Appendix:Dictionary notes/make
Appearance
Treatments of the word make in various dictionaries. Phrasal verbs and idioms are generally excluded. Highly problematic definitions are marked with an asterisk.
Noun
[edit]gloss | W1913 [1] | WN [2] | OED [3] | RHU [4] | CC [5] | DCE [6] | MW3 [7] | AH4 [8] | MQ4 [9] |
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companion; spouse | 1I | 1a (spouse/lover), 1b (partner), 2 (animal) | 2 (UK), 3 (UK) | 2II (now UK dialectal) | |||||
construction; form; manner of making | 1II | 1bII | 38 | 1a | 2 | 36 | |||
brand; kind | 1 | 1aII | 37 | 1 | 1b? | 4 | 37 | ||
shuffling; turn to shuffle | 2 | 42 (cards) | 6 | 41b (cards) | |||||
equal; peer | 3a | 1 (UK) | 1II (now UK dialectal) | ||||||
character; disposition | 2II | 39 | 2 | 5 | 38 | ||||
act of making | 5aII (rare) | 40 | 3a | 1 | 39 | ||||
quantity produced; output | 6II (obsolete) | 41 | 3b | 3 | 40 | ||||
species, kind | 3II (UK dialectal), 1cII (obsolete) | ||||||||
manner of action | 4II | ||||||||
manufacture (French ~) | 5bII | ||||||||
successful theft | 7II (slang) | ||||||||
sexual conquest or target | 9II (slang) | ||||||||
identification, esp. from police records | 10II (slang) | 6(slang) | |||||||
closing of electric circuit | 11II(obsolete) | 5 | 42 (electricity) | ||||||
bridge: declaration | 12aII | 4 | 41a (cards) | ||||||
bridge: successful contract | 12bII (cards) | ||||||||
utility that performs specified operations, or use thereof | 13II (computing) | ||||||||
halfpenny | 1III | 1III | |||||||
military promotion | 7 |
Verb
[edit]gloss | W1913 [1] | WN [2] | OED [3] | RHU [4] | CC [5] | DCE [6] | MW3 [7] | AH4 [8] | MQ4 [9] |
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achieve (a goal, etc.) | 21 | 52c (mostly US), 52e (figurative) | 35 | 9 | (included in 22a) | 10 | |||
act as if about to (~ to) | 35 | 35b, 64b | 15 | 1b, 2bII | 23, 2II | ||||
act in a given fashion (~ merry) | 1II | 48 | 40 | 7 (intr) | 2aII (~ as if). 2cII | 1II | 33 | ||
act so as to acquire | 19 | 24a | 14b | ||||||
add up to | 32 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 20c | 19b | 18 | ||
allege to be the case | 42a (obsolete), 42b | ||||||||
amount to; bring about (~ a difference) | 33 | 20 | 2a? (obsolete), 20a | 19c | |||||
appoint | 20 | 16a | 4 | 5 | 18 | 10b | 4b | 4 | |
arrange the time and place for | 15b (obsolete) | 11c | |||||||
arrive at | 8 | 13, 22 | 52b | 27 | 22 (dated) | 22a | 12a | 25 | |
arrive at in time; catch | 37 | 52e | 28, 29 (in time to ride) | 23 | 26c | 12b | 26 | ||
assemble (a group) | 17a, 17c ( a party) | 3 | |||||||
assemble so as to form; put together (~ X from Y) | 25 | 36a | 6 | 6 | |||||
assure success for | 1h | 41 | 69a | 24 | 9 | 26 (make perfect) | 19 | 15a | 22 |
attain a given rank | 52h (colloquial, originally naval) | 29 (informal, mostly US) | 22b | 13a | |||||
attain a score | 27b | 17 (sports) | 24c (score points) | 14c (score points) | 30 (sports) | ||||
backgammon: take possession of a point | 13b | ||||||||
be able to attend | 8 (spoken) | ||||||||
be manufactured or processed | 8II | 6II | |||||||
be mentioned on (~ the news) | 52j | 31 | 28 (informal) | 23 | |||||
be one's business | 47a (only in questions) | (included in 5II?) | |||||||
be reckoned as (that ~ the fifth time) | 20d | ||||||||
be significant in relation to something | 23a | 13 | |||||||
be sold for; fetch | 26c | ||||||||
be suitable for | 31 | 2b? | 23 | 20 | |||||
bowling: convert a split to a spare, or score a spare by means of a split | 13d | ||||||||
bridge: fulfil a contract/bid | (included in 27a) | 34c | 24c | 25a | 29c | ||||
bring | 14a (obsolete) | ||||||||
bring about; perform | 1c | 16 | 9b (bring about), IV (do) | 2 | 16a | 9b | |||
bring forth; yield as a product (~ good wine) | 18a | ||||||||
calculate; reckon | 44 | 35c | 18 | 16 | 7a | 18b | 17 | ||
carry out mentally | 16 | 7b? | |||||||
