make

1. A recognizable kind (synset 105853667)
   "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
   is a type of: form, kind, sort, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
   same as: brand
2. The act of mixing cards haphazardly (synset 100341289)
   is a type of: reordering - a rearrangement in a different order
   subtypes:

   • reshuffle, reshuffling - shuffling again
   • riffle - shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
   is a part of: card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
   same as: shuffle, shuffling

1. Engage in (synset 202566500)
   "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
   subtypes: exaggerate, overdo - do something to an excessive degree
   same as: do
   verb group: make - perform or carry out
2. Give certain properties to something (synset 200120124)
   "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • render - cause to become
   • get, have, let - cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
   • leave - act or be so as to become in a specified state
   same as: get
3. Make or cause to be or to become (synset 201620211)
   "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
   subtypes:

   • beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire - make (offspring) by reproduction
   • multiply, procreate, reproduce - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
   • regenerate - form or produce anew
   • clear - make a way or path by removing objects
   • distil, distill, extract - extract by the process of distillation
   • derive, educe - develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
   • froth, spume, suds - make froth or foam and become bubbly
   • establish, lay down, make - institute, enact, or establish
   • puncture - make by piercing
   • twine - make by twisting together or intertwining
   • cleave - make by cutting into
   • track - make tracks upon
   • bring, institute - advance or set forth in court
   • short, short-circuit - create a short circuit in
   • re-create - create anew
   • grind - created by grinding
   • bring forth, generate - bring into existence
   • initiate, originate, start - bring into being
   • give, yield - cause to happen or be responsible for
   • bring, make for, play, work, wreak - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
   • call up, summon - cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
   • create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
   • create, make - create by artistic means
   • actualise, actualize, realise, realize, substantiate - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
   • cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
   • establish, give - bring about
   • put on, turn in - carry out (performances)
   • bear, turn out - bring forth
   • create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
   • build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts
   • build, establish - build or establish something abstract
   • assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together - create by putting components or members together
   • style - make consistent with a certain fashion or style
   • strike - produce by ignition or a blow
   • copy, re-create - make a replica of
   • create verbally - create with or from words
   • compose, write - write music
   • choreograph - compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music
   • direct - guide the actors in (plays and films)
   • film - record in film
   • film-make - make films; be a film maker
   • recreate - create anew
   • offset - create an offset in
   • scrape - make by scraping
   • bring forth, produce - bring forth or yield
   • bring about, give rise, produce - cause to happen, occur or exist
   • press - create by pressing
   • prepare - to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
   • cut - form or shape by cutting or incising
   • cut - form by probing, penetrating, or digging
   • raise - create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
   • beat - make by pounding or trampling
   • chop - form or shape by chopping
   • manufacture - create or produce in a mechanical way
   • blast, shell - create by using explosives
   • arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   • incorporate - form a corporation
   • form, organise, organize - create (as an entity)
   same as: create
4. Cause to do;
   Cause to act in a specified manner (synset 200772482)
   "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
   subtypes:

   • decide - cause to decide
   • persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
   • bring - induce or persuade
   • solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
   • encourage - spur on
   • let - actively cause something to happen
   • lead - cause to undertake a certain action
   • inspire, instigate, prompt - serve as the inciting cause of
   • suborn - induce to commit perjury or give false testimony
   • compel, obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something
   same as: cause, get, have, induce, stimulate
5. Give rise to;
   Cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally (synset 201649143)
   "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
   is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become
   subtypes:

   • determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape - shape or influence; give direction to
   • initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
   • effect, effectuate, set up - produce
   • make - compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
   • occasion - give occasion to
   • call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur
   • breed, engender, spawn - call forth
   • actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel - give an incentive for action
   • force, impel - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
   • facilitate - increase the likelihood of (a response)
   same as: cause, do
6. Create or manufacture a man-made product (synset 201624592)
   "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
   subtypes:

