maken

Verb

make (third-person singular simple present makes, present participle making, simple past and past participle made or (dialectal or obsolete) maked)

1. (transitive) To build, construct, produce, or originate.
   • We made a bird feeder for our yard.

   Synonyms:

   fabricate, artifice, assemble, betimber, build, build up, compile, construct, edify, erect

2. (transitive) To write or compose.
   • I made a poem for her wedding.
3. (transitive) To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
   • make war
4. (transitive, religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
   • God made earth and heaven.
5. (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
   • I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
6. (colloquial, intransitive) To behave, to act.
   • To make like a deer caught in the headlights.

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