗 ]に終わらせる ▸ make an enemy of a friend [a friend of an enemy ]味方を敵にまわす [敵を味方につける ]▸ make an example of him 彼を見せしめにする ▸ His mother made a pianist of him .彼の母は彼をピアニストにした (!His mother made him a pianist. に比べ, 主語の努力が含意される; ↓17a ) 4 〈人 事が 〉〈物事 事態 〉を生じさせる , 引き起こす (cause )▸ make a big [all the ] difference 重要な違いをもたらす ▸ make a sound [fuss ]音を [騒ぎ ]立てる ▸ Don't make a noise while eating .食事中は音を立ててはいけません ▸ I'm sorry to have made trouble for you .ご迷惑をお掛けしてすみません 5 ⦅くだけた話 ⦆〈物 事 人 〉が 〈物 事 人 〉を成功させる , 完成させる ; …の成功を決定づける ▸ Shoes make the man .男の価値は足元で決まる ▸ The film made his reputation as an actor .その映画で彼は俳優としての名声を揺るぎないものとした 6 〖be made for A /to do 〗〈人 物など 〉がA向きに […するように ]できている , なっている (→made 4 ).【…する 】7 a. 〖make a A 〗Aをする , 行う (!(1 )Aは主に動詞派生の 名詞 で強勢を受ける. (2 )Aは 名詞 によっては各種の 形容詞 や定冠詞を伴ったり複数形で用いられることもある. (3 )Aを主語にした受け身が可能; ↓語法 ; →take 3 a 語法 コーパスの窓 ) ▸ Rosa has made a decision to stay with me .ローザは私といっしょにいることに決めた (≒⦅よりかたく ⦆Rosa has decided to stay with me. )▸ Oh God, what a fool. I've made a mistake .ああ, なんてばかだ, 間違えてしまった (!(1 )この場合, ╳… I've mistaken. としない. (2 )過去の誤りをわびる場合は過去形: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. 申し訳ありません, 誤りを犯しました ) ▸ Every effort has been made to provide reliable information .信頼のおける情報を提供するためにあらゆる努力がなされた ▸ We made the right choice .我々は正しい選択をした .b. 〖~ A B /B to A 〗A 〈人 〉にB 〈提案 忠告 贈り物など 〉をする ▸ make him an offer [an offer to him ]彼に申し入れをする 語法 1 1語の 動詞 と違って1回限りの完結した行為を表し, より ⦅くだけて ⦆響くことが多い .2 love, use, progressなど一部の U 名詞を従えることがある. ▸ make use of modern technology 近代的技術を使用する (!この場合 動詞 useの方がくだけた言い方 ) 3 この表現でのmakeは意味的にdoに類似するが, 目的語によってmakeが用いられない場合がある (→do 1 他動詞 3 )▸ do [╳make ] one's homework [best ]宿題をする [最善を尽くす ]表現 コーパス Aに現れる主な 名詞 ▸ announcement, appearance, appointment, (phone ) call , change, choice , claim, commitment, contribution, deal, decision, effort , gesture, joke, mistake, move , note, offer, point , promise, reservation, run, speech, start, statement, wish .8 〖~ a … A 〗…なA 〈食事 〉をする ▸ make a hasty [late ] lunch 急いで [遅めの ]昼食をとる (!make lunchは 「昼食を作る 」) コーパス頻度ランク make A do ①feel (↓他動詞 9 第2例 )②look (↓他動詞 9 第3例 )③laugh (↓他動詞 9 第6例 )④think (↓他動詞 9 第4例 )⑤want (↓他動詞 9 第6例 )❢make は, 〖make A do 〗(SVOC )の文型をとると 「Aに …させる 」という使役の意味となる. 同じSVOCの文型 〖make A C 〗(Cは 名詞 形容詞 )で 「AをCにする 」の意で用いられることも多い (↓他動詞 10 ).