The meaning of Making

verb

Buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself.

Usage examples:

I managed to acquire all the books i needed

verb

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

verb

To obtain or begin to have something

Usage examples:

His family acquired the property in 1985., she acquired her love of the outdoors as a child.

verb

(of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose.

Usage examples:

A crowd had assembled outside the gates

noun

A leap in which the feet are brought together before landing.

Usage examples:

The assemblés porté traveled a great distance and ended in perfect fifth position.

verb

Create by putting components or members together

noun

A group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.

Usage examples:

An assembly of dockers and labourers

noun

A group of people, esp. one gathered together regularly for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

[ c ] the state assembly will vote on a death penalty bill next week.

noun

The process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure

Usage examples:

Full assembly instructions are provided with these easy-to-build desk units., car assembly, the ass…

noun

The essential facts or principles of a subject or skill.

Usage examples:

I learnt the basics of programming on a course

adjective

Forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental.

Usage examples:

Certain basic rules must be obeyed

adjective

Having the properties of a base, or containing a base; having a ph above 7.

Usage examples:

These salts yield basic solutions comparable in strength with the mineral alkalis

verb

Exist.

Usage examples:

There are no easy answers

prefix

(forming verbs) all over; all round.

Usage examples:

Bespatter

abbreviation

Bachelor of education.

noun

The point in time or space at which something begins.

Usage examples:

He left at the beginning of february

noun

The first part of something that continues

noun

A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb

Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Usage examples:

She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb

To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Usage examples:

He was bludgeoned to death.

verb

Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.

Usage examples:

A witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination

verb

To ask or demand continually that someone do something

Usage examples:

He objected that mcdonald was browbeating the witness.

verb

Construct (something) by putting parts or material together.

Usage examples:

The ironworks were built in 1736

noun

The proportions of a person's or animal's body.

Usage examples:

She was of medium height and slim build

noun

A structure with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory.

Usage examples:

In my view, it would be illogical and incorrect to describe these two buildings as a house.

verb

Construct (something) by putting parts or material together.

Usage examples:

The ironworks were built in 1736

noun

The power or ability to do something.

Usage examples:

He had an intuitive capability of bringing the best out in people

noun

The maximum amount that something can contain.

Usage examples:

The capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet

noun

The amount that can be held or produced by something

Usage examples:

[ c ] the stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000., [ u ] the theater was full to capacity that ni…

noun

The total amount or number of things or people that something can hold

Usage examples:

A capacity of sth the tanks have a capacity of 1000 litres., capacity audience/crowd the rally drew…

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Usage examples:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Usage examples:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

noun

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them.

Usage examples:

Certain defining characteristics of the school emerge from the study

adjective

Typical of a particular person, place, or thing.

Usage examples:

He began with a characteristic attack on extremism

adjective

Typical of a person or thing

Usage examples:

The creamy richness is characteristic of cheese from this region., curly hair is one of my family c…

adjective

Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.

Usage examples:

Clear and precise directions

adverb

So as to be out of the way of or away from.

Usage examples:

He leapt clear of the car

verb

Remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from.

Usage examples:

The drive had been cleared of snow

verb

Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.

Usage examples:

He was coerced into giving evidence

verb

To persuade someone forcefully to do something that he or she may not want to do

Usage examples:

I don’t think anybody should be coerced into leaving., they used threats and coercion to keep the o…

verb

Force or oblige (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

A sense of duty compelled harry to answer her questions

verb

To force someone to do something

Usage examples:

At school, we were compelled to wear uniforms, which i hated.

verb

Be (a part) of a whole.

Usage examples:

Lone parents constitute a great proportion of the poor

verb

To be or be considered as

Usage examples:

The president said that these policies constitute a threat to the united states., asians constitute…

verb

To be the parts that form something

Usage examples:

Economy travellers constitute about 80% of the airline's business., giving feedback on individual s…

verb

Compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action.

Usage examples:

Children are constrained to work in the way the book dictates

verb

To limit someone's freedom, or to limit the way something develops or grows

Usage examples:

Rising energy costs are constraining consumer and business spending.

verb

Build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine).

Usage examples:

A company that constructs oil rigs

noun

An idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence.

Usage examples:

History is largely an ideological construct

verb

Make by combining materials and parts

noun

The action of building something, typically a large structure.