carry out; commit | 24 | 43a (obsolete),k 45 | 14 | ||||||
cause oneself to be as specified (~ sure) | 39 | 32 | |||||||
cause someone to experience | 9 (obsolete) | (included in 2b) | |||||||
cause to appear (~ a mark) | 10a | 6 | |||||||
cause to be done | 39c (obsolete) | 2b | |||||||
cause to be enjoyable (~ one's day) | 45 | 22 | |||||||
cause to be somewhere | 47b (only in questions) | ||||||||
cause to become (~ a friend) | 16b, 33a | ||||||||
charge with a crime | 36b (slang) | ||||||||
close a circuit | 37 | 26 | 13c | 31 | |||||
conclude, enter into (an agreement) | 43c (legal) | 12? | |||||||
consider to be | 43 | 35 | 15a?, 15b | 18c | |||||
constitute; make up | 6 | 12, 15 | 22a | 19 | 6 | 21c | 19a | 19 | |
cook; prepare food | 39 | 3a | 3 | 8a | |||||
create (God ~ the world) | 2a | 2e | |||||||
create artistically (~ a movie) | 9 | 4c | |||||||
create; cause to exist | 1 | 3 | II | 2 | 3 | (included in 1?) | 2c | 1 | 2 |
cultivate and produce a crop | 3c (southern US), 11a, 38 | 38 (Southern US) | 2f (mostly Southern US & Midwest) | ||||||
declare (~ the price) | 16c (vernacular, stock market) | 11c | |||||||
defecate | 29 (*) | ||||||||
deliver (~ a speech) | 43h | 25 | 17 | 23 | |||||
descry; make out | 1f | 7 | 32a (nautical) | 26a | |||||
determine to be; set down as | 33e | ||||||||
develop into; prove to be | 47 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 21b | 14 | |||
draw up (a document) with requisite formalities | 1d | 7; 30d (case or title) | 12 | 2 | 11b | 11b | 11 | ||
eat (a meal) | 48 | 17b | |||||||
effect; cause to occur | 5 | 13 | (included in 14) | 4? | (included in 2c) | 8 | |||
engage in; do (~ a fuss, ~ war) | 7 (obsolete) | 1 | 43e | 9 | 21 | (included in 2) | (included in 16a) | 9a | |
establish; enact | 23 | 15a | 14 | 11a | 11a | 13 | |||
esteem; suppose | 3 | 17 (~ of it) | 18 | 18a | 16 | ||||
extend in a certain direction | 59c (US, Australia). 59d | 6II | |||||||
fabricate; fashion; construct (in a certain way) | 1a | 11, 17 (construct) | 1a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4a | 2 | 1 |
favor development of; give rise to | 3II | 46 | 2d; 7II? | 15b | |||||
form (of ice) | 58b (North America) | ||||||||
form mentally; formulate (~ plans) | 30 | 5 | 7a | 15 | |||||
furnish material for | 5 | 14, 30 | 22b, 36b | 21 (material for action), 41 (material for object) | 11 | 21a | 16 | ||
gain inclusion in | 52i | 30 (informal) 32 | 22c | 13b | 27 | ||||
gain; acquire | 1e | 10 | 26a | 10 | 20 | 10 (money) | 23 | 14a | 9 |
give birth to / sire | 19a | 3 (give birth) (obsolete) | |||||||
golf: be within shot of the hole | 52e (golf) | ||||||||
have sex with | 33 (slang) | 27b | (included in 28) | ||||||
have the necessary or essential qualities; suffice for | 34 | 21a | 22 | 11 | 20b | 21 | 21 | ||
have the position of | 25a | ||||||||
hew or cut wood | 68 (dialectal) | ||||||||
include in classification | 30c (obsolete) | ||||||||
increase | 4II (*) | ||||||||
increase in weight; grow (of a tree) | 28 | ||||||||
incur (a loss) | 49a | ||||||||
induce; cause to do | 4 (compel) | 4, 8 (compel) | 39a, 40a (by force) | 8 | 4 | 5 (force) | 18 | 6a, 6b (compel) | 7 |
inflect in a given way | 13 (grammar, rare) | ||||||||
interfere | (included in 1II) | 5II (now dialectal) | |||||||
interpret | 17c2 (obsolete) | ||||||||
kill or catch (game/fish) | 17e | ||||||||
lay out and construct | 4c | ||||||||
let be (~ that a double) | 35g (colloquial, originally US) | ||||||||
make to order (~ and mend) | 1d (mostly UK) | ||||||||
mark a time of day | 35f (nautical, obsolete) | 11d | |||||||
mature (corn ~) | (included in 3c) | 44 (Southern US) | |||||||
name the trump | 34a (cards) | 29a (cards) | |||||||
offer, render (~ amends) | 44a (obsolete outside of set phrases) | ||||||||
organize (~ a party) | 26 (*) | ||||||||
pair or mate with | 1II | ||||||||
