| generate | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ come up | bring forth, usually something desirable.; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations" |
| ~ develop | generate gradually.; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" |
| ~ bring on, induce | cause to arise.; "induce a crisis" |
| ~ liberate, release, free | release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition. |
| v. (creation) | 2. generate, give, render, return, yield | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| v. (creation) | 3. generate | produce (energy).; "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| v. (body) | 4. beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire | make children.; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| manufacture | | |
| n. (act) | 1. industry, manufacture | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale.; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" |
| ~ cottage industry | small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment. |
| ~ production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale.; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" |
| ~ industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale. |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ point system | a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules. |
| ~ industry | the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise.; "each industry has its own trade publications" |
| ~ privatise, privatize | change from governmental to private control or ownership.; "The oil industry was privatized" |
| ~ rat | employ scabs or strike breakers in. |
| n. (act) | 2. fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing | the act of making something (a product) from raw materials.; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" |
| ~ creating from raw materials | the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it. |
| ~ formation, shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape. |
| ~ newspeak | deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public.; "the welfare state brought its own newspeak" |
| ~ prefabrication | the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site. |
| v. (creation) | 3. construct, fabricate, manufacture | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal" |
| ~ mass-produce | produce on a large scale. |
| ~ make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| ~ raft | make into a raft.; "raft these logs" |
| v. (creation) | 4. cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture | make up something artificial or untrue. |
| ~ dream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of | devise or invent.; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" |
| ~ mythologise, mythologize | construct a myth.; "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons" |
| ~ confabulate | unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory. |
| ~ trump up, concoct | invent.; "trump up charges" |
| ~ spin | make up a story.; "spin a yarn" |
| ~ vamp, vamp up | make up.; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting" |
| v. (creation) | 5. manufacture | produce naturally.; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only" |
| ~ produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
| v. (creation) | 6. manufacture | create or produce in a mechanical way.; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| produce | | |
| n. (food) | 1. garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market. |
| ~ solid food, food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.; "food and drink" |
| ~ edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh. |
| ~ veg, vegetable, veggie | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant. |
| ~ eater | any green goods that are good to eat.; "these apples are good eaters" |
| v. (creation) | 2. bring forth, produce | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ sporulate | produce spores.; "plants sporulate" |
| ~ crank out, grind out | produce in a routine or monotonous manner.; "We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding" |
| ~ manufacture | produce naturally.; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only" |
| v. (creation) | 3. create, make, produce | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ breed | cause to procreate (animals).; "She breeds dogs" |
| ~ redo, refashion, remake, make over | make new.; "She is remaking her image" |
| ~ prefabricate | produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally. |
| ~ underproduce | produce below capacity or demand.; "The East German factories were underproducing for many years" |
| ~ output | to create or manufacture a specific amount.; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running" |
| ~ pulse, pulsate | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" |
| ~ clap together, clap up, slap together | make hastily and carelessly. |
| ~ custom-make, customise, customize, tailor-make | make to specifications.; "I had this desk custom-made for me" |
| ~ dummy, dummy up | make a dummy of.; "dummy up the books that are to be published" |
| ~ turn out | produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery.; "This factory turns out saws" |
| ~ machine | make by machinery.; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars" |
| ~ churn out | produce something at a fast rate.; "He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic" |
| ~ overproduce | produce in excess.; "The country overproduces cars" |
| ~ elaborate | produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product.; "The bee elaborates honey" |
| ~ put out | put out considerable effort.; "He put out the same for seven managers" |
| ~ laminate | create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material. |
| ~ bootleg | produce or distribute illegally.; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing" |
| ~ generate | produce (energy).; "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity" |
| ~ generate, yield, render, give, return | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ extrude, squeeze out | form or shape by forcing through an opening.; "extrude steel" |
| ~ smelt | extract (metals) by heating. |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ preassemble, prefabricate | to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings. |
| ~ fudge together, throw together | produce shoddily, without much attention to detail. |
| ~ print, publish | put into print.; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" |
| ~ confect | make or construct. |
| ~ proof | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset. |
| ~ burn, cut | create by duplicating data.; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" |
