MAKING

To create.

To behave, to act.

Example: "He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands."

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

To constitute.

Example: "One swallow does not a summer make."

To add up to, have a sum of.

Example: "Two and four make six."

(construed with of, typically interrogative) to interpret.

Example: "I don’t know what to make of it."

(usually stressed) to bring into success.

Example: "She married into wealth and so has it made."

(ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) to cause to be.

Example: "Did i make myself heard?"

To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

(ditransitive, second object is a verb) to cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

Example: "I was made to feel like a criminal."

(ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) to force to do.

Example: "Don’t let them make you suffer."

(ditransitive, of a fact) to indicate or suggest to be.

Example: "His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person."

(of a bed) to cover neatly with bedclothes.

(law enforcement) to recognise, identify, spot.

To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

Example: "We should make cincinnati by 7 tonight."

To proceed (in a direction).

Example: "Make for the hills! it's a wildfire!"

To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

To move at (a speed).

Example: "The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas."

To appoint; to name.

To induct into the mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

To defecate or urinate.

To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).

Example: "He didn't make the choir after his voice changed."

To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

To enact; to establish.

To develop into; to prove to be.

Example: "She'll make a fine president."

To form or formulate in the mind.

Example: "Made a questionable decision"

To perform a feat.

Example: "Make a leap"

To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.

Example: "In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time."

To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

To be engaged or concerned in.

To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

To take the virginity of.

To have sexual intercourse with.