【…させる 】9 〖make A do 〗〈人などが 〉A 〈人など 〉に (嫌がっても強制的に )…させる ; 〈物 事などが 〉Aに (無意識に )…させる (!doは原形不定詞 ) ▸ Mother made me clean [╳to clean ] the room .母は私に部屋を掃除させた (!受け身ではdoはto doとなる:I was made to clean the room (by mother ).) ▸ This game is so real that it makes you feel like you are there .このゲームはとてもリアルなのでその場にいるような気分が味わえます ▸ This suit makes me look fat .このスーツを着ると太って見えるんだ (!「無意識に …させる 」場合には受け身にしない; ╳I am made to look fat (by this suit ).) ▸ What makes you think so? なぜそう思うのですか (!感情的に響き, 怒りを暗示することがあるWhy do you think so? と違って客観的な言い方; →why 副詞 1a 類義 (2 )) ▸ I made myself sit through the lecture .私は仕方なく最後まで講義を受けた (!目的語は再帰代名詞も可能 ) ▸ How do you make people laugh [want to read ]?あなたはどうやって人々を笑わせる [読む気にさせる ]のですか 語法 1 通例makeが強制を表すのに対し, letは 「相手が望むように …させる 」, haveは 「相手に対する当然の権利を行使して …させる [してもらう ]」, getは 「説得などを通じて相手に …させる 」の意 .2 makeは, 人が主語であっても, その言葉 行為などが解釈上の主語である場合があるが, このような用法はhave, getなどにはない ▸ You really have made me feel better .(君のアドバイスなどのおかげで )随分と気持ちが楽になったよ 3 能動形でdoがtoを伴う場合があるが, これはことわざなどで ⦅ごくまれ ⦆▸ Money makes the mare (to ) go .地獄の沙汰も金次第 4 doは文脈上明らかな場合, 省略が可能 ▸ He didn't want to go, but I made him (go ).彼は行きたがらなかったが, 私は彼を行かせた 10 a. 〖make A C 〗〈人 物 事が 〉A 〈人 物 事 〉をCにする (!Cは 名詞 形容詞 ) ▸ I'll do anything to make you happy .君を幸せにするためなら何でもする ▸ The report was not made public .その報告書は公表されなかった ▸ the movie that made him a star 彼をスターにした映画 ▸ Our parents have made us what we are today .私たちが今日あるのは両親のおかげだ ▸ John made it clear (that ) she wasn't welcome .ジョンは彼女が歓迎されていないことをはっきり意思表明した (!itはthat節をさす形式目的語 ) b. 〖make A done 〗〈人などが 〉A 〈人 事など 〉を …された状態にする (!過分 は以下のような慣用表現で使われるもの以外は ⦅まれ ⦆; ↓作文のポイント ) ▸ He made it known that he would run for the presidency .彼は大統領選への出馬を明らかにした ▸ He managed to make himself understood in German .彼はドイツ語でなんとか意思を伝えることができた ▸ Tom had to shout to make himself heard above the noise .トムは自分の声が騒音にかき消されないよう叫ばなければならなかった ▸ The minister made his presence felt .その大臣は自分の存在を印象づけた ⦅作文のポイント ⦆私はお昼前に仕事を終わらせた .× I made the job done before lunchtime .○ I got [had ] the job done before lunchtime .11 〖~ A C 〗〈人 組織などが 〉 (その権限を行使して )A 〈人 〉をC 〈役職など 〉に選ぶ , 任命する (appoint, elect )▸ We made him chairman [captain, leader ].我々は彼を議長 [キャプテン, リーダー ]に選出した (!Cが組織での唯一の役職である場合は通例無冠詞 ) 12 〖~ it A 〗〈人が 〉A 〈日時 〉に定める , 決める (!itは文脈上の状況をさす ) ▸ Well, let's make it Sunday .じゃあ, 日曜日にしよう 13 〖~ A C 〗〈人 写真 物語など 〉がA 〈人 物 〉をC のように描く , 見せる (!Cは 形容詞 名詞 ) ▸ The boy made his father's face big .