makeshift stopgap make-do | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency |
shuffle shuffling make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
make-believe pretend | the enactment of a pretense, it was just pretend |
makeup make-up war paint | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
constitution composition physical composition makeup make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
pretense pretence make-believe | imaginative intellectual play |
brand make | a recognizable kind, there's a new brand of hero in the movies now, what make of car is that? |
playlist play list | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio |
makeup make-up | an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event, he missed the test and had to take a makeup, the two teams played a makeup one week later |
conciliator make-peace pacifier peacemaker reconciler | someone who tries to bring peace |
make | act in a certain way so as to acquire, make friends, make enemies |
relax unstrain unlax loosen up unwind make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed, A hot bath always relaxes me |
grimace make a face pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier, She makes herself up every morning |
f make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee make water relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny wee wee-wee pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
stool defecate shit take a shit take a crap ca-ca crap make | have a bowel movement, The dog had made in the flower beds |
make | behave in a certain way, make merry |
make as if | begin or appear to begin an action, He made as if to shake my hand |
make get | 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 |
find oneself find d | accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation, My son went to Berkeley to find himself |
develop make grow | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development, The perfect climate here develops the grain, He developed a new kind of apple |
steel oneself against steel onself for brace oneself for prepare for | prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant |
make make up | put in order or neaten, make the bed, make up a room |
get cracking bestir oneself get going get moving get weaving get started get rolling | start to be active, Get cracking, please! |
fill fill up make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
purify sublimate make pure distill | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation, purify the water |
make c | develop into, He will make a splendid father! |
save make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort, This will save money, I'll save you the trouble, This will save you a lot of time |
make f | change from one form into another, make water into wine, make lead into gold, make clay into bricks |
make e | favor the development of, Practice makes the winner |
make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable, make my day |
make out | comprehend, I cannot make out what this politician is saying |
prove oneself | show one's ability or courage |
lay down establish make d | institute, enact, or establish, make laws |
decide make up one's mind determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something, We finally decided after lengthy deliberations |
make c | calculate as being, I make the height aboutfeet |
make | consider as being, It wasn't the problem some people made it |
draw make | 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? |
re-create | form anew in the imagination, recollect and re-form in the mind, His mind re-creates the entire world |
make out | try to establish, She made out that she know nothing about the crime |
reconcile patch up make up conciliate settle | come to terms, After some discussion we finally made up |
induce stimulate cause have get make | cause to do, cause to act in a specified manner, The ads induced me to buy a VCR, My children finally got me to buy a computer, My wife made me buy a new sofa |
make no bones about | acknowledge freely and openly, He makes no bones about the fact that he is gay |
make a clean breast of own up fess up | admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error, the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting |
make pretend make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like, She makes like an actress |
ridicule roast guy blackguard laugh at jest at rib make fun poke fun | subject to laughter or ridicule, The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house, The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher, His former students roasted the professor at histh birthday |
move make a motion | propose formally, in a debate or parliamentary meeting |
propose declare oneself offer pop the question | ask (someone) to marry you, he popped the question on Sunday night, she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months, The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman |
make e | assure the success of, A good review by this critic will make your play! |