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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

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

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

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

kel sucht Substantiv, feminin , die |M ä kelsucht |die Mäkelsucht; Genitiv: der Mäkelsucht

 

mäkelsüchtig

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 sense (成句 make (…) sense )decision (他動詞 7a 第1例 )money (他動詞 14 第1例 )difference (他動詞 4 第1例 )mistake (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 事が 〉B 〈人 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 人 〉〈物 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 feel (他動詞 9 第2例 )look (他動詞 9 第3例 )laugh (他動詞 9 第6例 )think (他動詞 9 第4例 )want (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 〉 (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 事が 〉A 〈人 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 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 (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 〉(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 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 ke after A ⦅古 ⦆A 〈人 〉を追う, 追跡する (pursue ).m ke at A A 〈人 〉に襲いかかる, 向かっていく .m ke aw y 急いで立ち去る, 逃げ出す .m ke aw 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 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 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 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 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 ke it 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 ke A of B 1 〖通例否定文 疑問文で 〗〈人が 〉B 〈事 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 ke ff make away .m ke ff with A make away with A (2 ).m ke or br ak [m r ] A 報道 A 〈人 物 〉の成否を決める, 運命を左右する .m ke 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 ke A ut [ut A ]1 〖通例can A out /out A 〗A 〈物 〉(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 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 ke ver A ⦅米 ⦆A 〈子供など 〉を溺愛 できあい する .m ke A ver [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 ke 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 ke A p [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 ke p (to A ) for B «…で » (A 〈人 〉)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 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 ; , 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 ).8 トランプ カードを切ること .be m ke or br ak for A A 〈人 事など 〉の運命を左右するものである .g t [d ò, r n ] a m ke on A ⦅米俗 ⦆A 〈人 (の身元など )〉を割り出す .m ke and m 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 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 t the m ke on A ⦅米話 ⦆A 〈主に女性 〉に言い寄る, Aを口説く .

 

make-believe

m ke-bel 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 ke g 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 ke-or-br ak 形容詞 のるかそるかの .

 

makeover

m ke 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 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 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- , 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 et one's m ker [M ker ]⦅くだけて ⦆死ぬ .

 

makeshift

m ke sh 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 s /-s /1 U 化粧 (), (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 ⦆[]試験 (makeup test [exam ]).~́ rtist メークアップアーティスト, 化粧師 .

 

makeweight

m ke w 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 ke-w 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 .