少年は父親の顔を大きく描いた 【得る 】14 〈人などが 〉〈金 〉を得る , もうける (earn ); 〈友達 敵など 〉を作る ; 〈名声 成績など 〉を手にする , 取る ▸ make big money 大金を稼ぐ ▸ make a [one's ] fortune in stocks 株で財を成す ▸ make a [one's ] living (fishing [as a writer ])(漁をして [作家として ])生計を立てる ▸ make a big profit [loss ]大もうけ [損 ]をする ▸ make $50,000 a year 1年で5万ドル稼ぐ ▸ make a new friend [enemy ]新たな友人 [敵 ]を作る ▸ make one's name as a novelist 小説家として名をはせる ▸ make [get ] good [poor ] grades in math 数学で良い [悪い ]点をとる (!getの方が普通 ) 15 〘野球 クリケット アメフト 〙〈点 〉を入れる , 取る (score ).16 〘トランプ 〙(1枚のカードで )〈1回のカード 〉を勝ち取る ; 〈コントラクト 〉を達成する ; (配る際に )〈カード 〉を切る (shuffle ).【…になる 】17 a. 〖~ oneself C 〗〈人 物 事が 〉Cになる (!becomeに比べ, 当該の結果に至る主語の素質 努力などが含意される; 通例Cは良い意味を伴う 名詞 ) ▸ This room will make a perfect office .この部屋はオフィスにぴったりだろう ▸ He made himself an excellent player .彼は優秀な選手になった b. 〖~ A B /B to [for ] A 〗〈人 物が 〉A 〈人など 〉にとってB 〈人 物 〉になる ▸ Beth will make him a good wife. ≒Beth will make a good wife for him .ベスは彼のいい奥さんになるだろう c. 〖~ oneself C 〗⦅主に米話 ⦆〈人が 〉 (努力して )C 〈役職 地位など 〉に就く , Cの座を手にする (!Cが組織での唯一の役職である場合は通例無冠詞 ) .18 〈要素が 〉〈全体 〉を構成する ; 〈人が 〉〈列 輪など 〉になる (form ) (!主語は複数名詞 ) ; 〈数 事が 〉 (合計で )…になる , …に相当する (!目的語は序数を伴う表現 数字 ) ▸ Water and dirt make mud .水と土を合わせて泥になる ▸ The kids made a circle around their teacher .子供達は輪になって先生を囲んだ ▸ This makes the second time (that ) I've been there .これで私がそこに行くのは2度目になる ▸ One and one make (s ) two .1足す1は2 ▸ Twelve inches make one foot .12インチは1フィートにあたる 【達する 】19 a. ⦅くだけて やや古 ⦆〈人 乗り物が 〉〈場所 〉に (ようやく )着く (reach ); 〈人が 〉〈乗り物 〉に間に合う (!受け身にしない; ↓成句 make it ) ▸ make port at Yokosuka 横須賀に入港する ▸ We barely made the last train .私たちはかろうじて終電に乗れた b. ⦅話 ⦆〈人が 〉〈会合 ある日時など 〉に (どうにか )行く , 出席できる ; 〈締切など 〉に間に合う ; 〈目標など 〉を達成する (!受け身にしない ) ▸ I'm sorry, I can't make Monday .悪いけど月曜は行けないよ ▸ work hard to make the deadline 締切に間に合うよう懸命に作業する 20 〈人 乗り物が 〉〈ある距離 〉を行く ; 〈ある速度 〉で進む (!受け身にしない ) ▸ Jumbo jets can make about 1,000 kilometers an hour .ジャンボ機は時速約千キロで飛行できる ▸ We made ten miles more by noon .我々は昼までにさらに10マイル進んだ 21 〈人が 〉〈チームなど 〉の一員になる ; 〈事 物 人が 〉〈新聞 リストなど 〉に載る (!受け身にしない ) ▸ make the Olympic team オリンピックチームのメンバーになる (!「チームを作る 」はmake up the teamとする ) ▸ The scandal made the front page of the local newspaper .そのスキャンダルは地元紙の一面を飾った ▸ His novel made the bestseller lists .