perform a given movement (~ a bow) | 43d | 16b | |||||||
perform a sacrament | 43g (mostly Catholicism) | ||||||||
prepare a site for | 8 | ||||||||
prepare someone | 64a (oneself) (obsolete, mostly Scottish), 64c (obsolete), 64d (obsolete, Scottish) | ||||||||
prepare, set in order (~ a fire, ~ a bed) | 38 (fire), 27 (bed) | 5 (fire), 62 (bed) | 5 (~ a bed) | 12 (~ a bed) | 10a (fire), 10b (bed) | 8b (bed), 8c (fire) | 5 (bed) | ||
preserve fish | 72 (now mostly Newfoundland) | 9a (dialect) | |||||||
pretend to be | 42 | 35a (reflexive), 51a (obsolete) | 19 | 2dII (slang) | 5II (slang) | ||||
proceed | 2II | 28, 36 | 70a (reflexive) (obsolete) | 42 | 3II | 4II | 34 | ||
produce something artificial (make up) | 1b | 6 | 6? | 3b (substance) | |||||
promote in rank | 16e (mostly nautical), 33b (~ Pope) | ||||||||
provide a meal | 14 (obsolete) | ||||||||
put forth (an effort) | 50 | ||||||||
put into a given state | 2 | 2 | 34a, 34d (past participial complement), 61 (obsolete) | 3 | 7 | 5a | 3 | ||
recognize | 52f (criminal/police slang) | 36a (slang) | 26d (slang) | ||||||
render (~ a decision) | 44c (legal, mostly US) | ||||||||
represent in a painting | 1c (obsolete, rare) | ||||||||
rise or intensify (esp. of water) | 58a (or to flow or increase strength) (nautical) | 43 | 27 | 4II | 7II | 35 | |||
rob (someone) | 26d (criminal slang) | ||||||||
score points | 25 (cricket only) | ||||||||
seduce | 40 | 52g (slang) | 30 (slang, offensive) | 27a | 24 (slang) | 28 (colloquial) | |||
send in a given direction | 41 (obsolete, rare) | 14b ("put") (obsolete) | |||||||
show a given emotion (~ cheer) | 46a (obsolete) | ||||||||
shuffle the deck | 75 (cards) | 34d | 24b | 8c | 29d (cards) | ||||
shut, make fast | 63 (archaic, dialectal) | 13a (dialectal) | |||||||
steal; pilfer | 26b (dialectal or slang) | 24b (dialectal) | |||||||
suffer (a misfortune) | 49c (obsolete) | ||||||||
take the trick with | 27a | 34b (cards) | 24a | 25b | 29b (cards) | ||||
to appear as, from offshore | 32b (obsolete, nautical), 59a (obsolete, nautical) | ||||||||
to dry or be dried in the sun (hay, corn, etc.) | 67 | 9b | |||||||
train (an animal), to a certain standard | 65a | 12 (mostly UK) | |||||||
transform; convert (X into Y) | 18 | 33c | 7 | 17a? | 4 | 6 | |||
translate | 16d (obsolete) | 17c1 (archaic) | |||||||
travel a given distance | 52a | 22 | (included in 22a) | 20 | (included in 24) | ||||
travel at a given speed | (included in 52a, as nautical) | 26 | (included in 22a) | 24 (US) | |||||
travel by or through | 34b (obsolete) | 26b | |||||||
traverse, go on (~ one's rounds) | 43b | 15c | |||||||
undergo (~ a bend) | 59b | ||||||||
urinate | 49 (*) | ||||||||
use for a given purpose | 16 | ||||||||
work for a given amount of time | 53b | ||||||||
write; compose | 5II (archaic) (verses) | 4a (write), 4b (verses, obsolete) | 11 (write) | 4b, 1II (verses) | 7b | 10 | |||
yield a mineral (of a deposit) | 58c (mining, mostly Australian) | 9II |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=make
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=make
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00300060 (subscription) Those senses not attested after 1500 are ignored here.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/make
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 HarperCollins Publishers (2001) Sinclair et al., editors, Collins Concise Dictionary, 5th ed., →ISBN, page 900
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pearson Education Ltd. (2003) “make”, in Quirk et al., editors, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 4th ed., →ISBN, pages 993-996
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?va=make (subscription)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.bartleby.com/61/5/M0050500.html
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/ (subscription)