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? |
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 |
check
bank check
cheque | a written order directing a bank to pay money, he paid all his bills by check |
bad check
bad cheque | a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds, issuing a bad check is a form of larceny |
giro
giro cheque | a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed, it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office |
certified check
certified cheque | a check containing certification that the person who issued the check has sufficient funds on deposit to cover payment |
personal check
personal cheque | a check drawn against funds deposited in your personal checking account |
cashier's check
treasurer's check
cashier's cheque
treasurer's cheque | a check issued by the officer of a bank on the banks own account (not that of a private person), cashier's checks are as good as cash |
blank check
blank cheque | a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| make make up | put in order or neaten, make the bed, make up a room |
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 |
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? |
| 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 |
| make e | assure the success of, A good review by this critic will make your play! |