彼の小説はベストセラーのリストに載った 【考える 思う 】22 〖~ A (to be [as ]) C 〗〈人が 〉A 〈物 事 〉をCだと思う , 計算する , 見積もる (consider ) (!Cは通例数量 時刻などを表す 名詞 ; 受け身にしない ) ▸ I make the cost $500 altogether .費用は総額で500ドルかかると思う ▸ “What time do you make it? ”≒“What do you make the time? ” “I make it ten o'clock. ”⦅英話 ⦆「今何時ですか (≒What time is it? )」「10時です 」【その他 】23 〘電 〙〈回路 〉を閉じる (close )(↔break ).24 ⦅俗 ⦆〈女性 〉をくどき落とす ; …と性交する .25 〘海 〙〈陸地 〉を認める , …が見えだす .26 ⦅米俗 ⦆〈物 〉を盗む ; …の正体がわかる [を見破る ].自動詞 1 〖~ +副詞 〗 (!副詞 は方向の表現 ) a. 〈人 乗り物が 〉 «…に向けて » (急いで )進む , 向かう (move ); 〈道路などが 〉通じる , 伸びる «for, toward » ▸ He sprang from his chair and made for [toward ] the door .彼はさっといすから立ち上がると戸口へと向かった b. 〈証拠 議論などが 〉 (ある方向を )指す , 示す (point )▸ All the arguments made in the same direction .議論はすべて同じ方向に向いた 2 a. ⦅書 ⦆〖~ as if [though ] to do /as if [though ]節 〗〈人が 〉…するかのようにふるまう, そぶりを見せる (!pretendと違って主語の 「他人をだまそうとする意図 」は表さず, 第3者の目にどのように映るかを問題にする ) ▸ Jeff made as if to hit me. ≒Jeff made as if he would hit me .ジェフは私をなぐるかのようなそぶりを見せた (!as if [though ]節については →as if …語法 ) b. ⦅米 くだけた話 ⦆〖~ like A 〗〈人が 〉Aであるように見せかける , まねをする (!Aは名詞 (節 ) ▸ Tom makes like (he's ) a nice guy .トムはいい奴ぶっている 3 〖~ C 〗Cにする [なる ] (!Cは 形容詞 名詞 ) ▸ make merry 陽気にふるまう ▸ make sure 確かめる ▸ make ready 用意をする ▸ Tom will make a good doctor .トムはいい医者になるだろう (!目的語のoneselfが省略されたかたち ↑他動詞 17 ) 4 〖通例be making 〗〈潮が 〉満ちてくる ; 〈水などが 〉 (かさを )増す ▸ The tide was making in the evening .晩になって潮が満ちてきた 5 〖~ +副詞 〗〈物が 〉(…のように ) できる , なる (!副詞 は様態の表現 前置詞句 ) ▸ This sofa makes easily into a bed .このソファは簡単にベッドにすることができます 6 ⦅古 ⦆ «…しようと » する , しかける «to do » .m á ke after A ⦅古 ⦆A 〈人 〉を追う, 追跡する (pursue ).m á ke at A A 〈人 〉に襲いかかる, 向かっていく .m à ke aw á y 急いで立ち去る, 逃げ出す .m à ke aw á y with A 1 ⦅くだけて ⦆A 〈物 〉を持ち去る, 盗む ; A 〈人 〉を誘拐する (!受け身にしない ) ▸ make away with a girl 少女を連れ去る 2 ⦅やや古 ⦆(特に計画的に )A 〈人 〉を殺す (kill ).m á ke for A 1 ↑自動詞 1 a .2 ⦅くだけて ⦆A 〈事 人 〉を生み出す, Aに寄与する, 役立つ (!通例好ましい事柄について用いる ) ▸ Love alone doesn't make for a happy marriage .愛だけでは幸せな結婚生活を営むことはできない 3 =make at A .4 A 〈意見など 〉を固める, 強める (confirm ).m á ke A from B A 〈物 〉をB 〈原料 〉から作る (!主にBの質が変化する場合に用いる; 変化しない場合はmake A (out ) of Bが普通 ) ▸ Cheese is made from milk .チーズは牛乳から作られる (≒Milk is made into cheese. ; ↓make A into B (1 ))m á ke A into B 1 A 〈材料 〉をB 〈製品など 〉にする ; A 〈既製の物 〉をB 〈新たな物 〉に作りかえる, 仕立て直す ▸ make grapes into wine ぶどうをワインにする 2 A 〈人 〉をB 〈英雄など 〉にする .m á ke it (!itは漠然とした状況を表す ) 1 ⦅くだけた話 ⦆(なんとか )【目的地に 】たどり着く ; 【乗り物に 】間に合う «to » ▸ make it to the train on time 時間通りに電車に間に合う 2 ⦅くだけて ⦆(困難の末に )成功する, うまくいく, 成し遂げる ▸ Don't give up. You can make it .あきらめちゃだめだ . 君ならできるさ 3 ⦅くだけた話 ⦆(時間の )都合がつく ; 【会合 予定などに 】参加できる, 出席できる «to » ▸ (I'm ) glad you could make it .(忙しいところ )来てくれてありがとう ▸ Sorry, but I won't be able to make it to the party [on Friday ].悪いんだけど, パーティに [金曜日は ]行けそうにないんだ 4 ⦅くだけて ⦆〈人が 〉 (病気 事故などから )回復する, 立ち直る ; 【困難 危機などを 】乗り切る «through » ; «…まで » なんとかやり通す, もちこたえる «to » ▸ make it through the storm safely 無事にあらしをやり過ごす ▸ I can't make it on foot across the desert .徒歩で砂漠横断は無理だ 5 ↑他動詞 12 .6 ↑他動詞 22 .7 ⦅米 ⦆ «…と » 性交をする «with » ; ⦅米俗 ⦆「いく 」, オルガスムスに達する .8 ⦅俗 ⦆麻薬を打つ .m à ke it ú p 1 ⦅話 ⦆【人に対し /事に対し 】(迷惑 損害などの )償いをする, 埋め合わせをする «to /for » .2 ⦅英 ⦆【人と 】仲直りをする «with » .m á ke A of B 1 〖通例否定文 疑問文で 〗〈人が 〉B 〈事 物 人 〉についてAだと理解する, 思う, みなす (!Aは主にwhat, nothing, little, muchなど ) ▸ What do you make of this situation? この状況についてどうお考えですか ▸ I couldn't make anything [could make nothing ] of what he said .私には彼の言うことが理解できなかった 2 =make A (out ) of B .m à ke ó ff =make away .m à ke ó ff with A =make away with A (2 ).m à ke or br é ak [m á r ] A ⦅報道 ⦆A 〈人 事 物 〉の成否を決める, 運命を左右する .m à ke ó ut 1 ⦅主に米 くだけた話 ⦆〖通例 ~ out +副詞 〗 «…について » うまくやる [いく ], やっていく (get on ) «with » (!副詞 は様態の表現 ) ▸ How did you make out with the test today? 今日のテストのできはどうだったの 2 ⦅主に米 くだけた話 ⦆【人と 】いちゃつく ; 性交する «with » (!通例進行形で ) .3 理解する (understand )▸ as far as I can make out 私がわかる限りでは 4 (真実に反して )主張する, 言い張る .m à ke A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 〖通例can ~ A out /out A 〗A 〈物 〉を (かろうじて )見分ける , 聞き分ける ; A 〈文字など 〉を判読する ▸ I heard his voice, but I couldn't make out what he was saying .彼の声は聞こえたが, 何を言っているのか聞き取れなかった 2 ⦅くだけて ⦆〖~ out that節 〗(真実に反して )…だと主張する, 言い張る (!that節がA ) ; 〖~ A out (to be ) C 〗A 〈人 事 〉をCであるように言う, 見せかける (!Cは 形容詞 名詞 ) ▸ That guy is more kind-hearted than he makes himself out to be .(そんなそぶりは見せないが )あいつは見た目以上に心の優しいやつなんだ 3 «…宛てに /…のために » A 〈請求書 小切手 書類など 〉を (正式に )作成する, 書く «to /for » ▸ make the check out to the Red Cross 赤十字宛てに小切手を切る 4 ⦅くだけて ⦆〖通例canを伴い否定文 疑問文で 〗A 〈人 (の考え 性格など )〉を理解する, Aがわかる ; 〖~ out wh節 句 〗…ということを理解する (!wh節 句がA ) ▸ I can't make him out at all .私には彼のことがさっぱりわからない 5 ⦅くだけて ⦆〖通例canを伴い否定文 疑問文で 〗A 〈事 〉を理由づける, Aと結論する ▸ How do you make that out ?君はなぜそう思うんだ 〘どうすればそういう結論になるのか 〙6 «…に賛成の /…に反対の » A 〈立場 考え方など 〉を明らかにする «for /against » ▸ make out a [one's ] case for A Aを支持する立場をとる m á ke A (out ) of B A 〈物 〉をB 〈材料 〉で作る (!