Usage examples:

There was a skyscraper under construction

noun

The act or result of putting different things together

Usage examples:

A new hotel is now under construction (= being built)., the construction you are putting on my clie…

noun

The process or business of building large objects such as buildings, roads, bridges, etc.

Usage examples:

Employment in construction increased by 12,000., a construction site/project/worker 29-year-old jos…

verb

Bring (something) into existence.

Usage examples:

He created a thirty-acre lake

verb

Bring into existence

verb

To cause something to exist, or to make something new or imaginative

Usage examples:

He created some of the most magnificent works of art ever made., the new hotel is expected to creat…

verb

Bring (something) into existence.

Usage examples:

He created a thirty-acre lake

verb

Present participle of create

Usage examples:

Charles schulz created the characters "snoopy" and "charlie brown"., the bible says that god create…

noun

The action or process of bringing something into existence.

Usage examples:

Creation of a coalition government

noun

In the bible, (the) creation is the making of the world by god.

Usage examples:

[ c ] the fashion magazine had photos of the latest paris creations.

noun

The act or process of making, producing, or building something, or something that has been made, built, or produced

Usage examples:

The creation of wealth, some local people are protesting at the creation of a national park in the …

noun

A member of any of several cavalry regiments in the british army.

Usage examples:

From the calibre of those we recover we can tell whether they were fired by musketeers, cavalry, dr…

verb

Coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

She had been dragooned into helping with the housework

noun

In the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun

verb

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.

Usage examples:

He got into his car and drove off

noun

(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

He was driven by ambition

verb

To travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it

Usage examples:

[ t ] we drove 40 miles to visit my aunt., [ i ] she drove through pennsylvania to ohio., [ i ] she…

verb

Obtain (money) in return for labour or services.

Usage examples:

I earned £10 an hour working in the shop

verb

Be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling).

Usage examples:

A national team that embodies competitive spirit and skill

verb

To have and show particular qualities or ideas; represent

Usage examples:

Arthur ashe embodied the ideals of good sportsmanship., this cruise ship is the embodiment of luxury.

noun

The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

Usage examples:

Conflict is the essence of drama

noun

The basic meaning or importance of something

Usage examples:

The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music., in essenc…

noun

A thing that is absolutely necessary.

Usage examples:

We only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment

adjective

Absolutely necessary; extremely important.

Usage examples:

It is essential to keep up-to-date records

adjective

(of a disease) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic.

Usage examples:

Essential hypertension

verb

Invent (something) in order to deceive.

Usage examples:

Officers fabricated evidence

verb

To invent or produce something in order to deceive

Usage examples:

She fabricated charges that her boss was stealing money., that story is a complete fabrication.

verb

To manufacture something

Usage examples:

Techniques for fabricating microchips on circuits are advancing all the time., the company's main b…

noun

The action or process of manufacturing or inventing something.

Usage examples:

The assembly and fabrication of electronic products

noun

The act of inventing false information in order to deceive someone, or the false information itself

Usage examples:

The report stopped short of accusing anyone of fabrication of evidence., the evidence he gave in co…

noun

A popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The latest parisian fashions

verb

Make into a particular form.

Usage examples:

The bottles were fashioned from green glass

combining form

In the manner of something specified.

Usage examples:

The masts extend concertina-fashion

verb

Go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.

Usage examples:

He ran to fetch help

noun

The distance travelled by wind or waves across open water.

Usage examples:

Wave disturbance was estimated by measuring the fetch for wave height on maps as the width of the r…

noun

The apparition or double of a living person, formerly believed to be a warning of that person's impending death.

Usage examples:

I saw a fetch who looked like me

preposition

In support of or in favour of (a person or policy)

Usage examples:

Troops who had fought for napoleon

preposition

Affecting, with regard to, or in respect of.

Usage examples:

She is responsible for the efficient running of their department

preposition

On behalf of or to the benefit of.

Usage examples:

I got a present for you

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

noun

A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.

Usage examples:

Culm was the material most widely used in the forges by blacksmiths and large quantities of the sub…

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

noun

The action of forming or process of being formed.

