Synonyms: make, shuffle, shuffling
Definition: the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Similar words: reordering
Definition: a rearrangement in a different order
Definition: a recognizable kind
Usage: there's a new brand of hero in the movies now; what make of car is that?
Similar words: form, kind, sort, variety
Definition: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Usage: sculpture is a form of art; what kinds of desserts are there?
Synonyms: make
Definition: act in a certain way so as to acquire
Usage: make friends; make enemies
Similar words: act, behave, do
Definition: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
Usage: You should act like an adult; Don't behave like a fool; What makes her do this way?; The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people
Synonyms: pass water, pee, pee-pee, puddle, relieve oneself, piddle, piss, make, make water, micturate, wee, wee-wee, urinate, take a leak, spend a penny
Definition: eliminate urine
Usage: Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
Similar words: pass, egest, excrete, eliminate
Definition: eliminate from the body
Usage: Pass a kidney stone
Synonyms: stool, take a crap, take a shit, shit, make, ca-ca, defecate, crap
Definition: have a bowel movement
Usage: The dog had made in the flower beds
Similar words: pass, egest, excrete, eliminate
Definition: eliminate from the body
Usage: Pass a kidney stone
Synonyms: make
Definition: behave in a certain way
Usage: make merry
Similar words: act, behave, do
Definition: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
Usage: You should act like an adult; Don't behave like a fool; What makes her do this way?; The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people
Definition: give certain properties to something
Usage: 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
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: put in order or neaten
Usage: make the bed; make up a room
Similar words: neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up, clean up
Definition: put (things or places) in order
Usage: Tidy up your room!
Synonyms: make
Definition: develop into
Usage: He will make a splendid father!
Definition: grow emotionally or mature
Usage: The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten; When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior
Synonyms: make
Definition: change from one form into another
Usage: make water into wine; make lead into gold; make clay into bricks
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: make
Definition: favor the development of
Usage: Practice makes the winner
Similar words: develop
Definition: generate gradually
Usage: We must develop more potential customers; develop a market for the new mobile phone
Synonyms: make
Definition: cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
Usage: make my day
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: establish, make, lay down
Definition: institute, enact, or establish
Usage: make laws
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: make
Definition: calculate as being
Usage: I make the height about 100 feet
Similar words: judge, approximate, estimate, gauge, guess
Definition: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Usage: I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Synonyms: make
Definition: consider as being
Usage: It wasn't the problem some people made it
Similar words: reckon, regard, consider, view, see
Definition: deem to be
Usage: She views this quite differently from me; I consider her to be shallow; I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
Definition: make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Usage: I draw a line here; draw a conclusion; draw parallels; make an estimate; What do you make of his remarks?
Similar words: create by mental act, create mentally
Definition: create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
Synonyms: make, make believe, pretend
Definition: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Usage: She makes like an actress
Similar words: represent, play, act
Definition: play a role or part
Usage: Gielgud played Hamlet; She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role; She played the servant to her husband's master
Synonyms: make
Definition: assure the success of
Usage: A good review by this critic will make your play!
Similar words: assure, secure, guarantee, insure, ensure
Definition: make certain of
Usage: This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us; Preparation will guarantee success!
