MAKE OUT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • comprehend
    Usage Example(s)
    • I cannot make out what this politician is saying
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • try to establish
    Usage Example(s)
    • She made out that she know nothing about the crime
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • imply or suggest
    Usage Example(s)
    • Your remarks make me out to be stupid
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • write all the required information onto a form
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • fill out this questionnaire, please!
    • make out a form
    Entail(s)
  5. Meaning
    • make out and issue
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • write out a check
    • cut a ticket
    • Please make the check out to me
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  6. Meaning
    • kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The couple were necking in the back seat of the car
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  7. Meaning
    • have sexual intercourse with
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
    • Adam knew Eve
    • Were you ever intimate with this man?
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  8. Meaning
    • detect with the senses
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
    • I can”t make out the faces in this photograph
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s) Entail(s)
  9. Meaning
    • come to terms or deal successfully with
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • We got by on just a gallon of gas
    • They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  10. Meaning
    • proceed or get along
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • How is she doing in her new job?
    • How are you making out in graduate school?
    • He’’s come a long way
    Hypernyms(s) make out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower