Talk:make

Questions about the definition
What on earth is the noun definition here? I don't understand it at all. Hippietrail 09:15, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Same here. remake can be a noun, I think. Make might also, but not with this definition. Polyglot 09:20, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)'

The numbering for the verbs is off, too... =/  How do I request cleanup on Wiktionary entries? Galactiger 13:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

To construct vs. to create/produce
Can someone add sample sentences (or better yet, cites) to demonstrate the difference between English verb senses 1 and 2? Right now 1 looks to me like a subset of 2, with no special meaning intended. —RuakhTALK 13:16, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

make
English noun sense #2. An anon recently removed it, with the edit summary "/* Noun */ alright. Who actually uses it to mean that?", which is a good question. —RuakhTALK 22:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * rfvfailed sense deleted Cynewulf 04:03, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

RFD 1
English verb sense #1. It seems to be a subset of sense #2. (This might actually be a matter for RFV, if someone can find cites where the sense is #1 to the exclusion of #2, like "He didn't create the cabin, he just made it.") —RuakhTALK 22:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I can't think of any example sentence to distinguish the two. --EncycloPetey 22:43, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Leonardo de Vinci created many fanciful contraptions, but what did he ever make? DAVilla 18:31, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * An administrator hitting a delete button isn't the way to address the aforementioned concerns. Don't bring cleanup to Requests for deletion. Uncle G 13:54, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * and individual items however, should be listed here for discussion.  --Connel MacKenzie 15:57, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I am probably wrong, but doesn't sense 1. include To make a model airplane following the instructions.? The item is already created, and you are just putting the pieces together. Algrif 17:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

RFD 2
Rfd-sense (linguistics) "to form", which is just a specific example of the following more general sense "to constitute". For example, in the sentence Words form a sentence. one can equally correctly say Words constitute a sentence. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 21:11, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. — Ungoliant (Falai) 21:42, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Deleted. - -sche (discuss) 03:18, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Additional Meaning Needed
Make is also used occasionally like in other Germanic languages to mean "do" or "perform", such as "I made an offering." "make a vow." etc. This seems to be included as one of the last definitions here, but it is marked as obsolete, which it is not, at least when used with certain words, although it might not be used in all regions. 72.160.213.155 06:57, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Computing verb?
We have a computing noun sense. How about a verb? It would be something like "to build (a software program) from a collection of source files": this is something one does with the make program on Unix, according to instructions in a make file. At least, I suppose it's used this way. Hard to find citations. Equinox ◑ 21:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't most people call this ? —CodeCat 21:30, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ,, . — Ungoliant (falai) 21:36, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

scythe-like tool
Besides the citations I added, there are these mentions: The EDD also quotes Emerson as using the term twice in different spellings: - -sche (discuss) 20:17, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * 1804, Robert Forsyth, The Principles and Practice of Agriculture, Systematically Explained: In Two Volumes: Being a Treatise Compiled for the Fourth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 520:
 * The best way of cutting them is with the tool called a pease-make, made with half an old scythe ; and, as cut, they are turned up into wads or bundles, which should lie out some days to wither. These wads should be small, for they do not dry ...
 * 1839, John Sproule, A Treatise on Agriculture, Suited to the Soil and Climate of Ireland, page 352:
 * The process of reaping is performed with a tool called a pease-make, which is merely the half of an old scythe fixed in a handle; and, in some cases, the sickle is employed.
 * 1847, David Low, Elements of Practical Agriculture: Comprehending the Cultivation of Plants, the Husbandry of the Domestic Animals, and the Economy of the Farm, page 374:
 * The ordinary method of harvest-management for the pea differs from that of the other kinds of grain mentioned. In some parts there is employed a tool called a pease-make, which is merely the half of an old scythe fixed in a handle.
 * 1891, Emerson, Yarns, page 99:
 * The man with his meak over his shoulder,
 * 1892, Emerson, Son of Fens, page 93:
 * I shall have to have a new meag made.

make headway
why is make headway idiomatic enough to deserve an entry? --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:47, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

(construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
make of should then be deleted  --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:05, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

makings (plural noun): potential:
makings (plural noun): the qualities required to become a particular thing He has the makings of a great musician. Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:51, 2 March 2020 (UTC)


 * ✅ We already had it at makings. Equinox ◑ 12:53, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Ergative: hay was making
e.g. "hay was making in the fields". Unsure whether our entry covers this. Equinox ◑ 12:53, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Is the sense here "developing/being made" ? Sense 26 comes close, though not exact. Can 26 be expanded, or does it need a separate/new sense ? Leasnam (talk) 12:57, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

make a better door than a window
What meaning is used here? JMGN (talk) 23:04, 23 March 2023 (UTC)