Word: make Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match. Cognates Cognate with Scots mak (“to make”), Yola maak, maake (“to make”), North Frisian maage, maaki, mååge (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make; to repair; to prepare; to preach; to earn”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Alemannic German mache (“to make; to do”), Bavarian måcha, måchn (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to matter; to look”), Cimbrian machan (“to make”), Dutch and Low German maken (“to make”), German machen (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to fare; to look”), Luxembourgish maachen, man (“to make; to do; to take; to equal; to put”), Mòcheno mòchen (“to make”), Vilamovian mahha (“to make; to do”), Yiddish מאַכן (makhn, “to create, make; to do; to say”); also probably Irish mám (“yoke; duty, obligation; function, service”), Latin mācerō (“to soften; to weaken; to mortify; to torture”), Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead; to wipe”), Bulgarian ма́жа (máža, “to smear; to oil”), Czech mazat (“to lubricate; to spread; to smear; to scribble; to erase”), Polish mazać (“to smear; to scribble; to pule, whimper”), Russian ма́зать (mázatʹ, “to oil; to paint; to smear; to soil; to miss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̏зати, mȁzati (“to smear; to dirty”), Ukrainian ма́зати (mázaty, “to smear”), Old Armenian մած (mac, “glued together, joined; coagulated, curdled; adhesive, sticking; compact; dense”), Hindi मचाना (macānā, “to cause, raise, wreak”). Pronunciation: /meɪk/, [meɪkʲ], [meːk], /mɛk/, /mæk/ 1. Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker. Example: Near-synonyms: kind, type Example: we service all makes and models 2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made). Example: Near-synonyms: makeup, form, conformation, composition; form factor Example: I can name the tribe every moccasin belongs to by the make of it. 3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production. Example: The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked. Example: The Royal Typewriter Company is distributing a very attractive eight page folder, announcing the Royal Number 10, the first machine of Royal make which uses levers instead of wires to operate the type-bars. 4. A person's character or disposition. Example: I never feel very much excited about any old thing; it's not my make; but I've got a sort of shiver inside of me, and a watery feeling in the heart region. 5. The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing. Labels: dated Example: […] papers are respectively of second or inferior quality, the last being perhaps torn or broken in the "make" — as the manufacture is technically termed. 6. Quantity produced, especially of materials. Labels: uncountable Example: In 1880 the make of pig iron in all countries was 18,300,000 tons. 7. A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility. Example: However, the unzip and make programs weren't found, so the default was left blank. 8. Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence. Labels: slang Example: "They ever get a make on the blood type?" Horn asked, staring at the stained mattress. Example: "I'm sure we'll get a make on the suspect's prints by day break, so if you come down town, I'll see you get everything available. Go ahead and process the car, we won't have any need of it." 9. A promotion. Labels: slang Example: Sent back the list of makes with only Post and Hamilton on it. (Buckner had recommended 10 staff officers and 1 combat soldier!) 10. A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television. Example: Blue Peter "make" 11. Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards. Example: It's your make as the cards lie. Take your time. Example: 'Not your make,' said the adjutant sternly and started dealing the cards with his white be-ringed hands as though he was in haste to get rid of them. 12. A made basket. 13. The closing of an electrical circuit. Example: If the interrupter operated every 2 sec., the current would rise to 10 amp. and drop to zero with successive "makes" and "breaks."