Appendix:Dictionary notes/make

Treatments of the word make in various dictionaries. Phrasal verbs and idioms are generally excluded. Highly problematic definitions are marked with an asterisk.

Noun

gloss	W1913	WN	OED	RHU	CC	DCE	MW3	AH4	MQ4
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

gloss	W1913	WN	OED	RHU	CC	DCE	MW3	AH4	MQ4
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