Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Make \Make\, n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See {Match}.]
   A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.]

         For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make.
                                                  --Chaucer.

Make \Make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Made}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n,
   OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit,
   prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.]
   1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to
      produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in
      various specific uses or applications:
      (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain
          form; to construct; to fabricate.

                He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after
                he had made it a molten calf.     --Ex. xxxii.
                                                  4.
      (b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or
          false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.

                And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To
                excel the natural with made delights. --Spenser.
      (c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or
          agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often
          used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the
          simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make
          complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to
          record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.

                Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
                                                  --Judg. xvi.
                                                  25.

                Wealth maketh many friends.       --Prov. xix.
                                                  4.

                I will neither plead my age nor sickness in
                excuse of the faults which I have made.
                                                  --Dryden.
      (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make
          a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
      (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as
          profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or
          happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an
          error; to make a loss; to make money.

                He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck
                a second time.                    --Bacon.
      (f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation;
          to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or
          amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and
          the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over;
          as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the
          distance in one day.
      (h) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to
          thrive.

                Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb,
      or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make
      public; to make fast.

            Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex.
                                                  ii. 14.

            See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii.
                                                  1.

   Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive
         pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make
         bold; to make free, etc.

   3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to
      esteem, suppose, or represent.

            He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make
            him.                                  --Baker.

   4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause;
      to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and
      infinitive.

   Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually
         omitted.

               I will make them hear my words.    --Deut. iv.
                                                  10.

               They should be made to rise at their early hour.
                                                  --Locke.

   5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or
      fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish
      the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet
      cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.

            And old cloak makes a new jerkin.     --Shak.

   6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to
      constitute; to form; to amount to.

            The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,
            Make but one temple for the Deity.    --Waller.

   7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]

            Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole
            brotherhood of city bailiffs?         --Dryden.

   8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. ``And
      make the Libyan shores.'' --Dryden.

            They that sail in the middle can make no land of
            either side.                          --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

   {To make a bed}, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to
      put it in order.

   {To make a card} (Card Playing), to take a trick with it.

   {To make account}. See under {Account}, n.

   {To make account of}, to esteem; to regard.

   {To make away}.
      (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.]

                If a child were crooked or deformed in body or
                mind, they made him away.         --Burton.
      (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.]
          --Waller.

   {To make believe}, to pretend; to feign; to simulate.

   {To make bold}, to take the liberty; to venture.

   {To make the cards} (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack.

   {To make choice of}, to take by way of preference; to choose.
      

   {To make danger}, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

   {To make default} (Law), to fail to appear or answer.

   {To make the doors}, to shut the door. [Obs.]

            Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out
            at the casement.                      --Shak.
      

   {To make free with}. See under {Free}, a.

   {To make good}. See under {Good}.

   {To make head}, to make headway.

   {To make light of}. See under {Light}, a.

   {To make little of}.
      (a) To belittle.
      (b) To accomplish easily.

   {To make love to}. See under {Love}, n.

   {To make meat}, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq.
      Western U. S.]

   {To make merry}, to feast; to be joyful or jovial.

   {To make much of}, to treat with much consideration,,
      attention, or fondness; to value highly.

   {To make no bones}. See under {Bone}, n.

   {To make no difference}, to have no weight or influence; to
      be a matter of indifference.

   {To make no doubt}, to have no doubt.

   {To make no matter}, to have no weight or importance; to make
      no difference.

   {To make oath} (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something,
      in a prescribed form of law.

   {To make of}.
      (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know
          what to make of the news.
      (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to
          account. ``Makes she no more of me than of a slave.''
          --Dryden.

   {To make one's law} (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's
      self of a charge.

   {To make out}.
      (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out
          the meaning of a letter.
      (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable
          to make out his case.
      (c) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make
          out the money.

   {To make over}, to transfer the title of; to convey; to
      alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee.
      

   {To make sail}. (Naut.)
      (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended.
      (b) To set sail.

   {To make shift}, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift
      to do without it. [Colloq.].

   {To make sternway}, to move with the stern foremost; to go or
      drift backward.

   {To make strange}, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if
      surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a
      request or suggestion.

   {To make suit to}, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to
      court.

   {To make sure}. See under {Sure}.

   {To make up}.
      (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the
          amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package.
      (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference
          or quarrel.
      (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a
          dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
      (d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape,
          prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into
          pills; to make up a story.

                He was all made up of love and charms!
                                                  --Addison.
      (e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss.
      (f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make
          up accounts.
      (g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was
          well made up.

   {To make up a face}, to distort the face as an expression of
      pain or derision.

   {To make up one's mind}, to reach a mental determination; to
      resolve.

   {To make water}.
      (a) (Naut.) To leak.
      (b) To urinate.

   {To make way}, or {To make one's way}.
      (a) To make progress; to advance.
      (b) To open a passage; to clear the way.

   {To make words}, to multiply words.

Make \Make\, v. i.
   1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to
      interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle
      or make. [Obs.]