| v. (creation) | 4. bring about, give rise, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ induct, induce | produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes. |
| ~ lead, result, leave | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| v. (perception) | 5. bring forth, produce | bring out for display.; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" |
| ~ display, exhibit, expose | to show, make visible or apparent.; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" |
| ~ turn on | produce suddenly or automatically.; "Turn on the charm"; "turn on the waterworks" |
| v. (creation) | 6. farm, grow, produce, raise | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ carry | bear (a crop).; "this land does not carry olives" |
| ~ overproduce | produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted. |
| ~ cultivate | foster the growth of. |
| ~ keep | raise.; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" |
| v. (perception) | 7. bring on, bring out, produce | bring onto the market or release.; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" |
| ~ appear | come into sight or view.; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| ~ offer | produce or introduce on the stage.; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month" |
| v. (body) | 8. acquire, develop, get, grow, produce | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| ~ fledge, feather | grow feathers.; "The young sparrows are fledging already" |
| ~ regrow | grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption.; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury" |
| ~ spring | develop suddenly.; "The tire sprang a leak" |
| ~ sprout, stock | put forth and grow sprouts or shoots.; "the plant sprouted early this year" |
| ~ tiller, stool | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers. |
| ~ leaf | produce leaves, of plants. |
| ~ pod | produce pods, of plants. |
| ~ teethe | grow teeth; cut the baby teeth.; "The little one is teething now" |
| ~ pupate | develop into a pupa.; "the insect larva pupate" |
| ~ work up, get up | develop.; "we worked up an as of an appetite" |
| ~ cut | have grow through the gums.; "The baby cut a tooth" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ develop, evolve, acquire | gain through experience.; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" |
| build | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. body-build, build, habitus, physique | constitution of the human body. |
| ~ bodily property | an attribute of the body. |
| ~ lankiness | a tall and thin physique. |
| ~ dumpiness, squattiness | a short and stout physique. |
| ~ body type, somatotype | a category of physique. |
| n. (body) | 2. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma | alternative names for the body of a human being.; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ person | a human body (usually including the clothing).; "a weapon was hidden on his person" |
| ~ juvenile body | the body of a young person. |
| ~ adult body | the body of an adult human being. |
| ~ male body | the body of a male human being. |
| ~ female body | the body of a female human being. |
| v. (creation) | 3. build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ customise, customize | make according to requirements.; "customize a car" |
| ~ revet | construct a revetment. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ dry-wall | construct with drywall.; "dry-wall the basement of the house" |
| ~ lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. |
| ~ wattle | build of or with wattle. |
| ~ frame up, frame | construct by fitting or uniting parts together. |
| ~ rebuild, reconstruct | build again.; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" |
| ~ groin | build with groins.; "The ceiling was groined" |
| ~ cantilever | construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed.; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings" |
| ~ erect, put up, set up, rear, raise | construct, build, or erect.; "Raise a barn" |
| ~ build | be engaged in building.; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" |
| ~ corduroy | build (a road) from logs laid side by side. |
| ~ channelise, channelize | make a channel for; provide with a channel.; "channelize the country for better transportation" |
| v. (change) | 4. build, build up, progress, work up | form or accumulate steadily.; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" |
| ~ build | develop and grow.; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" |
| ~ develop | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time" |
| ~ ramp up, work up, build up, build | bolster or strengthen.; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" |
| v. (creation) | 5. build, establish | build or establish something abstract.; "build a reputation" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (change) | 6. build | improve the cleansing action of.; "build detergents" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| v. (social) | 7. build | order, supervise, or finance the construction of.; "The government is building new schools in this state" |
| ~ oversee, superintend, supervise, manage | watch and direct.; "Who is overseeing this project?" |
| v. (creation) | 8. build | give form to, according to a plan.; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business" |
| ~ develop | make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.; "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique" |
| v. (creation) | 9. build | be engaged in building.; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ create | pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity.; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. build | found or ground.; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation" |
| ~ base, found, establish, ground | use as a basis for; found on.; "base a claim on some observation" |
| v. (change) | 11. build, build up, ramp up, work up | bolster or strengthen.; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" |
| ~ increase | make bigger or more.; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" |
| ~ work up, build, build up, progress | form or accumulate steadily.; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" |
| v. (change) | 12. build | develop and grow.; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" |
| ~ deepen, intensify | become more intense.; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" |
| ~ work up, build, build up, progress | form or accumulate steadily.; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" |
| fabricate | | |