   • breed - cause to procreate (animals)
   • make over, redo, refashion, remake - make new
   • prefabricate - produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally
   • underproduce - produce below capacity or demand
   • output - to create or manufacture a specific amount
   • pulsate, pulse - produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
   • clap together, clap up, slap together - make hastily and carelessly
   • custom-make, customise, customize, tailor-make - make to specifications
   • dummy, dummy up - make a dummy of
   • turn out - produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
   • machine - make by machinery
   • churn out - produce something at a fast rate
   • overproduce - produce in excess
   • elaborate - produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
   • put out - put out considerable effort
   • laminate - create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
   • bootleg - produce or distribute illegally
   • generate - produce (energy)
   • generate, give, render, return, yield - give or supply
   • extrude, squeeze out - form or shape by forcing through an opening
   • smelt - extract (metals) by heating
   • reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of
   • preassemble, prefabricate - to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
   • fudge together, throw together - produce shoddily, without much attention to detail
   • print, publish - put into print
   • confect - make or construct
   • proof - make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
   • burn, cut - create by duplicating data
   same as: create, produce
   verb group: create, make - create by artistic means
7. Make, formulate, or derive in the mind (synset 200732743)
   "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
   is a type of: create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
   same as: draw
   verb group: make - calculate as being
8. Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way (synset 201649617)
   "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
   is a type of: cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
   subtypes: drive - compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
9. Create by artistic means (synset 201643749)
   "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
   is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become
   subtypes:

   • do, make - create or design, often in a certain way
   • design - create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
   • design - create designs
   same as: create
   verb group: create, make, produce - create or manufacture a man-made product
10. Earn on some commercial or business transaction;
    Earn as salary or wages (synset 202294200)
    "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
    is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    subtypes:

    • eke out, squeeze out - make by laborious and precarious means
    • profit, turn a profit - make a profit; gain money or materially
    • rake off - take money from an illegal transaction
    • bring home, take home - earn as a salary or wage
    • rake in, shovel in - earn large sums of money
    • gross - earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
    • bear, pay, yield - bring in
    same as: bring in, clear, earn, gain, pull in, realise, realize, take in
    verb group:

    • make - act in a certain way so as to acquire
    • clear, net, sack, sack up - make as a net profit
11. Create or design, often in a certain way (synset 201622033)
    "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
    is a type of: create, make - create by artistic means
    same as: do
12. To compose or represent (synset 202627475)
    "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
    is a type of: be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent - form or compose
    subtypes:

    • chelate - form a chelate, in chemistry
    • add - constitute an addition
    same as: constitute, form
13. Reach a goal (synset 202026014)
    "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"
    is a type of: accomplish, achieve, attain, reach - to gain with effort
    same as: get to, progress to, reach
14. Be or be capable of being changed or made into (synset 202680519)
    "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
    is a type of: become - come into existence
15. Make by shaping or bringing together constituents (synset 201657416)
    "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
    is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
    subtypes:

    • compile, compose - put together out of existing material
    • compile - use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed
    • construct, fabricate, manufacture - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
    • fashion, forge - make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
    • cooper - make barrels and casks
16. Perform or carry out (synset 201759660)
    "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
    is a type of: do, execute, perform - carry out or perform an action
    subtypes: pay - render
    verb group: do, make - engage in
17. Make by combining materials and parts (synset 201658171)
    "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
    is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become
    subtypes:

    • customise, customize - make according to requirements
    • revet - construct a revetment
    • dry-wall - construct with drywall
    • lock - build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
    • wattle - build of or with wattle
    • frame, frame up - construct by fitting or uniting parts together
    • rebuild, reconstruct - build again
    • groin - build with groins
    • cantilever - construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
    • erect, put up, raise, rear, set up - construct, build, or erect
    • corduroy - build (a road) from logs laid side by side
    • channelise, channelize - make a channel for; provide with a channel
    same as: build, construct
    verb group: build - be engaged in building
18. Change from one form into another (synset 200557932)
    "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
19. Act in a certain way so as to acquire (synset 200012260)
    "make friends"; "make enemies"
    is a type of: act, behave, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
    verb group:

    • bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
    • get, have, make - achieve a point or goal
20. Charge with a function;
    Charge to be (synset 202401858)
    "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
    is a type of: appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
    subtypes: rename - name again or anew
    same as: name, nominate
21. Achieve a point or goal (synset 202360592)
    "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
    is a type of: hit, rack up, score, tally - gain points in a game
    same as: get, have
    verb group: make - act in a certain way so as to acquire
22. Reach a destination, either real or abstract (synset 202024442)
    "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
    entail: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:

