make

make is on the Basic English 850 List.

machine - make - male

make is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

major - make - man

Verb

Plain form
make

Third-person singular
makes

Past tense
made

Past participle
made

Present participle
making

If you make something, you create it.
- Synonyms: create, invent, cook, prepare, draft and write
- Antonyms: destroy, retract and erase
He made pancakes by combining the ingredients and frying the mixture.

They made a petition to the governor.
If you make your bed, you arrange it.
- Synonyms: tend and arrange
- Antonyms: mess up and unmake
Félix makes his bed every morning.