Definition: induce to have sex
Usage: Harry finally seduced Sally; Did you score last night?; Harry made Sally
Similar words: persuade
Definition: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
Usage: You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
Definition: create or design, often in a certain way
Usage: Do my room in blue; I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest
Definition: create by artistic means
Usage: create a poem; Schoenberg created twelve-tone music; Picasso created Cubism; Auden made verses
Definition: create by artistic means
Usage: create a poem; Schoenberg created twelve-tone music; Picasso created Cubism; Auden made verses
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Definition: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Usage: cause a commotion; make a stir; cause an accident
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: make
Definition: compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
Usage: People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!; Heat makes you sweat
Similar words: cause, do, make
Definition: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Usage: cause a commotion; make a stir; cause an accident
Synonyms: make
Definition: make by shaping or bringing together constituents
Usage: make a dress; make a cake; make a wall of stones
Similar words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Definition: make from scratch
Synonyms: construct, make, build
Definition: make by combining materials and parts
Usage: this little pig made his house out of straw; Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: ready, prepare, make, cook, fix
Definition: prepare for eating by applying heat
Usage: Cook me dinner, please; can you make me an omelette?; fix breakfast for the guests, please
Similar words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Definition: make from scratch
Synonyms: make, have, hold, give, throw
Definition: organize or be responsible for
Usage: hold a reception; have, throw, or make a party; give a course
Similar words: direct
Definition: be in charge of
Synonyms: make
Definition: gather and light the materials for
Usage: make a fire
Similar words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Definition: make from scratch
Synonyms: make
Definition: perform or carry out
Usage: make a decision; make a move; make advances; make a phone call
Similar words: do, perform, execute
Definition: carry out or perform an action
Usage: John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters; the skater executed a triple pirouette; she did a little dance
Synonyms: make
Definition: reach in time
Usage: We barely made the plane
Similar words: hit, make, gain, attain, arrive at, reach
Definition: reach a destination, either real or abstract
Usage: We hit Detroit by noon; The water reached the doorstep; We barely made it to the finish line; I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Synonyms: get to, make, reach, progress to
Definition: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
Usage: We made it!; She may not make the grade
Similar words: accomplish, achieve, attain, reach
Definition: to gain with effort
Usage: she achieved her goal despite setbacks
Definition: proceed along a path
Usage: work one's way through the crowd; make one's way into the forest
Similar words: go across, go through, pass
Definition: go across or through
Usage: We passed the point where the police car had parked; A terrible thought went through his mind
Definition: head into a specified direction
Usage: The escaped convict took to the hills; We made for the mountains
Similar words: head
Definition: to go or travel towards
Usage: where is she heading; We were headed for the mountains
Synonyms: make
Definition: appear to begin an activity
Usage: He made to speak but said nothing in the end; She made as if to say hello to us
Similar words: seem, look, appear
Definition: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
Usage: She seems to be sleeping; This appears to be a very difficult problem; This project looks fishy; They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time
Synonyms: clear, bring in, take in, earn, gain, make, realise, realize, pull in
Definition: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Usage: How much do you make a month in your new job?; She earns a lot in her new job; this merger brought in lots of money; He clears $5,000 each month
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Definition: achieve a point or goal
Usage: Nicklaus had a 70; The Brazilian team got 4 goals; She made 29 points that day
Similar words: hit, tally, rack up, score
Definition: gain points in a game
Usage: The home team scored many times; He hit a home run; He hit .300 in the past season
Synonyms: nominate, name, make
Definition: charge with a function; charge to be
Usage: She was named Head of the Committee; She was made president of the club
Similar words: appoint, charge
Definition: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
Usage: He was appointed deputy manager; She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
Synonyms: make
Definition: carry out or commit
Usage: make a mistake; commit a faux-pas
Similar words: pull, commit, perpetrate
Definition: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
Usage: perpetrate a crime; pull a bank robbery
Synonyms: make
Definition: form by assembling individuals or constituents
Usage: Make a quorum
Similar words: assemble, get together, gather
Definition: get people together
Usage: assemble your colleagues; get together all those who are interested in the project; gather the close family members
Synonyms: make
Definition: constitute the essence of
Usage: Clothes make the man
Similar words: comprise, make up, be, represent, constitute
Definition: form or compose
Usage: This money is my only income; The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance; These constitute my entire belonging; The children made up the chorus; This sum represents my entire income for a year; These few men comprise his entire army
Synonyms: make, form, constitute
Definition: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
Usage: The branches made a roof; This makes a fine introduction
Similar words: comprise, make up, be, represent, constitute
Definition: form or compose
Usage: This money is my only income; The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance; These constitute my entire belonging; The children made up the chorus; This sum represents my entire income for a year; These few men comprise his entire army
Synonyms: make
Definition: amount to
Usage: This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living
Similar words: amount
Definition: be tantamount or equivalent to
Usage: Her action amounted to a rebellion
Synonyms: make
Definition: be or be capable of being changed or made into
Usage: He makes a great host; He will make a fine father
Synonyms: make
Definition: add up to
Usage: four and four make eight
Similar words: number, total, come, add up, amount
Definition: add up in number or quantity
Usage: The bills amounted to $2,000; The bill came to $2,000
Synonyms: make
Definition: be suitable for
Usage: Wood makes good furniture
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: make
Definition: undergo fabrication or creation
Usage: This wool makes into a nice sweater
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night