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Nouns (5)

brand, make

n. a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"

shuffle, shuffling, make

n. the act of mixing cards haphazardly

Verbs (55)

make

v. develop into; "He will make a splendid father!"

make

v. form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"

make

v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"

make

v. gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"

make

v. consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it"

make

v. to compile a multi-module program

make

v. perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"

make

v. 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"

make

v. favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"

make

v. behave in a certain way; "make merry"

make

v. cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"

make

v. act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"

do, make

v. 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"

make, create

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

make, drive to

v. 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"

create, make

v. create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"

draw, make

v. 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, make up

v. put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"

make, get

v. 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"

make, work

v. proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"

produce, make, create

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

form, constitute, make

v. to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

cause, do, make

v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

name, nominate, make

v. charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"

reach, make, get to, progress to

v. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

cook, fix, ready, make, prepare

v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

v. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (259)

produce, make, create

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

net, clear

v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

reap, draw

v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

assure

v. assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"

convert, win over, convince

v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

charm, influence, tempt

v. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

pull

v. apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"

beg, implore, pray

v. call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"

force, thrust

v. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

press, push

v. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"

bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms

v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

tempt, allure

v. dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"

capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

invite, bid

v. ask someone in a friendly way to do something

restrain, keep, keep back, hold back

v. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

urge, urge on, press, exhort

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

coin

v. make up; "coin phrases or words"

mint, coin, strike

v. form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal"

gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

hatch

v. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet"

trump up, concoct

v. invent; "trump up charges"

formulate

v. prepare according to a formula

invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

raise, erect, rear, set up, put up

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

plan, project, contrive, design

v. make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage

v. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

envision, foresee

v. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

v. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

design

v. conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"

develop

v. generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"

think

v. imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"

equal, be

v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

coordinate

v. be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well"

make, pretend, make believe

v. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

v. make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

make up

v. devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"

chart

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

draw

v. elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"

frame, compose, draw up

v. make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"

map

v. depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"

elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along

v. pass by; "three years elapsed"

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

make

v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"

organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

dispatch, discharge, complete

v. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

inflict, bring down, visit, impose

v. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

choose, take, select, pick out

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

transfer, reassign

v. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

arrive, make it, get in, go far

v. succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

v. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

draft, outline

v. draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

blueprint, draft, draught

v. make a blueprint of

form, organize, organise

v. create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"

reach, hit, attain

v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

carry

v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"

catch, grab, take hold of

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

proceed, go forward, continue

v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

pull

v. operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars"

drive, take

v. proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"

snap

v. bring the jaws together; "he snapped indignantly"

wander

v. go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

realize, realise

v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

take, submit

v. accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"

find oneself, find

v. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"

succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

jab, prod, stab, poke, dig

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit, strike

v. drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"

punch

v. drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through the wall"

Synonyms (6)

jump, pass over, skip, skip over

v. bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

clear, top

v. pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops"

Antonyms (26)

lose, turn a loss

v. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

spend

v. spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"

misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

dissuade, deter

v. turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

unmake, undo

v. deprive of certain characteristics

destroy, destruct

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

play

v. move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians"

destroy, destruct

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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