makeweight
- n anything added to fill out a whole
some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights - n a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
makin
- n battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
making
- n the act that results in something coming to be
the making of measurements
it was already in the making - n an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
she has the makings of fine musician - n (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake - v engage in
- v give certain properties to something
- v make or cause to be or to become
- v cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- v give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- v create or manufacture a man-made product
The company has been making toys for two centuries - v make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- v compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- v create by artistic means
- v earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- v create or design, often in a certain way
- v to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"
- v reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
- v be or be capable of being changed or made into
- v make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- v perform or carry out
- v make by combining materials and parts
- v change from one form into another
- v act in a certain way so as to acquire
- v charge with a function; charge to be
- v achieve a point or goal
- v reach a destination, either real or abstract
- v institute, enact, or establish
- v carry out or commit
- v form by assembling individuals or constituents
- v organize or be responsible for
- v put in order or neaten
- v head into a specified direction
- v have a bowel movement
- v undergo fabrication or creation
- v be suitable for
- v add up to
- v amount to
- v constitute the essence of
- v appear to begin an activity
- v proceed along a path
- v reach in time
- v gather and light the materials for
- v prepare for eating by applying heat
- v induce to have sex
- v assure the success of
- v represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- v consider as being
- v calculate as being
- v cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- v favor the development of
- v develop into
- v behave in a certain way
- v eliminate urine