    • catch up - reach the point where one should be after a delay
    • scale, surmount - reach the highest point of
    • access, get at - reach or gain access to
    • bottom out - reach the low point
    • peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
    • breast, summit - reach the summit (of a mountain)
    • top - reach or ascend the top of
    • make - reach in time
    • find - succeed in reaching; arrive at
    • culminate - reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
    • come through, get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
    • ground, run aground - hit or reach the ground
    same as: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, reach
    verb group: make - reach in time
23. Institute, enact, or establish (synset 200667394)
    "make laws"
    is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become
    subtypes: mark, set - establish as the highest level or best performance
    same as: establish, lay down
24. Carry out or commit (synset 202589006)
    "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
    is a type of: commit, perpetrate, pull - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
25. Form by assembling individuals or constituents (synset 202604480)
    "Make a quorum"
    is a type of: assemble, gather, get together - get people together
    verb group: make - add up to
26. Organize or be responsible for (synset 201737358)
    "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
    is a type of: direct - be in charge of
    same as: give, have, hold, throw
27. Put in order or neaten (synset 200276867)
    "make the bed"; "make up a room"
    is a type of: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up - put (things or places) in order
    same as: make up
    verb group: make - gather and light the materials for
28. Head into a specified direction (synset 202080104)
    "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
    is a type of: head - to go or travel towards
    same as: take
29. Have a bowel movement (synset 200073791)
    "The dog had made in the flower beds"
    is a type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass - eliminate from the body
    subtypes: dung - defecate; used of animals
    same as: ca-ca, crap, defecate, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit
    verb group: make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee - eliminate urine
30. Undergo fabrication or creation (synset 202754634)
    "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
31. Be suitable for (synset 202754502)
    "Wood makes good furniture"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
32. Add up to (synset 202751207)
    "four and four make eight"
    referred to in: arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
    is a type of: add up, amount, come, number, total - add up in number or quantity
    verb group:

    • make - form by assembling individuals or constituents
    • make - amount to
33. Amount to (synset 202671201)
    "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living"
    is a type of: amount - be tantamount or equivalent to
    verb group: make - add up to
34. Constitute the essence of (synset 202627213)
    "Clothes make the man"
    is a type of: be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent - form or compose
35. Appear to begin an activity (synset 202138515)
    "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us"
    is a type of: appear, look, seem - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
36. Proceed along a path (synset 202054955)
    "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"
    is a type of: pass - go across or through
    subtypes:

    • claw - move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
    • jostle - make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
    • bushwhack - cut one's way through the woods or bush
    same as: work
    verb group: work - proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
37. Reach in time (synset 202025384)
    "We barely made the plane"
    is a type of: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach - reach a destination, either real or abstract
    verb group: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach - reach a destination, either real or abstract
38. Gather and light the materials for (synset 201759348)
    "make a fire"
    is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
    verb group:

    • make, make up - put in order or neaten
    • cook, fix, make, prepare, ready - prepare for eating by applying heat
39. Prepare for eating by applying heat (synset 201668067)
    "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
    is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
    subtypes:

    • keep, preserve - prevent (food) from rotting
    • dress, dress out - kill and prepare for market or consumption
    • deglaze - dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring
    • escallop, scallop - bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
    • flambe - pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
    • put on - put on the stove or ready for cooking
    • devil - coat or stuff with a spicy paste
    • precook - cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long
    • whip up, whomp up - prepare or cook quickly or hastily
    • concoct, cook up - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
    • lard - prepare or cook with lard
    same as: cook, fix, prepare, ready
    verb group: make - gather and light the materials for
40. Induce to have sex (synset 201431211)
    "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"
    entail: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with - have sexual intercourse with
    is a type of: persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
    same as: score, seduce
    verb group: seduce - lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct
41. Assure the success of (synset 200892559)
    "A good review by this critic will make your play!"
    is a type of: assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure - make certain of
42. Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like (synset 200840203)
    "She makes like an actress"
    is a type of: act, play, represent - play a role or part
    subtypes: go through the motions - pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it
    same as: make believe, pretend
    verb group: affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham - make believe with the intent to deceive
43. Consider as being (synset 200700022)
    "It wasn't the problem some people made it"
    is a type of: consider, reckon, regard, see, view - deem to be
    verb group: make - calculate as being
44. Calculate as being (synset 200699870)
    "I make the height about 100 feet"
    is a type of: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
    verb group:

    • make - consider as being
    • draw, make - make, formulate, or derive in the mind
45. Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable (synset 200563259)
    "make my day"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
46. Favor the development of (synset 200563144)
    "Practice makes the winner"
    is a type of: develop - generate gradually
47. Develop into (synset 200547033)
    "He will make a splendid father!"
    is a type of: develop, grow - grow emotionally or mature
48. Behave in a certain way (synset 200107173)
    "make merry"
    is a type of: act, behave, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
49. Eliminate urine (synset 200071765)
    "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
    is a type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass - eliminate from the body
    subtypes:

    • wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
    • stale - urinate, of cattle and horses
    same as: make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee
    verb group:

    • urinate - pass after the manner of urine
    • ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit - have a bowel movement

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