meck

Noun

make (plural makes)

1. Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
   • Near-synonyms: kind, type

   Synonyms:

   kind, type

2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
   • Near-synonyms: makeup, form, conformation, composition; form factor

   Synonyms:

   makeup, form, conformation, composition, form factor

3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
   • The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London...
4. A person's character or disposition.
   • I never feel very much excited about any old thing; it's not my make; but I've got a sort of shiver inside of me, and a watery feeling in the heart region.1914, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, Perch of the Devil, page 274
5. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
   • […] papers are respectively of second or inferior quality, the last being perhaps torn or broken in the "make" — as the manufacture is technically termed.1908, Charles Thomas Jacobi, Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More Particularly to the Printing of Books, page 331

   Synonyms:

   making, manufacture, manufacturing, production

6. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
   • In 1880 the make of pig iron in all countries was 18,300,000 tons.1902 September 16, “German Iron and Steel Production”, in The New York Times, page 8

   Synonyms:

   production, output

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