Definitions for making
making
mak·ing
Spelling: [mey-king]
IPA: /ˈmeɪ kɪŋ/
Making is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 98 anagrams from letters in making (agikmn).
Definitions for making
noun
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the act of a person or thing that makes:
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structure; constitution; makeup.
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the means or cause of success or advancement:
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Usually, makings. capacity or potential:
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makings.
material of which something may be made:
Older Slang. paper and tobacco with which to make a hand-rolled cigarette.
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something made.
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the quantity made:
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the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
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production with reference to the manufacturer; brand:
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disposition; character; nature.
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the act or process of making.
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quantity made; output.
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Cards. the act of naming the trump, or the suit named as trump.
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Electricity. the closing of an electric circuit.
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Jewelry. the excellence of a polished diamond with regard to proportion, symmetry, and finish.
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Slang. identifying information about a person or thing from police records:
Idioms
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in the making, in the process of being made; developing or evolving; growing:
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make a play for, to try to get:
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make as if / as though, Informal. to act as if; pretend:
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make away with,
to steal:
to destroy; kill:
to get rid of.
to consume, drink, or eat completely:
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make believe, to pretend; imagine:
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make (so) bold, to have the temerity; be so rash; dare:
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make book, Slang.
to take bets and give odds.
to make a business of this.
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make colors, Nautical. to hoist an ensign, as on board a warship.
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make do, to function, manage, or operate, usually on a deprivation level with minimal requirements:
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make good,
to provide restitution or reparation for:
to succeed:
to fulfill:
Navigation. to compute (a course) allowing for leeway and compass deviation.
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make heavy weather,
Nautical. to roll and pitch in heavy seas.
to progress laboriously; struggle, especially to struggle needlessly:
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make it,
Informal. to achieve a specific goal:
Informal. to succeed in general:
Slang. to have sexual intercourse.
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make it so, Nautical. strike the ship's bell accordingly: said by the officer of the watch when the hour is announced.
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make like, Informal. to try or pretend to be like; imitate:
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make one's manners, Southern U.S.
to perform an appropriate or expected social courtesy.
Older Use. to bow or curtsy.
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make sail, Nautical.
to set sails.
to brace the yards of a ship that has been hove to in order to make headway.
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make time. time (def 52).
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make water,
to urinate.
Nautical. (of a hull) to leak.
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make with, Slang.
to operate; use:
to bring about; provide or produce:
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on the make, Informal.
seeking to improve one's social or financial position, usually at the expense of others or of principle.
increasing; advancing.
Slang. seeking amorous or sexual relations:
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put the make on, Slang. to make sexual overtures to.
Verb phrases
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make out,
to write out or complete, as a bill or check.
to establish; prove.
to decipher; discern.
to imply, suggest, or impute:
to manage; succeed:
Slang. to engage in kissing and caressing; neck.
Slang. to have sexual intercourse.
Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn off or extinguish (especially a light or fire):
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make over,
to remodel; alter:
to transfer the title of (property); convey:
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make for,
to go toward; approach:
to lunge at; attack.
to help to promote or maintain:
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make off,
to run away; depart hastily:
Nautical. to stand off from a coast, especially a lee shore.
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make off with, to carry away; steal:
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make on, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn on, light, or ignite (especially a light or fire):
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make up,
(of parts) to constitute; compose; form.
to put together; construct; compile.
to concoct; invent.
Also, make up for. to compensate for; make good.
to complete.
to put in order; arrange:
to conclude; decide.
to settle amicably, as differences.
to become reconciled, as after a quarrel.
Printing. to arrange set type, illustrations, etc., into columns or pages.
to dress in appropriate costume and apply cosmetics for a part on the stage.
to apply cosmetics.
to adjust or balance, as accounts; prepare, as statements.
Education. to repeat (a course or examination that one has failed).
Education. to take an examination that one had been unable to take when first given, usually because of absence.
to specify and indicate the layout or arrangement of (columns, pages, etc., of matter to be printed).
Atlantic States. (of the weather or clouds) to develop or gather:
Atlantic States. (of the sea) to become turbulent:
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make up to,
Informal. to try to become friendly with; fawn on.
to make advances to; flirt with:
verb (used with object)
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to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.:
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to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about:
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to cause to be or become; render:
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to appoint or name:
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to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare:
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to bring into a certain form:
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to convert from one state, condition, category, etc., to another:
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to cause, induce, or compel:
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to give rise to; occasion:
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to produce, earn, or win for oneself:
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to write or compose:
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to draw up, as a legal document; draft:
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to do; effect:
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to establish or enact; put into existence:
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to become by development; prove to be:
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to form in the mind, as a judgment or estimate:
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to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc. (often followed by of):
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to estimate; reckon:
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to bring together separate parts so as to produce a whole; compose; form:
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to amount to; bring up the total to:
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to serve as:
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to be sufficient to constitute:
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to be adequate or suitable for:
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to assure the success or fortune of:
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to deliver, utter, or put forth:
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to go or travel at a particular speed:
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to arrive at or reach; attain:
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to arrive in time for:
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to arrive in time to be a passenger on (a plane, boat, bus, train, etc.):
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Informal. to gain or acquire a position within:
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to receive mention or appear in or on:
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to gain recognition or honor by winning a place or being chosen for inclusion in or on:
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Slang. to have sexual intercourse with.
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Cards.
to name (the trump).
to take a trick with (a card).
Bridge. to fulfill or achieve (a contract or bid).
to shuffle (the cards).
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to earn, as a score:
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Slang.
to recognize or identify:
to charge or cause to be charged with a crime:
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to close (an electric circuit).
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South Midland and Southern U.S. to plant and cultivate or produce (a crop):
verb (used without object)
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to cause oneself, or something understood, to be as specified:
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to show oneself to be or seem in action or behavior (usually followed by an adjective):
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to be made, as specified:
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to move or proceed in a particular direction:
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to rise, as the tide or water in a ship.
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South Midland and Southern U.S. (of a crop) to grow, develop, or mature:
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make down, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to rain or snow:
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make fast, Chiefly Nautical. to fasten or secure.
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make shut, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to close:
Origin of making
before 1150; Middle English; Old English macung. See make1, -ing1
Examples for making
Everyone out there who says, “Charlie Hebdo provoked,” is making the same fundamental error.
making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.
Is there any chance of making Mr. Davis return the money my father deposited with him?
Numerous lamps were lighted in the trees, making the gardens bright as noon.
The white men were rushed upon while making a damper, and clubbed and speared.
This is not making the 228,000 residents of Irving, Texas feel very relaxed.
Talking about death is never easy, but with food, comfort, and familiarity, a new kind of dinner party is making it easier.
The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
First, they allow Paul to siphon off attention from whichever potential candidate is making news.
But he was making real love, and you know I'm not used to that.