Make Out
vverb.perceptiondetect with the sensesSynset:discern distinguish pick out recognise recognize spot tell apart
Examples:- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
Derivationally Related Form:discernmentdiscernible
Inherited Hypernyms:spot
Direct Hyponyms:discriminateresolve
Entailment:comprehend perceive
Full Troponyms:discriminateresolve
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationmake out and issueSynset:cut issue write out
Examples:- write out a check
- cut a ticket
- Please make the check out to me
Hypernyms:write
Inherited Hypernyms:write outwritecommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:check
Full Troponyms:check
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The banks --- the check (apply to: issue, make out, write out, cut)
vverb.cognitioncomprehendExamples:- I cannot make out what this politician is saying
Hypernyms:understand
Inherited Hypernyms:make outunderstand
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.stativeproceed or get alongSynset:come do fare get along
Examples:- How is she doing in her new job?
- How are you making out in graduate school?
- He's come a long way
Hypernyms:go proceed
Inherited Hypernyms:doproceedhappen
Sentence Frame:Something ---s Adjective/Noun | Somebody ---s Adjective
vverb.socialsucceed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means availableSynset:contend cope deal get by grapple make do manage
Examples:- We got by on just a gallon of gas
- They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:copeact
Direct Hyponyms:cutextemporizefendhackimproviserub alongscrape alongscrape byscratch alongsqueak bysqueeze by
Full Troponyms:fendhackimprovisescrape along
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s (apply to: cope, make out, get by, manage, make do)
vverb.contacthave sexual intercourse withSynset:bang be intimate bed bonk do it eff fuck get it on get laid have a go at it have intercourse have it away have it off have sex hump jazz know lie with love make love roll in the hay screw sleep together sleep with
Examples:- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?
Derivationally Related Form:fuckbedloverlovefuckingscrewingscrew
Hypernyms:copulate couple mate pair
Inherited Hypernyms:sleep togethercopulatejoinconnect
Direct Hyponyms:fornicatehavetake
Full Troponyms:bed-hopfornicateswingtakewenchwhore
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s somebody (apply to: screw, fuck, lie with, hump) | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: screw, fuck) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: screw, fuck)
vverb.contactkiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passionSynset:neck
Examples:- The couple were necking in the back seat of the car
Derivationally Related Form:neckernecking
Hypernyms:pet
Inherited Hypernyms:neckpetcaressstroketouch
Direct Hyponyms:smoochspoon
Full Troponyms:smooch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationwrite all the required information onto a formSynset:complete fill in fill out
Examples:- fill out this questionnaire, please!
- make out a form
Inherited Hypernyms:complete
Entailment:get down put down set down write down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationimply or suggestExamples:- Your remarks make me out to be stupid
Hypernyms:intimate suggest
Inherited Hypernyms:make outsuggestimplyexpressconveyimparttellinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationtry to establishExamples:- She made out that she know nothing about the crime
Hypernyms:claim
Inherited Hypernyms:make outclaimaffirm
Sentence Frame:It ---s that CLAUSE