| make | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. brand, make | a recognizable kind.; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" |
| ~ kind, sort, form, variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
| n. (act) | 2. make, shuffle, shuffling | the act of mixing cards haphazardly. |
| ~ reordering | a rearrangement in a different order. |
| ~ reshuffling, reshuffle | shuffling again.; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" |
| ~ riffle | shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| v. (social) | 3. do, make | engage in.; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" |
| ~ make | perform or carry out.; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" |
| ~ overdo, exaggerate | do something to an excessive degree.; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" |
| v. (change) | 4. get, make | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| ~ render | cause to become.; "The shot rendered her immobile" |
| ~ get, let, have | cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ leave | act or be so as to become in a specified state.; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" |
| v. (creation) | 5. create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ beget, father, sire, engender, mother, bring forth, generate, get | make children.; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" |
| ~ procreate, reproduce, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.; "The Bible tells people to procreate" |
| ~ regenerate | form or produce anew.; "regenerate hatred" |
| ~ clear | make a way or path by removing objects.; "Clear a path through the dense forest" |
| ~ distil, distill, extract | extract by the process of distillation.; "distill the essence of this compound" |
| ~ educe, derive | develop or evolve from a latent or potential state. |
| ~ spume, froth, suds | make froth or foam and become bubbly.; "The river foamed" |
| ~ lay down, establish, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| ~ puncture | make by piercing.; "puncture a hole" |
| ~ twine | make by twisting together or intertwining.; "twine a rope" |
| ~ cleave | make by cutting into.; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock" |
| ~ track | make tracks upon. |
| ~ institute, bring | advance or set forth in court.; "bring charges"; "institute proceedings" |
| ~ short, short-circuit | create a short circuit in. |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| ~ grind | created by grinding.; "grind designs into the glass bowl" |
| ~ bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| ~ initiate, originate, start | bring into being.; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ make for, wreak, bring, work, play | cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" |
| ~ bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, arouse, put forward, evoke, stir, raise | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate, realise | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to.; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| ~ turn in, put on | carry out (performances).; "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game" |
| ~ bear, turn out | bring forth,.; "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ build, establish | build or establish something abstract.; "build a reputation" |
| ~ assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| ~ style | make consistent with a certain fashion or style.; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" |
| ~ strike | produce by ignition or a blow.; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" |
| ~ re-create, copy | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| ~ create verbally | create with or from words. |
| ~ compose, write | write music.; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
| ~ choreograph | compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music.; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music" |
| ~ direct | guide the actors in (plays and films). |
| ~ film | record in film.; "The coronation was filmed" |
| ~ film-make | make films; be a film maker. |
| ~ recreate | create anew.; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting" |
| ~ offset | create an offset in.; "offset a wall" |
| ~ scrape | make by scraping.; "They scraped a letter into the stone" |
| ~ produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
| ~ give rise, bring about, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| ~ press | create by pressing.; "Press little holes into the soft clay" |
| ~ prepare | to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery.; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" |
| ~ cut | form or shape by cutting or incising.; "cut paper dolls" |
| ~ cut | form by probing, penetrating, or digging.; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" |
| ~ raise | create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise.; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" |
| ~ beat | make by pounding or trampling.; "beat a path through the forest" |
| ~ chop | form or shape by chopping.; "chop a hole in the ground" |
| ~ manufacture | create or produce in a mechanical way.; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success" |
| ~ shell, blast | create by using explosives.; "blast a passage through the mountain" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ incorporate | form a corporation. |
| ~ form, organize, organise | create (as an entity).; "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" |
| v. (communication) | 6. cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| ~ decide | cause to decide.; "This new development finally decided me!" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ bring | induce or persuade.; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" |
| ~ solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination.; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" |
| ~ encourage | spur on.; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" |
| ~ let | actively cause something to happen.; "I let it be known that I was not interested" |
| ~ lead | cause to undertake a certain action.; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" |
| ~ instigate, prompt, inspire | serve as the inciting cause of.; "She prompted me to call my relatives" |
| ~ suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony.; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (creation) | 7. cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
| ~ effect, effectuate, set up | produce.; "The scientists set up a shock wave" |
| ~ make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way.; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" |
| ~ occasion | give occasion to. |
