Idioms for make
Origin of make
1
before 900; Middle English
maken, Old English
macian; cognate with Low German, Dutch
maken, German
machen
SYNONYMS FOR make
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force.
synonym study for make
1.
Make,
construct,
manufacture mean to produce, to put into definite form, or to put parts together to make a whole.
Make is the general term:
Bees make wax.
Construct, more formal, means to put parts together, usually according to a plan or design:
to construct a building.
Manufacture usually refers to producing something from material that requires conversion from one state or condition to another, now almost entirely by means of machinery in a relatively complex process:
to manufacture automobiles by the assembly of different parts. The term is also often used contemptuously of unimaginative or hackneyed works of art with the implication that the work was produced mechanically, and is used abstractly with the idea of denying genuineness:
to manufacture an excuse.
OTHER WORDS FROM make
mak·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby make
British Dictionary definitions for make off (1 of 3)
make off
verb
(intr, adverb)
to go or run away in haste
make off with
to steal or abduct
British Dictionary definitions for make off (2 of 3)
make
1
/ (meɪk) /
verb makes, making or made (mainly tr)
noun
Derived forms of make
makable, adjectiveWord Origin for make
Old English
macian; related to Old Frisian
makia to construct, Dutch
maken, German
machen to make
British Dictionary definitions for make off (3 of 3)
make
2
/ (meɪk) /
noun archaic
a peer or consort
a mate or spouse
Derived forms of make
makeless, adjectiveWord Origin for make
Old English
gemaca mate; related to
match
1
Idioms and Phrases with make off (1 of 2)
make off
Depart in haste, run away, as in The cat took one look at Richard and made off. [c. 1700]
make off with. Take something away; also, steal something, as in I can't write it down; Tom made off with my pen, or The burglars made off with the stereo and computer as well as jewelry. [Early 1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with make off (2 of 2)
make