            A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward
      home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

   Note: Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to
         make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say,
         to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to
         make toward, etc.

   3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or
      against; as, it makes for his advantage. --M. Arnold.

            Follow after the things which make for peace. --Rom.
                                                  xiv. 19.

            Considerations infinite Do make against it. --Shak.

   4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.

   5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic]
      --Chaucer. Tennyson.

            To solace him some time, as I do when I make. --P.
                                                  Plowman.

   {To make as if}, or {To make as though}, to pretend that; to
      make show that; to make believe (see under {Make}, v. t.).

            Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten
            before them, and fled.                --Josh. viii.
                                                  15.

            My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly
            displeased with me.                   --Latimer.

   {To make at}, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner;
      to attack.

   {To make away with}.
      (a) To carry off.
      (b) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to
          dissipate.
      (c) To kill; to destroy.

   {To make off}, to go away suddenly.

   {To make out}, to succeed; to be able at last; to make shift;
      as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties.

   {To make up}, to become reconciled or friendly.

   {To make up for}, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent
      for.

   {To make up to}.
      (a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us.
      (b) To pay addresses to; to make love to.

   {To make up with}, to become reconciled to. [Colloq.]

   {To make with}, to concur or agree with. --Hooker.

Make \Make\, n.
   Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction;
   shape; form.

         It our perfection of so frail a make As every plot can
         undermine and shake?                     --Dryden.

   {On the make},bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain.
      [Low, U. S.]

Source : WordNet®

make
     n 1: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the
          movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: {brand}]
     2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: {shuffle}, {shuffling}]
     [also: {made}]

make
     v 1: engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do
          research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" [syn: {do}]
     2: 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" [syn: {get}]
     3: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's
        office"; "create a furor" [syn: {create}]
     4: 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" [syn: {induce},
         {stimulate}, {cause}, {have}, {get}]
     5: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always
        intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause
        an accident" [syn: {cause}, {do}]
     6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more
        cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys
        for two centuries" [syn: {produce}, {create}]
     7: 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?" [syn: {draw}]
     8: 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"
     9: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg
        created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism";
        "Auden made verses" [syn: {create}]
     10: 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"
         [syn: {gain}, {take in}, {clear}, {earn}, {realize}, {realise},
          {pull in}, {bring in}]
     11: 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" [syn: {do}] [ant: {unmake}]
     12: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of
         the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This
         makes a fine introduction" [syn: {form}, {constitute}]
     13: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!";
         "She may not make the grade" [syn: {reach}, {get to}, {progress
         to}]
     14: be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a
         great host"; "He will make a fine father"
     15: make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a
         dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
     16: perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move";
         "make advances"; "make a phone call"
     17: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made
         his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an
         electric brassiere warmer" [syn: {construct}, {build}]
     18: change from one form into another; "make water into wine";
         "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
     19: act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make
         enemies"
     20: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
         the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
         [syn: {name}, {nominate}]
     21: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian
         team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn: {have},
          {get}]
     22: 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" [syn: {reach}, {attain},
          {hit}, {arrive at}, {gain}]
     23: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: {lay down},
          {establish}]
     24: carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
     25: add up to; "four and four make eight"
     26: form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a
         quorum"; "The branches made a roof"
     27: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have,
         throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: {hold}, {throw},
          {have}, {give}]
     28: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
         please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast
         for the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {fix}, {ready}, {prepare}]
     29: put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
         [syn: {make up}]
     30: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took
         to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: {take}]
     31: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
         [syn: {stool}, {defecate}, {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a
         crap}, {ca-ca}, {crap}]
     32: undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a
         nice sweater"
     33: be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture"
     34: amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my
         standard of living"
     35: constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"
     36: appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said
         nothing i the end"; "She made a if to say hello to us"
     37: proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd";
         "make one's way into the forest" [syn: {work}]
     38: reach in time; "We barely made the plane"
     39: gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
     40: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you
         score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: {seduce}, {score}]
     41: assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will
         make your play!" [ant: {break}]
     42: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or
         act like; "She makes like an actress" [syn: {pretend}, {make
         believe}]
     43: consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made
         it"
     44: calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet"
     45: cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
     46: favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"
     47: develop into; "He will make a splendid father!"
     48: behave in a certain way; "make merry"
     49: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
         rug" [syn: {urinate}, {piddle}, {puddle}, {micturate}, {piss},
          {pee}, {pee-pee}, {make water}, {relieve oneself}, {take
         a leak}, {spend a penny}, {wee}, {wee-wee}, {pass water}]
     [also: {made}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Make
     
         The {Unix} tool to automate the
        recompilation, linking etc. of programs, taking account of the
        interdependencies of {modules} and their modification times.
        Make reads instructions from a "makefile" which specifies a
        set of targets to be built, the files they depend on and the
        commands to execute in order to produce them.
     
        Most {C} systems come with a make. There is also one produce
        by {GNU}.
     
        ["Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs",
        A.I. Feldman, TR No 57, Bell Labs Apr 1977].
     
        (1995-01-05)