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making   (TTS Sound)

The noun making has 3 senses

• devising, fashioning, making -- (the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making")


• qualification, making -- (an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician")


• making -- ((usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something; "the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake")

The verb make has 49 senses

• make, do -- (engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution")


• 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")


• make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")


• 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")


• cause, do, make -- (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident")


• produce, make, create -- (create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries")


• 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 -- (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat")


• create, make -- (create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses")


• gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in -- (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "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")


• do, make -- (create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest")


• form, constitute, make -- (to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction")


• reach, make, get to, progress to -- (reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade")


• make -- (be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father")


• make -- (make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones")


• make -- (perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call")


• construct, build, make -- (make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer")


• make -- (change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks")


• make -- (act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies")


• name, nominate, make -- (charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club")


• have, get, make -- (achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day")


• reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain -- (reach a destination, either real or abstract; "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")


• lay down, establish, make -- (institute, enact, or establish; "make laws")


• make -- (carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas")


• make -- (form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum")


• hold, throw, have, make, give -- (organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course")


• make, make up -- (put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room")


• take, make -- (head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains")


• 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 -- (undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater")


• make -- (be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture")


• make -- (add up to; "four and four make eight")


• make -- (amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living")


• make -- (constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man")


• make -- (appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us")


• make, work -- (proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest")


• make -- (reach in time; "We barely made the plane")


• make -- (gather and light the materials for; "make a fire")


• cook, fix, ready, make, prepare -- (prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please")


• seduce, score, make -- (induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally")


• make -- (assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!")


• make, pretend, make believe -- (represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress")


• make -- (consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it")


• make -- (calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet")


• make -- (cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day")


• make -- (favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner")


• make -- (develop into; "He will make a splendid father!")


• make -- (behave in a certain way; "make merry")


• 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")