(1 )主にBの質が変化しない場合に用いる. (2 )物を作る過程に焦点を当てる場合はout ofの方が自然 ) ▸ a desk made of wood 木製の机 m à ke ó ver A ⦅米 ⦆A 〈子供など 〉を溺愛 (できあい )する .m à ke A ó ver [ó ver A ]1 【人に 】(正式に 法的に )A 〈土地 財産など 〉を譲り渡す «to » ▸ make over one's land to one's family 自分の家族に土地を譲渡する (!make over to one's family one's landの語順も可能 ) 2 ⦅米 ⦆ «…に » A 〈物 事 〉を作り変える [直す ]; (服装 髪型などを一新して ) «…に » A 〈人 〉を変える «into » ▸ make an old dress over into a shirt 古いドレスをシャツに作り変える m à ke ú p 1 化粧をする ; «…に » 扮装 (ふんそう )する «as » .2 ⦅くだけて ⦆【人と 】仲直りをする «with » ▸ Why don't you make up with him? 彼と仲直りしたらどう .3 ⦅英 くだけて 非難して ⦆【人に 】取り入る, こびへつらう «to » .4 〈布地などが 〉 «…に » 仕立てられる «into » .m à ke A ú p [ú p A ]1 〈部分が 〉A 〈あるまとまり 全体 〉を構成する (constitute, form ); 〖be made up of A 〗Aから成り立っている (!Aは複数名詞 ) ▸ A baseball team is made up of nine players .野球は1チーム9名の選手からなる 2 A 〈話 言い訳など 〉を作り上げる, でっち上げる ▸ The woman made up a story about having her son kidnapped .その女は息子が誘拐されたと狂言を演じた 3 A 〈歌詞 音楽など 〉を作る ; A 〈本 文書など 〉を作成する, 書き上げる ▸ make up a list リストを作る 4 A 〈人 顔 〉に化粧をする, メーキャップを施す ; «…に » A 〈俳優など 〉を扮装させる «as » ▸ make oneself up ≒make up one's face 化粧をする ▸ make oneself up as Macbeth マクベスに扮する 5 A 〈物 〉をまとめる ; 束ねる ; «…から » A 〈物 〉を組み合わせる [組み立てる ] «of » ; A 〈チームなど 〉を編成する ▸ make up a parcel 荷造りをする 6 A 〈薬など 〉を調合する ; A 〈処方箋 (しょほうせん )注文書など 〉に従って用意をする ; A 〈食事 〉を準備する ; A 〈生地など 〉を混ぜ合わせる ▸ make up the prescription 処方箋を調剤する 7 A 〈ベッド 〉を (臨時に )用意する ; A 〈部屋など 〉を片づける, 整頓する .8 ⦅主に英 ⦆(不足を補って )A 〈必要な数量 不完全なもの 〉を完成させる, 揃 (そろ )える ; 【ある水準にまで 】A 〈数量 〉を補う, 到達させる «to » ▸ We need two more people to make up a team .チームの頭数を揃えるのにあと2人必要だ 9 A 〈時間 仕事など 〉を埋め合わせる, 取り戻す ▸ I studied hard to make up the time lost during my absence .私は欠席で遅れた分の時間を取り戻そうと必死に勉強した 10 «…に » A 〈布地など 〉を作りかえる «into » ; 【人のために 】A 〈洋服 カーテンなど 〉を仕立てる, 縫う «for » .11 A 〈けんかなど 〉を円満に解決する, 仲裁する .12 〘印 〙A 〈ページ 欄など 〉を組む .13 A 〈ストーブ 火など 〉に燃料をつぎ足す .14 A 〈道路 〉を舗装する .15 ⦅米 ⦆A 〈試験 〉の追 [再 ]試験を受ける ; 〈科目 〉を再履修する .16 ⦅英話 ⦆〖be made up 〗 «…を » とても喜んでいる «about » .m à ke ú p (to A ) for B «…で » (A 〈人 〉に )B 〈損失 不足など 〉を償う, 補う, 帳消しにする (→compensate ) «in , with » (!Bは 名詞 動名 ) ▸ The player tried hard to make up for lost time after his injury .その選手はけがのあと懸命に遅れを取り戻そうとした m á ke with the A ⦅米俗 ⦆〖通例命令形で 〗1 A 〈食事など 〉を出す, 作る .2 A 〈身体の一部 〉を使う, 働かす, 動かす .3 A 〈考えなど 〉をもたらす .