make out

Verb
  1. Detect with the senses (synset 202197640)
    "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
    entail: comprehend, perceive - to become aware of through the senses
    subtypes:
    same as: discern, distinguish, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart
  2. Make out and issue (synset 201066821)
    "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
    is a type of: write - communicate or express by writing
    subtypes: check - write out a check on a bank account
    same as: cut, issue, write out
  3. Comprehend (synset 200627937)
    "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
    is a type of: understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
  4. Proceed or get along (synset 202623620)
    "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"
    is a type of: go, proceed - follow a certain course
    same as: come, do, fare, get along
  5. Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available (synset 202593624)
    "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
    is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    subtypes:
    same as: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, manage
  6. Have sexual intercourse with (synset 201429048)
    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    is a type of: copulate, couple, mate, pair - engage in sexual intercourse
    subtypes:
    same as: 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, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with
    verb group: make out, neck - kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
  7. Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion (synset 201428804)
    "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
    is a type of: pet - stroke or caress gently
    subtypes: smooch, spoon - snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
    same as: neck
    verb group: 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
  8. Write all the required information onto a form (synset 201022740)
    "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
    entail: get down, put down, set down, write down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
    same as: complete, fill in, fill out
  9. Imply or suggest (synset 200933047)
    "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
    is a type of: intimate, suggest - imply as a possibility
  10. Try to establish (synset 200759101)
    "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"
    is a type of: claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing

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