Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
Type of:
understand
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 2
try to establish
"She made out that she know nothing about the crime"
Type of:
claim
Usage Patterns:
Frame 34
verb
Sense 3
"Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 4
"The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
Type of:
pet
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 5
"write out a check"
"cut a ticket"
"Please make the check out to me"
Type of:
write
Kinds of:
check
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 6
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"
"Adam knew Eve"
"Were you ever intimate with this man?"
Verb group:
neck
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 7
"We got by on just a gallon of gas"
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 8
"How is she doing in her new job?"
"How are you making out in graduate school?"
"He''s come a long way"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
verb
Sense 9
"fill out this questionnaire, please!"
"make out a form"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 10
"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"
"I can''t make out the faces in this photograph"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
55
Times Searched
3
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