makeˈ-up noun (also without hyphen)

1. The way anything is arranged, composed, or constituted, or the ingredients in its constitution
2. One's character, temperament, or mental qualities
3. Cosmetics for self-beautification, worn esp by women, and by actors as an aid to impersonation
4. The effect produced thereby
5. The arrangement of composed types into columns or pages (printing)

makeˈ-weight noun

1. Something which is thrown into a scale to make up the weight
2. A person or thing of little value added to compensate for a deficiency

be the making of

To ensure the success of

have the makings of

To have all the necessary ability and inclination to become

in the making

In the process of being formed, developed, etc, or of becoming

make account of see under account

make a face

To grimace, contort the features

make a figure

To be conspicuous

make a fool of see under fool¹

make after

To follow or pursue

make against

To militate or tell against

make a (good) meal, dinner, etc

To dine, etc (plentifully or heartily)

make allowances for see under allow

make a meal of see under meal¹

make amends

To render compensation or satisfaction

make an ass of oneself

To behave like a fool

make a night (or day) of it

To extend an, esp enjoyable, activity through the whole night (or day)

make as if or (N American) make like or as though

To act as if, to pretend that

make at

To make a hostile movement against

make away (with)

To put out of the way, get rid of, destroy, kill (see also make off or away with below)

make believe

1. To pretend, feign
2. To play at believing

make bold see under bold

make certain (of)

1. To find out
2. To put beyond doubt
3. To secure

make do (with)

To manage (with the usu inferior or inadequate means available)

make down

1. To refashion so as to fit a smaller person
2. To turn down the sheets and blankets of (Scot)

make eyes at see under eye¹

make for

1. To set out for, seek to reach
2. To favour

make free with see under free

make friends

1. To become friendly
2. To acquire friends

make good, make light of, make little of, make love to, make merry see under good, etc.

make head or tail of

To find any sense in

make it

1. To reach an objective
2. To succeed in a purpose
3. To become a success (informal)
4. To have one's way sexually (with) (slang)

make much of

1. To treat with fondness, to cherish, to foster
2. To turn to great account
3. To find much sense in, succeed in understanding

make no doubt

To have no doubt, to be confident

make nothing of

1. To regard as being of little importance
2. To have no hesitation or difficulty in (doing)
3. To be totally unable to understand

make of

1. To construct from (as material)
2. To understand by
3. To make much of, to pet (obsolete and Scot)
4. To esteem (obsolete)

make off

To decamp

make off or away with

To run away with

make on (Shakespeare)

To make much of

make one's way

1. To proceed
2. To succeed

make or break or make or mar

To be the crucial test that brings success or failure to (makeˈ-or-breakˈ adjective)

make or meddle with

To have to do with, interfere with

make out

1. To descry, to see
2. To discern
3. To decipher
4. To comprehend, understand
5. To prove
6. To seek to make it appear
7. To draw up
8. To achieve (obsolete)
9. To fill up
10. To make do, get along somehow
11. To succeed
12. To engage in lovemaking (with) (chiefly N American; slang)

make over

1. To remake or reconstruct
2. To make a complete change in a person's style of dress, appearance, etc
3. To transfer (makeˈover noun)

make sail

1. To increase the quantity of sail
2. To set sail

make someone's day see under day

make sure (of)

1. To ascertain
2. To put beyond doubt or risk
3. To secure
4. To feel certain
5. To betroth (obsolete)

make the best of

1. To turn to the best advantage
2. To take in the best spirit

make the most of

To use to the best advantage

make up

1. To fabricate
2. To feign
3. To collect
4. To put together
5. To parcel
6. To put into shape
7. To arrange
8. To settle (an argument)
9. To become friends again (after a quarrel, etc)
10. To constitute
11. To repair
12. To complete, supplement
13. To adjust one's appearance (as an actor for a part)
14. To apply cosmetics to the face
15. To put type, etc into columns and pages
16. To set out and balance (accounts)
17. To make good
18. To compensate
19. To decide (Shakespeare)

make up one's mind

To come to a decision

make up to

1. To make friendly, adulatory, or amorous approaches to
2. To compensate

make way see under way¹

make with (informal; orig N American)

To start using, doing, etc (something), to bring on or into operation

meet one's maker

To meet God, to die

of one's own making

Entirely the result of one's own decisions and actions

on the make (informal)