名詞 U C 1 〖修飾語を伴って 〗…製 ; 銘柄 (brand )▸ What make is this watch? ≒What make of watch is this? この腕時計はどこのブランドですか ▸ The engine of this car is our own make .この車のエンジンは自社製です 2 (物の )作り ; 型 , 種類 ; 構造 ▸ compare various makes of cars さまざまなモデルの車を比較する 3 (人の )気質 , 性質 ; 体質 ; 体格 ▸ What make of man is he? 彼はどんな感じの人ですか 4 制作 , 製造 ; 製作高 [生産量 ]▸ be in the make 〈物が 〉制作中である ; 〈事が 〉進行中である 5 〘電 〙(回路の )接続 .6 ⦅米俗 ⦆(身元などの )確認 , 洗い出し .7 ⦅米俗 ⦆(セックスの相手としての )女 .8 〘トランプ 〙カードを切ること .be m à ke or br é ak for A A 〈人 事など 〉の運命を左右するものである .g è t [d ò, r ù n ] a m á ke on A ⦅米俗 ⦆A 〈人 (の身元など )〉を割り出す .m à ke and m é nd 半休日, ひまな時 (!水夫の衣服修繕のための半休から ) .on the m á ke 1 ⦅くだけた話 非難して ⦆〈人が 〉自分の成功 [利益, 金もうけ ]に夢中になって .2 ⦅くだけて ⦆〈人が 〉セックスをしたがって .3 〈事が 〉進歩 [増加, 向上 ]の途上にあって .p ù t the m á ke on A ⦅米話 ⦆A 〈主に女性 〉に言い寄る, Aを口説く .
make-believe
m á ke-bel ì eve 名詞 U 1 ⦅非難して ⦆(現実から逃避した )空想の世界 .2 (子供の )ごっこ遊び .形容詞 装った, 見せかけの, 架空の .
makegood
m á ke g ò od 名詞 C 〖通例 ~s 〗(コマーシャルの )無料放映 〘視聴率がとれなかった時にテレビ局が行う 〙.
make-or-break
m à ke-or-br é ak 形容詞 のるかそるかの .
makeover
m á ke ò ver 名詞 C U 1 (化粧 髪形 服装などの )イメージチェンジ .2 改装, 修復 .~́ T V̀ 家のリフォーム番組 〘専門家がアドバイスする 〙.
maker
mak er /méɪkə r /→make 名詞 複 ~s /-z /1 C 〖しばしば複合語で; ⦅主に英 ⦆~s 〗製造業者 , メーカー ; 作る人 , 製作者 (manufacturer )▸ a car [an auto ] maker 自動車メーカー ▸ a film maker 映画製作者 ▸ a law maker 立法者, 国会議員 ▸ a decision maker 意思決定者 ▸ a policy maker 政策立案者 ▸ a peace maker 調停者 2 C 〖複合語で 〗…を作る機械 [器具 ]▸ a coffee maker コーヒーメーカー ▸ an ice (-)maker 製氷機 3 〖the /one's M- 〗神 , 創造主 (God ).4 C 法律文書作成者 〘特に約束手形振出人 〙.5 C 〘トランプ 〙切り札を宣言する人 .m è et one's m á ker [M á ker ]⦅くだけて ⦆死ぬ .
makeshift
m á ke sh ì ft 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗間に合わせの, 代用の, その場しのぎの .
makeup
make up make-up /méɪkʌ̀p /名詞 複 ~s /-s /1 U 化粧 (品 ), (俳優などの )メークアップ ▸ wear no makeup 化粧をし (てい )ない ▸ take off [remove ] one's makeup 化粧を落とす ▸ eye makeup アイメーク 2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗構造 , 構成 , 組織 ▸ the makeup of the team チームの構成 ▸ the genetic makeup 遺伝子構造 3 U 〖one's ~〗(人の )性質 , 気質 , 資質 , 体質 ▸ Telling a lie is not part of his makeup .彼はうそをつく人 [性格 ]ではない 4 C 〖通例単数形で 〗〘印 〙(ページなどの )割り付け ; (新聞の )大組み ; 製版 .5 C ⦅米 ⦆追 [再 ]試験 (makeup test [exam ]).~́ à rtist メークアップアーティスト, 化粧師 .
makeweight
m á ke w è ight 名詞 C (不足を補うために付け加えられる )つまらないもの [人 ], 付け足し .
make-work
m á ke-w ò rk 名詞 U (労働者を失業させない [遊ばせない ]ための )不要不急の仕事 .