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say it: mayk
make is a verb and noun meaning "engage in". It is pronounced /ˈmeɪk/ — mayk. It carries 51 recorded senses.
give certain properties to something
“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”
create or manufacture a man-made product
“We produce more cars than we can sell”
“The company has been making toys for two centuries”
make, formulate, or derive in the mind
“I draw a line here”
“draw a conclusion”
“draw parallels”
“make an estimate”
“What do you make of his remarks?”
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
“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”
to compose or represent
“This wall forms the background of the stage setting”
“The branches made a roof”
“This makes a fine introduction”
reach a goal
“make the first team”
“We made it!”
“She may not make the grade”
be or be capable of being changed or made into
“He makes a great host”
“He will make a fine father”
make by shaping or bringing together constituents
“make a dress”
“make a cake”
“make a wall of stones”
change from one form into another
“make water into wine”
“make lead into gold”
“make clay into bricks”
reach a destination, either real or abstract
“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”
have a bowel movement
“The dog had made in the flower beds”
appear to begin an activity
“He made to speak but said nothing in the end”
“She made as if to say hello to us”
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
“She makes like an actress”
eliminate urine
“Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for make come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.