A recognizable kind:
— What make of car is that?.

synonym: brand.

Roget 240: form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour etc. (outline) 230; structure etc. 329; plasmature^†.    feature, lineament, turn; phase etc. (aspect) 448; posture, attitude, pose.    [Science of form] morphism.    [Similarity of form] isomorphism.    forming etc. v.; formation, figuration, efformation^†; sculpture; plasmation^†.    ... show more

Polish: brand, marka

The act of mixing cards haphazardly.

synonyms: shuffle, shuffling.

Engage in:
— Make love, not war.
— Make an effort.
— Make revolution.

synonym: do.

Give certain properties to something:
— Don't make this into a big deal.
— This invention will make you a millionaire.
— Make yourself clear.

synonym: get.

Make or cause to be or to become:
— Make a mess in one's office.

synonym: create.

Roget 144: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse^†; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change.    convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form etc. 240; remodel, new model, refound^†, reform, reorganize; assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.    ... show more

Roget 744: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige.    force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial; put down, dragoon.    extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain etc. 751.    ... show more

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.

synonyms: cause, get, have, induce, stimulate.

Dutch: maken, stimuleren

Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally:
— Make a stir.

synonyms: cause, do.

Roget 729: effect, effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate.    do, execute, make; go through, get through; work out, enact; bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head.    despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word.    do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog; drive home; be in at the death etc. (persevere) 604.1; carry through, play out, exhaust; fill the bill [U.S.].    finish, bring to a close etc. (end) 67; wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal; give the final touch etc. n.. to; put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on; crown, crown all; cap.    ripen, culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis; come to its end; die a natural death, die of old age; run its course, run one's race; touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal; reach etc. (arrive) 292; get in the harvest.    ... show more

Roget 161: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel; build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up; establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute; achieve, accomplish etc. (complete) 729.    flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean^†, yean^†, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle; bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world.    make productive etc. 168; create; beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate; procreate, progenerate^†, propagate; engender; bring into being, call into being, bring into existence; breed, hatch, develop, bring up.    induce, superinduce; suscitate^†; cause etc. 153; acquire etc. 775.    ... show more

Dutch: leiden, teweegbrengen, veroorzaken

Create or manufacture a man-made product.

synonyms: create, produce.

Dutch: produceren, maken, beschikbaar stellen, voorleggen, creëren, scheppen

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind:
— Make an estimate.
— What do you make of his remarks?.

synonym: draw.

Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way.

Create by artistic means.

synonym: create.

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages:
— How much do you make a month in your new job?.

synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, pull in, realise, realize, take in.

Dutch: verdienen, doen, opbrengen

Create or design, often in a certain way.

synonym: do.

Dutch: koken

To compose or represent:
— This makes a fine introduction.

synonyms: constitute, form.

Roget 54: be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of; consist of, be resolved into.    include etc. (in a class) 76; contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody; involve, implicate; drag into.    compose, constitute, form, make; make up, fill up, build up; enter into the composition of etc. (be a component) 56.    ... show more

Roget 56: enter into, enter into the composition of; be a component etc. n. be part of, form part of etc. 51; merge in, be merged in; be implicated in; share in etc. (participate) 778; belong to, appertain to; combine, inhere in, unite.    form, make, constitute, compose.    ... show more

Reach a goal:
— Make the first team.
— She may not make the grade.

synonyms: get to, progress to, reach.

Be or be capable of being changed or made into.

Make by shaping or bringing together constituents.

Perform or carry out.

Make by combining materials and parts.

synonyms: build, construct.

Dutch: bouwen, timmeren

Change from one form into another.

Act in a certain way so as to acquire.

Charge with a function; charge to be.

synonyms: name, nominate.

Achieve a point or goal.

synonyms: get, have.

Dutch: bereiken

Reach a destination, either real or abstract.

synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, reach.

Roget 292: arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete etc. 729; join, rejoin.    light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in, put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent; sit down etc. (be located) 184; get to one's journey's end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in etc. (ingress) 294; make one's appearance etc. (appear) 446; drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit.    come to hand; come at, come across; hit; come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon; meet; encounter, rencounter^†; come in contact.    ... show more

Institute, enact, or establish:
— Make laws.

synonyms: establish, lay down.

Dutch: bevestigen

Carry out or commit.

Form by assembling individuals or constituents.

Organize or be responsible for:
— Have, throw, or make a party.

synonyms: give, have, hold, throw.

Dutch: houden, voeren

Put in order or neaten:
— Make the bed.
— Make up a room.

synonym: make up.

Head into a specified direction.

synonym: take.

Have a bowel movement.

synonyms: ca-ca, crap, defecate, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit.

Dutch: poepen

Undergo fabrication or creation.

Be suitable for.

Add up to.

Amount to.

Constitute the essence of.

Appear to begin an activity.

Proceed along a path:
— Make one's way into the forest.

synonym: work.

Reach in time.

Gather and light the materials for.

Prepare for eating by applying heat:
— Can you make me an omelette?.

synonyms: cook, fix, prepare, ready.

Dutch: opmaken, bereiden, brouwen, klaarmaken, koken, toebereiden

Induce to have sex.

synonyms: score, seduce.

Dutch: verleiden, bekoren, veroveren, versieren

Assure the success of.

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like:
— She makes like an actress.

synonyms: make believe, pretend.

Dutch: maken

Consider as being.

Calculate as being.

Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable.

Favor the development of.

Develop into.

Behave in a certain way.

Eliminate urine.

synonyms: make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee ... show more.

Dutch: pissen