English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 65 of 732

make one's bed and lie in itverb

To create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.

make one's bonesverb

To commit a murder in order to be respected in a criminal gang.

make one's bowverb

To bow, to make a bow (respectful gesture).

make one's exitverb

To depart; to leave

make one's handverb

To gain advantage or profit.

make one's markverb

To make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve prominent success.

make one's numberverb

To report one's arrival and begin one's duties.

make one's ownverb

To change or deal with (something) in a way that makes it seem to belong to oneself; to handle or present uniquely.

make one's presence feltverb

To be self-evidently visible, and having an effect.

make one's wayverb

To move forward, usually toward a destination or goal, physically or conceptually.

make oneself at homeverb

To make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home.

make oneself clearverb

To have one's meaning fully understood.

make oneself scarceverb

To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter.

make outverb

To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).

make out like a banditverb

To profit greatly; to get an excessively good deal

make out ofverb

To construct from; to create (something) using (a material or substance).

make oververb

To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.

make peaceverb

To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.

make positionverb

To cause a syllable that contains a short vowel to scan as metrically long (heavy) instead of metrically short (light) by being positioned immediately after it, without affecting the length of the vowel itself.

make quick work ofverb

To accomplish a specified task easily and quickly.

make rightverb

To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.

make roomverb

To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.

make semblantverb

To appear (to do something); to make a show of.

make senseverb

To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.

make shiftverb

To contrive; to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty.

make shit ofverb

To ruin or destroy.

make short work ofverb

To do (a task) quicker or easier.

make someone hard to catchverb

To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.

make someone's blood boilverb

To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.

make someone's dayverb

To make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.

make someone's ears sadverb

To displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.

make someone's flesh creepverb

To disgust or frighten someone.

make someone's hair stand on endverb

To frighten or scare someone.

make someone's jaw dropverb

To cause someone to be very surprised or alarmed.

make someone's skin crawlverb

To frighten or disgust.

make someone's teeth itchverb

To bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge.

make someone's toenails curlverb

Alternative form of make someone's toes curl.

make someone's toes curlverb

To cause a strong emotional reaction, especially an unpleasant one.

make something ofverb

To transform (an object or person) into something worthwhile.

make something of oneselfverb

To become successful on one's own initiative.

make sport ofverb

To make fun of someone or something.

make strangeverb

To behave in a shy, uncommunicative, resistant manner when encountering an unfamiliar person or situation.

make streaksverb

To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.

make sureverb

To ensure that something specific happens, is done etc., or of something happening.

make the angels blushverb

To cause great embarrassment.

make the bald man cryverb

To masturbate.

make the bedverb

To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.

make the best ofverb

To derive what limited advantage one can (from an unpleasant outcome or situation).

make the best of one's wayverb

To go by the best possible route.

make the case forverb

Alternative form of make a case for.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 65. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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