Bent on self-advancement or promotion, or on finding a sexual partner

put the make on (slang)

To make sexual advances to

move /moov/

1. To cause to change place or posture
2. To set in motion
3. To impel
4. To excite to action
5. To cause (the bowels) to be evacuated
6. To persuade
7. To instigate
8. To arouse
9. To provoke
10. To provoke to anger (obsolete; now move to anger or move anger in)
11. To touch the feelings or sentiments of
12. To propose formally before those present at a meeting
13. To recommend
14. To sell (informal)

1. To go from one place to another
2. To change place or posture
3. To walk, to carry oneself
4. To change residence
5. To make a motion as in an assembly
6. To bow or salute on meeting (archaic)
7. To begin to act
8. To take action
9. To become active or exciting (informal)
10. To travel fast (informal)
11. To hurry up (informal)
12. To be sold (informal)
13. To go about one's activities, live one's life, pass one's time
14. In chess, draughts, etc, to transfer a piece in one's turn to another square
15. (of the bowels) to be evacuated

1. An act of moving
2. A beginning of movement
3. A proceeding or step, a manoeuvre
4. The changing of one's residence or business premises
5. Play in turn, as at chess
6. (in chess, draughts, etc) one's turn to play
7. Advantage depending on whose turn it is to play
8. The manner in which a chess piece or other playing-piece is or can be moved

movabilˈity or moveabilˈity noun

movable or (esp law) moveable /moovˈə-bl/ adjective

1. Mobile
2. Changeable
3. Not fixed
4. Other than heritable (Scots law)

1. (esp in pl) a portable piece of furniture
2. A piece of movable or moveable property (Scots law)

movˈableness or moveˈableness noun

movˈably or moveˈably adverb

moveˈless adjective

1. Motionless, immobile
2. Immovable

moveˈlessly adverb

moveˈlessness noun

moveˈment noun

1. An act or manner of moving
2. Change of position
3. An action or gesture
4. Activity
5. Impulse
6. An evacuation of the bowels, or the matter evacuated
7. Motion of the mind, emotion
8. The moving parts in a mechanism, esp the wheelwork of a clock or watch
9. Melodic progression
10. Accentual character (prosody)
11. Tempo or pace
12. A main division of an extended musical composition, with its own more or less independent structure
13. The suggestion of motion conveyed by a work of art
14. A general tendency or current of thought, opinion, taste or action, whether organized and consciously propagated or a mere drift

movˈer noun

movˈing adjective

1. Causing motion
2. Changing position
3. Affecting the feelings, sentiments or sympathies
4. Pathetic

movˈingly adverb

movable feast see under feast

movement chart noun

A chart plotting the movements of staff and documents within an office, intended to improve efficiency

movement therapist noun

A specialist in movement therapy, a physical therapy for the mentally or physically disabled aimed at developing or improving voluntary body movements

moving average noun

A sequence of values derived from an earlier sequence from which a mean was taken of each successive group of values with a constant number of members

movˈing-coil adjective

Of, or relating to, electrical equipment that incorporates a coil of wire so placed within a magnetic field as either to vibrate when current is passed through it, or to generate a current when vibrated

moving map noun

A map used on board a ship or aircraft that adjusts to keep the position of the moving vessel always in correspondence with a fixed centre point on the map

moving pavement or moving walkway noun

(in an airport, etc) a moving strip set into the floor that carries pedestrians along as though on a conveyor belt

moving pictures plural noun

1. The cinema
2. Cinema films in general

moving staircase noun

An escalator

get a move on

1. To hurry up
2. To make progress

know a move or two

To be sharp or streetwise

make a move

1. To take a step, perform a manoeuvre
2. To prepare to depart

make a move on or put the moves on (slang, esp US)

To make sexual advances to

move heaven and earth see under heaven

move house

1. To move to a new place of residence
2. To move one's possessions to one's new home

move in

To occupy new premises, etc

move in on (informal)

1. To advance towards, close in on
2. To take steps towards controlling or usurping

move out

To vacate premises

move over or up

To move so as to make room for someone, etc

movers and shakers

The people with power and influence

on the move

1. Changing or about to change one's place
2. Travelling
3. Progressing