| ~ call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | evoke or provoke to appear or occur.; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" |
| ~ breed, engender, spawn | call forth. |
| ~ incite, motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ impel, force | urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate. |
| ~ facilitate | increase the likelihood of (a response).; "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. draw, make | make, formulate, or derive in the mind.; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" |
| ~ make | calculate as being.; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| v. (creation) | 9. make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way.; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ drive | compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment.; "She finally drove him to change jobs" |
| v. (creation) | 10. create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ do, make | create or design, often in a certain way.; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ design | create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.; "Chanel designed the famous suit" |
| ~ design | create designs.; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" |
| v. (possession) | 11. bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ make | act in a certain way so as to acquire.; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ squeeze out, eke out | make by laborious and precarious means.; "He eked out a living as a painter" |
| ~ turn a profit, profit | make a profit; gain money or materially.; "The company has not profited from the merger" |
| ~ rake off | take money from an illegal transaction. |
| ~ take home, bring home | earn as a salary or wage.; "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?" |
| ~ rake in, shovel in | earn large sums of money.; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" |
| ~ net, sack up, sack, clear | make as a net profit.; "The company cleared $1 million" |
| ~ gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc.. |
| ~ pay, bear, yield | bring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| v. (creation) | 12. do, make | create or design, often in a certain way.; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| v. (stative) | 13. constitute, form, make | to compose or represent:.; "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" |
| ~ constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent | form or compose.; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" |
| ~ chelate | form a chelate, in chemistry. |
| ~ add | constitute an addition.; "This paper will add to her reputation" |
| v. (motion) | 14. get to, make, progress to, reach | reach a goal, e.g.,.; "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" |
| ~ achieve, attain, accomplish, reach | to gain with effort.; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" |
| v. (stative) | 15. make | be or be capable of being changed or made into.; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" |
| ~ become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| v. (creation) | 16. make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| ~ compile, compose | put together out of existing material.; "compile a list" |
| ~ compile | use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed. |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ fabricate, manufacture, construct | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal" |
| ~ fashion, forge | make out of components (often in an improvising manner).; "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" |
| ~ cooper | make barrels and casks. |
| v. (creation) | 17. make | perform or carry out.; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ pay | render.; "pay a visit"; "pay a call" |
| ~ do, make | engage in.; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" |
| v. (change) | 18. make | change from one form into another.; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (body) | 19. make | act in a certain way so as to acquire.; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ get, have, make | achieve a point or goal.; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" |
| v. (social) | 20. make, name, nominate | charge with a function; charge to be.; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" |
| ~ rename | name again or anew.; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior" |
| ~ appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| v. (possession) | 21. get, have, make | achieve a point or goal.; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" |
| ~ make | act in a certain way so as to acquire.; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| v. (motion) | 22. arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ catch up | reach the point where one should be after a delay.; "I caught up on my homework" |
| ~ surmount, scale | reach the highest point of.; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" |
| ~ get at, access | reach or gain access to.; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" |
| ~ bottom out | reach the low point.; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while" |
| ~ peak, top out | to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity.; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"; "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" |
| ~ summit, breast | reach the summit (of a mountain).; "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" |
| ~ top | reach or ascend the top of.; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon" |
| ~ make | reach in time.; "We barely made the plane" |
| ~ make | reach in time.; "We barely made the plane" |
| ~ find | succeed in reaching; arrive at.; "The arrow found its mark" |
| ~ culminate | reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body. |
| ~ come through, get through | succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems.; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" |
| ~ run aground, ground | hit or reach the ground. |
| v. (cognition) | 23. establish, lay down, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| ~ set, mark | establish as the highest level or best performance.; "set a record" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (social) | 24. make | carry out or commit.; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" |
| ~ commit, perpetrate, pull | perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" |
| v. (social) | 25. make | form by assembling individuals or constituents.; "Make a quorum" |
| ~ get together, assemble, gather | get people together.; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" |
