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verb

To bring into being by forming, shaping, or altering material fashion
"make a dress"
To lay out and construct
"make a road"
Compose, write
"make verses"
To put together from components constitute
"houses made of stone"
To cause to happen to or be experienced by someone
"made trouble for us"
To cause to exist, occur, or appear create
"make a disturbance"
To favor the growth or occurrence of
"haste makes waste"
To fit, intend, or destine by or as if by creating
"was made to be an actor"
Enact, establish
"make laws"
To execute see execute in an appropriate manner
"make a will"
Set, name
"make a price"
To cause to be or become
"made them happy"
Appoint
"made him bishop"
To cause to act in a certain way compel
"make her give it back"
To carry out (an action indicated or implied by the object)
"make war"
To perform with a bodily movement
"make a sweeping gesture"
To frame or formulate in the mind
"make plans"
To set in order
"make beds"
Prepare, fix
"make dinner"
To assemble and set alight the materials for (a fire)
To shuffle (a deck of cards) in preparation for dealing
To amount to in significance
"makes a great difference"
To count as
"that makes the third time you've said it"
To form the essential being of
"clothes make the man"
To form by an assembling of individuals
"make a quorum"
To be or be capable of being changed or fashioned into
"rags make the best paper"
To develop into
"she will make a fine judge"
Form
Reach, attain
"made port before the storm"
To gain a place on or in
"make the team"
To gain the rank of
"make major"
To succeed in providing or obtaining
"make bail"
To gain (something, such as money) by working, trading, or dealing
"make a living"
To act so as to earn or acquire
"makes friends easily"
To score in a game or sport
"make a field goal"
To convert (a split) into a spare in bowling
To succeed in holing
"make a putt"
To conclude as to the nature or meaning of something
"what do you make of this development?"
To regard as being
"not the fool some make him"
To produce as a result of action, effort, or behavior with respect to something
"make a mess of the job"
To turn into another language by translation
To include in a route or itinerary
"make New York on the return trip"
Catch
"made the bus just in time"
To cause or assure the success or prosperity of
"can either make you or break you"
To provide the most enjoyable or satisfying experience of
"meeting the star of the show really made our day"
To compute or estimate to be
"I make it 23 miles to the border from here."
To form and hold in the mind
"make no doubt of it"
To begin or seem to begin (an action)
"made to go"
Behave, act
To fulfill (a contract) in a card game
To win a trick see trick with (a card)
To prepare (hay) by cutting, drying, and storing
To cause (an electric circuit) to be completed
Shut
"the doors are made against you"
To persuade to consent to sexual intercourse seduce
To have considerable effect
"courtesy makes for safer driving"
Set out, head
"made after the fox"
To begin or seem to begin a certain action
"made as though to hand it to me"
To act so as to be or to seem to be
"make merry"
Behave, act
"Don't make as if you didn't hear me."
To play a part
To increase in height or size
"the tide is making now"
To reach or extend in a certain direction
"The forest makes up nearly to the snow line."
To undergo manufacture or processing
"the silk makes up beautifully"
To compose poetry

noun

Brand
The manner or style in which a thing is constructed
The physical, mental, or moral constitution of a person
"men of his make are rare"
The action of producing or manufacturing
The actual yield or amount produced over a specified period output
The act of shuffling cards

noun

A pretending that what is not real is real
"a fiction writer's childish willingness to immerse himself in make-believe"

adjective

Imaginary, pretended

adjective

Makeshift

verb

To leave in haste

adjective

Allowing no middle ground between success and failure

verb

To complete (something, such as a printed form) by supplying required information
"make out a check"
To find or grasp the meaning of
"tried to make out what had really happened"
To form an opinion or idea about conclude
"how do you make that out"
To represent as being
"made them out to be losers"
To pretend to be true
"made out that he had never heard of me"
To represent or delineate in detail
To see and identify with difficulty or effort discern
"make out a ship through the fog"
Get along, fare
"how are you making out with the new job"
To engage in sexual intercourse
Neck

verb

To transfer the title of (property)
Remake, remodel, redesign
"made the whole house over"
Reform

verb

To form by fitting together or assembling
"make up a train of cars"
To arrange typeset matter in (columns or pages) for printing
To combine to produce (a sum or whole)
Constitute, compose
"10 chapters make up this volume"
To compensate for (something, such as a deficiency or omission)
"make up the difference in lost pay"
To do or take in order to correct an omission
"make up a history exam"
Settle, decide
"made up my mind to depart"
To wrap or fasten up
"make the books up into a parcel"
To prepare in physical appearance for a role
To apply cosmetics to
Invent, improvise
"make up a story"
To set in order
"rooms are made up daily"
To become reconciled
"quarreled but later made up"
To act ingratiatingly and flatteringly
"made up to his aunt for a new bicycle"
To make advances court
Compensate
"make up for lost time"
To put on costumes or makeup (as for a play)
To apply cosmetics

Source: merriam-webster.com

This clue was used on March 31, 2025.

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