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What does make mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive, heading) To create.
    1. To build, construct, or produce.
    2. To write or compose.
    3. To bring about.
    4. (religious) To create as, earth, heaven, stars, etc.
  2. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
  3. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
  4. To constitute.
  5. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
  6. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
  7. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
  8. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
  9. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
  10. To force to do.
  11. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
  12. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
  13. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
  14. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
  15. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
  16. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling. [from 16th c.]
  17. (transitive) To move at (a speed). [from 17th c.]
  18. To appoint; to name.
  19. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
  20. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
  21. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
  22. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
  23. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
  24. To enact; to establish.
  25. To develop into; to prove to be.
  26. To form or formulate in the mind.
  27. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
  28. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
  29. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
  30. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
  31. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
Noun
  1. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model. syn. transl.
  2. How a thing is made; construction. syn.
  3. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture. syn.
  4. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials. syn.
  5. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing. syn.
  6. A person's character or disposition. syn.
  7. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
  8. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit. syn.
  9. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
  10. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence. syn.
  11. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female). syn.
  12. (slang, military) A promotion.
  13. A home-made project
  14. (basketball) A made basket.
Noun
  1. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
Noun
  1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny. [from 16th c.]
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