| ~ make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| v. (creation) | 26. give, have, hold, make, throw | organize or be responsible for.; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| v. (change) | 27. make, make up | put in order or neaten.; "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
| ~ clean up, neaten, square away, tidy, tidy up, straighten, straighten out | put (things or places) in order.; "Tidy up your room!" |
| ~ make | gather and light the materials for.; "make a fire" |
| v. (motion) | 28. make, take | head into a specified direction.; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" |
| ~ head | to go or travel towards.; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
| v. (body) | 29. ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
| ~ make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, piddle, urinate, puddle, make | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ dung | defecate; used of animals. |
| v. (stative) | 30. make | undergo fabrication or creation.; "This wool makes into a nice sweater" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (stative) | 31. make | be suitable for.; "Wood makes good furniture" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 32. make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ make | form by assembling individuals or constituents.; "Make a quorum" |
| ~ number, total, amount, add up, come | add up in number or quantity.; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| ~ make | amount to.; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" |
| v. (stative) | 33. make | amount to.; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" |
| ~ amount | be tantamount or equivalent to.; "Her action amounted to a rebellion" |
| ~ make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| v. (stative) | 34. make | constitute the essence of.; "Clothes make the man" |
| ~ constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent | form or compose.; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" |
| v. (perception) | 35. make | appear to begin an activity.; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| v. (motion) | 36. make, work | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| ~ claw | move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging.; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ jostle | make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving.; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ bushwhack | cut one's way through the woods or bush. |
| ~ work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| v. (motion) | 37. make | reach in time.; "We barely made the plane" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| v. (creation) | 38. make | gather and light the materials for.; "make a fire" |
| ~ make up, make | put in order or neaten.; "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ ready, cook, prepare, fix, make | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
| v. (creation) | 39. cook, fix, make, prepare, ready | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
| ~ dress out, dress | kill and prepare for market or consumption.; "dress a turkey" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ deglaze | dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring. |
| ~ escallop, scallop | bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top. |
| ~ flambe | pour liquor over and ignite (a dish). |
| ~ put on | put on the stove or ready for cooking.; "put on the tea, please!" |
| ~ devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste.; "devilled eggs" |
| ~ precook | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long.; "precook the rice" |
| ~ whip up, whomp up | prepare or cook quickly or hastily. |
| ~ cook up, concoct | prepare or cook by mixing ingredients.; "concoct a strange mixture" |
| ~ lard | prepare or cook with lard.; "lard meat" |
| ~ make | gather and light the materials for.; "make a fire" |
| v. (contact) | 40. make, score, seduce | induce to have sex.; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ seduce | lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor" |
| ~ be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, lie with, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, hump, jazz, bed, love, bang, make out, know | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| v. (communication) | 41. make | assure the success of.; "A good review by this critic will make your play!" |
| ~ assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure | make certain of.; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" |
| v. (communication) | 42. make, make believe, pretend | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.; "She makes like an actress" |
| ~ dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect | make believe with the intent to deceive.; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" |
| ~ go through the motions | pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it.; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions" |
| ~ act, play, represent | play a role or part.; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" |
| v. (cognition) | 43. make | consider as being.; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ make | calculate as being.; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| v. (cognition) | 44. make | calculate as being.; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| ~ estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| ~ make | consider as being.; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" |
| ~ draw, make | make, formulate, or derive in the mind.; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" |
| v. (change) | 45. make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable.; "make my day" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 46. make | favor the development of.; "Practice makes the winner" |
| ~ develop | generate gradually.; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" |
| v. (change) | 47. make | develop into.; "He will make a splendid father!" |
| ~ grow, develop | grow emotionally or mature.; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" |
| v. (body) | 48. make | behave in a certain way.; "make merry" |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| v. (body) | 49. make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ urinate | pass after the manner of urine.; "The sick men urinated blood" |
| ~ wet | make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating.; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" |
| ~ stale | urinate, of cattle and horses. |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
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