made
UK/meɪd/
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Scotland/med/
made noun: a grub or maggot. Also the simple past and past participle of make.
Noun
made (plural mades)
Also used as
made is also the simple past and past participle of make.
made is also the simple past and past participle of myek.
made is also the simple past and past participle of mak.
made meaning in Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada
made in Marathi
- बनवली
made in Malayalam
- നിർമ്മിച്ചത്, ഉണ്ടാക്കി
made in Kannada
- ಮಾಡಿದ, ತಯಾರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ, ಮಾಡಿಸಿದ
Examples of made in a sentence
- The staff were very accommodating and made sure we had everything we needed.
- I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.
- Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.
Forms of made
| plural | mades |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mad |
| alternative form | mathe |
Origin of made
From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.
From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.
Words formed from made
- a camel is a horse made by a committee
- a camel is a horse made by committee
- a promise made is a promise kept
- a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
- bitch-made
- bush-made
- countrymade
- custom made
- custom-made
- fanmade
- fullmade
- full-made
- handmade
- hand-made
- hand made
- have fingers made of lime-twigs
- have got it made
- have it made
- homemade
- home-made
- housemade
- how the sausage gets made
- human-made
- humanmade
- judge-made
- judge-made law
- lie in the bed one has made
- machine-made
- made dish
- made for each other
- made for life
- made for one another
- made-for-television
- made-for-TV
- made hand
- made in China
- made in Japan
- made in the shade
- made man
- madeness
- made of fail
- made of money
- made of sterner stuff
- made of stone
- made of sugar
- made to fade
- made-to-measure
- made-to-order
- made-to-order story
- made-up
- made up
- made-upness
- made-wine
- made you look
- man-made
- man-made fiber
- match made in heaven
- match made in hell
- new-made
- newmade
Phrases with made
- made do
- made it
- made of
- made for
- made hay
- made men
- made off
- made one
- made out
- made use
- made way
- made away
171 more phrasesFewer phrases
- made bank
- made bold
- made book
- made down
- made eyes
- made good
- made into
- made land
- made love
- made much
- made news
- made nice
- made over
- made room
- made sure
- made tick
- made time
- made with
- made wudu
- made a leg
- made a lip
- made after
- made as if
- made faces
- made hands
- made haste
- made it so
- made known
- made merry
- made money
- made music
- made noise
- made peace
- made right
- made sense
- made shift
- made terms
- made up to
- made water
- made waves
- made whole
- made a case
- made a dent
- made a face
- made a grab
- made a mark
- made a move
- made a pass
- made a pile
- made a play
- made a time
- made amends
- made dishes
- made fun of
- made garden
- made ground
- made happen
- made it big
- made mouths
- made out of
- made tracks
- made a go of
- made a light
- made a point
- made a scene
- made a stand
- made against
- made believe
- made certain
- made friends
- made game of
- made good on
- made headway
- made history
- made it rain
- made mention
- made muffins
- made no odds
- made pretend
- made shit of
- made strange
- made streaks
- made strides
- made the bed
- made the cut
- made vintage
- made whoopee
- scratch made
- made a living
- made a splash
- made an offer
- made biscuits
- made flexible
- made friendly
- made it count
- made it up to
- made landfall
- made light of
- made off with
- made out with
- made sport of
- made the news
- made trial of
- made a fist of
- made a fool of
- made a fortune
- made a hash of
- made a joke of
- made a killing
- made a meal of
- made a mistake
- made an ass of
- made an effort
- made an errand
- made away with
- made ends meet
- made free with
- made good time
- made it snappy
- made little of
- made one's bed
- made one's bow
- made one's own
- made one's way
- made the grade
- made time with
- had got it made
- has got it made
- made a case for
- made a decision
- made a habit of
- made a long arm
- made it so that
- made mention of
- made mockery of
- made one's exit
- made one's hand
- made one's mark
- made shit shake
- made some noise
- made the deasil
- made the passes
- made the rounds
- meddled or made
- made a career of
- made a cat laugh
- made a monkey of
- made a statement
- made an entrance
- made interesting
- made like a left
- made like a tree
- made one's bones
- made the best of
- made the fur fly
- made the running
- made the weather
- meddled and made
- meddled nor made
- made a difference
- made a mockery of
- made a run for it
- made an exception
- made common cause
- made contact with
- made conversation
- made fair weather
- made fetch happen
- made hard work of
- made haste slowly
- made head against
Words that rhyme with made
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
- embayed
Questions about made
- What does made mean?
- Made means a grub or maggot.
- What is made in Marathi?
- Made in Marathi is बनवली. See Made meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is made?
- Made is a noun.
- How do you pronounce made?
- Made is pronounced /meɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of made?
- The plural of made is mades.
Words near made in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: made (page history and authors); made (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); made (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); made (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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