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What is the verb for make?

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make

(transitive, heading) To create.

To build, construct, or produce.
To write or compose.
To bring about.
(religious) To create as, earth, heaven, stars, etc.

(intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
(intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
To constitute.
(intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
(transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
(transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
(transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
To force to do.
(transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
(transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
(transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
(transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
(intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
(transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To move at (a speed). [from 17th c.]
To appoint; to name.
(transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
(intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
(transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
(transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
(obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
To enact; to establish.
To develop into; to prove to be.
To form or formulate in the mind.
(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.
(obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
(obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
(now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
(transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
Synonyms:

build, form, construct, cook up, create, assemble, compose, craft, fabricate, fashion, forge, mold, prepare, produce, concoct, model, mould, originate, shape, synthesise, synthesize, actualize, brew, complete, contrive, develop, effect, erect, fix, generate, hatch, implement, render, spawn, yield, beget, bring about, churn out, cobble together, cobble up, confect, constitute, eke out, invent, knock off, knock out, knock together, manufacture, patch together, piece together … more

Examples:

“The artist used discarded automobile parts to make an impressive urban sculpture.”

“My parents would make me play the violin when I was younger even though I hated it.”

“Please eat slowly so you won't make a mess on your clean, white shirt.”

made

simple past tense and past participle of make
(Geordie) simple past tense and past participle of myek
(Wearside) simple past tense and past participle of mak
Synonyms:

Examples:

“The artist made an impressive urban sculpture using discarded automobile parts.”

“My parents made me play the violin when I was younger even though I hated it.”

“You made a mess on your clean, white shirt because you were eating too fast.”

makee

Eye dialect spelling of makes.
Eye dialect spelling of make.

making

present participle of make
Synonyms:

myek

(Geordie) To make.

mak

(Wearside) to make
Examples:

“She was fleid, but he said it was the only WY to mak me 'at I couldna gang awa.”

“But I reckon ye'll be gaun to mak an antic o't, as ye hae dune wi' mony an orra thing besides.”

“And why shouldna puir Tammy's pate-stack do as well tae mak a lowe as a lamp in a lichthoose?”

maked

(nonstandard, colloquial) simple past tense and past participle of make
(Wearside) simple past tense and past participle of mak

makes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make
Synonyms:

myeks

(Geordie) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of myek

maketh

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of make
Examples:

“It strengtheneth the body, maketh the heart generous, prolongeth pleasure, and deferreth age.”

“He maketh them take off their helmets and lower their ventails, and then kiss one another, afterward he leadeth them to his hermitage.”

“Yes, some even crawl the last mile to the shrine, for they have supped at the cup of scrumpy and yea it maketh them fall down and cry out in tongues.”

maks

(Wearside) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mak
Examples:

“It maks my hert sair to ken 'at no guid will your hert get o' his.”

“They co'd Him a winebibber, and a friend o' all maks o' bad uns.”

“A woman continuously in search of new creative outlets, Maks unreservedly embraced this photo shoot.”

makest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of make

madest

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of make

maken

(obsolete) plural simple present form of make

myekin

(Geordie) present participle of myek

makin

(Wearside) present participle of mak
Examples:

“I was thinking of makin small dies and different contouring swage blocks to achieve different effects with the treadle I have.”

“Ime AF eared I've got a job on my hands makin a firstclass farmer out ov him.”

“Not that you couldnt have em, mable, but you dont an theres no use makin no bones about it.”

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