Usage examples:

The formation of the great rift valley

noun

A large area of rock that has characteristics different from the land surrounding it

Usage examples:

[ u ] they called for the formation of a committee to investigate corruption., [ c ] unusual cloud …

noun

The development or creation of a company, organization, etc.

Usage examples:

His company has made excellent progress since its formation three years ago., the arts center is co…

verb

Bring together parts or combine to create (something).

Usage examples:

The company was formed in 1982

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

noun

A particular way in which a thing exists or appears.

Usage examples:

Essays in book form

verb

Obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable).

Usage examples:

We gained entry to the car in five seconds

noun

An increase in wealth or resources.

Usage examples:

The pursuit of personal gain

verb

Obtain

verb

Come to have (something); receive.

Usage examples:

I got a letter from him the other day

noun

See have.

verb

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

phrasal verb

Arrive at the point of

verb

To take something into your possession, or have something happen that you accept or receive

Usage examples:

He climbed over the fence to get his ball back., monique raised her hand to get the teacher’s atten…

verb

To obtain, buy, or earn something

Usage examples:

I think she gets about $40,000 a year., get sth for sth how much did he get for his business when h…

adjective

(especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Gross human rights abuses

adverb

Without tax or other contributions having been deducted.

Usage examples:

If the value of your bond is £50,000 or more the interest will be paid gross

verb

Produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income.

Usage examples:

The film went on to gross $8 million

verb

Drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

Financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures

verb

To force someone to do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] when i see them eating, i feel impelled to eat, too.

noun

Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish.

Usage examples:

Mix all of the ingredients together

noun

One of the parts in a mixture

Usage examples:

Combine all the ingredients for the stew., fig. she viewed color as an essential ingredient of good…

noun

One of the parts of something that is needed in order for a particular job, business, etc. to succeed

Usage examples:

Basic/key/main ingredient policymakers see capital investment as a key ingredient in an economic re…

verb

Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.

Usage examples:

The forts are designed to intimidate the population

Compel or deter by or as if by threats

noun

The action of inventing something, typically a process or device.

Usage examples:

The invention of printing in the 15th century

noun

Something newly designed or created, or the activity of designing or creating new things

Usage examples:

[ c ] the mountain bike was a california invention., [ u ] the invention of the pressure cooker pro…

noun

A product or a way of doing something which has never been made or never existed before

Usage examples:

Turning an invention from an idea into a money-making product is a long job., a new inventions, the…

verb

Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Firms who manufacture ball bearings

noun

The making of articles on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

The manufacture of armoured vehicles

verb

To produce goods in large numbers, esp. in a factory using machines

Usage examples:

He works for a company that manufactures toys., the president said this is a political crisis manuf…

noun

The making of articles on a large scale using machinery; industrial production.

Usage examples:

Even in manufacturing they no longer dominate

verb

Make (something) on a large scale using machinery.

Usage examples:

Firms who manufacture ball bearings

noun

The business of producing goods in factories

noun

The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

Usage examples:

Goats can eat more or less any plant material

adjective

Denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit.

Usage examples:

The material world

adjective

Significant; important.

Usage examples:

The insects did not do any material damage to the crop

noun

A three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.

Usage examples:

A model of st paul's cathedral

verb

A simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and predictions.

Usage examples:

A statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species

verb

A representation of something, often on a smaller scale

noun

The work of a fashion model.

Usage examples:

Have you ever thought of a career in modelling?

verb

Fashion or shape (a three-dimensional figure or object) in a malleable material such as clay or wax.

Usage examples:

Use the icing to model a house

noun

A hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens.

Usage examples:

The smith would pour the molten metal into the shaped mould

verb

Form (an object) out of malleable material.

Usage examples:

Mould the figure from white fondant

noun

A furry growth of minute fungi occurring typically in moist warm conditions, especially on food or other organic matter.

Usage examples:

Mould may flourish unhindered

noun

A shaped strip of wood or other material fitted as a decorative architectural feature, especially in a cornice.

Usage examples:

A decorative plaster moulding placed at the centre of a ceiling

verb

Form (an object) out of malleable material.

Usage examples:

Mould the figure from white fondant

noun

A piece of wood, plastic, stone, etc. that has been made into a particular shape to decorate the top or bottom of a wall, or a door, window, or piece of furniture

noun

A piece of open-meshed material made of twine, cord, or something similar, used typically for catching fish or other animals.

Usage examples:

Fishermen mending their nets

noun

A structure consisting of a net supported on a frame, forming the goal in games such as soccer and hockey.

Usage examples:

He turned wilson's cross into the net

noun

A fine fabric with a very open weave.

Usage examples:

Net curtains

verb

Make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something.

Usage examples:

Doctors are obliged by law to keep patients alive while there is a chance of recovery

verb

Get, acquire, or secure (something).

Usage examples:

Adequate insurance cover is difficult to obtain

verb

Come into possession of

noun

A small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles.

Usage examples:

She fished for her door key in her coat pocket

adjective

Of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket.

Usage examples:

A pocket german dictionary

verb

Put into one's pocket.

Usage examples:

She watched him lock up and pocket the key

adjective

Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.

Usage examples:

A campaign to woo potential customers

noun

Latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.

Usage examples:

A young broadcaster with great potential

adjective

Possible but not yet achieved

Usage examples:

He was eager to talk with potential customers., potentially dangerous products are often recalled b…

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Usage examples:

The gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside

verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

It might be possible to pressure him into resigning

verb

Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Usage examples:

The mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres

verb

To keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing

Usage examples:

He was pressurized into signing the agreement.

verb

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.

Usage examples:

The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun

Agricultural and other natural products collectively.

Usage examples:

Dairy produce

verb

Bring forth or yield

verb

Make or manufacture from components or raw materials.

Usage examples:

The company have just produced a luxury version of the aircraft

noun

Agricultural and other natural products collectively.

Usage examples:

Dairy produce

verb

Present participle of produce

Usage examples:

France produces a great deal of wine for export., red blood cells are produced in the bone marrow.,…

noun

The action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured.

Usage examples:

Banning the production of chemical weapons

noun

A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.

Usage examples:

What happened to all those firm promises of support?

verb

Assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.

Usage examples:

He promised to forward my mail

noun

The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.

Usage examples:

An improvement in product quality

adjective

Of good quality; excellent.

Usage examples:

He's a quality player

noun

The degree of excellence of something, often a high degree of it

Usage examples:

Our company guarantees the quality of our merchandise., the fabric was of the highest quality., we’…

verb

Stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something.

Usage examples:

He reached over and turned off his bedside light

noun

An act of reaching out with one's arm.

Usage examples:

She made a reach for him

verb

Become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly.

Usage examples:

He realized his mistake at once

verb

Be fully aware or cognizant of

verb

To become aware of or understand a situation

Usage examples:

He realized the store would be closing in a few minutes., [ + (that) clause ] suddenly i realized (…

verb

Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity.

Usage examples:

For purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult

verb

Be a delegate or spokesperson for

verb

Need for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Three patients required operations

noun

The first principles of (a subject).

Usage examples:

She taught the girls the rudiments of reading and writing

plural noun

The simplest and most basic facts

Usage examples:

The rudiments of grammar

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Usage examples:

Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

Usage examples:

Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

Usage examples:

A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

noun

A heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a roller, used to flatten the surfaces of roads during construction.

Usage examples:

After each truckload of earth fell, a steamroller flattened it

verb

(of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition.

Usage examples:

The government's trying to steamroller a law through

noun

A vehicle whose wheels are large, heavy cylinders that roll over a road surface to make it flat

Usage examples:

He steamrollered the bill through congress.

adjective

Disapproving involving force and threats to get people to do something

Usage examples:

The curfew is just another of the city's strong-arm policies.

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

abbreviation

Denoting quantum states or wave functions which change sign on inversion through the origin.

symbol

(in units of measurement) micro- (10−6).

Usage examples:

Direct read-out of concentration in ug or mg/l

noun

The twenty-first letter of the alphabet.

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

Usage examples:

Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…

noun

The faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action.

Usage examples:

She has an iron will

verb

Make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers.

Usage examples:

Reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back

The capability of conscious choice and decision

verb

Be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict).

Usage examples:

United won four games in a row

noun

A successful result in a contest, conflict, bet, or other endeavour; a victory.

Usage examples:

A 3–0 win over birmingham

verb

To defeat a competitor, or to achieve first position or get a prize in a competition

Usage examples:

[ i ] did they win last night?, [ t ] our team won the game!