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v
1: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart]
2: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" [syn: write out, issue, make out, cut]
3: comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
4: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" [syn: do, fare, make out, come, get along]
5: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]
6: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]
7: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" [syn: neck, make out]
8: write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn: complete, fill out, fill in, make out]
9: imply or suggest; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
10: try to establish; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to complete (as a printed form) by supplying required information <make out a check> 2. to find or grasp the meaning of <tried to make out what had really happened> 3. to form an opinion or idea about ; conclude <how do you make that out> 4. a. to represent as being <made them out to be losers> b. to pretend to be true <made out that he had never heard of me> 5. to represent or delineate in detail 6. to see and identify with difficulty or effort ; discern <make out a ship through the fog> intransitive verb 1. get along, fare <how are you making out with the new job> 2. a. to engage in sexual intercourse b. neck 1

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it. I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth... She thought she heard a name. She couldn't make it out, though... I heard the voices, but couldn't make out what they were saying. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V P wh 2. If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true. I couldn't make it out at all... It is hard to make out what criteria are used... At first I thought it was an accident, but as far as I can make out, the police consider that's unlikely. = understand PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P wh, V P 3. If you make out that something is the case or make something out to be the case, you try to cause people to believe that it is the case. They were trying to make out that I'd actually done it... I don't think it was as glorious as everybody made it out to be... He was never half as bad as his teachers made out. PHRASAL VERB: V P that, V n P to-inf, V P 4. If you make out a case for something, you try to establish or prove that it is the best thing to do. You could certainly make out a case for this point of view... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) for/against n, also V n P 5. When you make out a cheque, receipt, or order form, you write all the necessary information on it. If you would like to send a donation, you can make a cheque out to Feed the Children... I'm going to make out a receipt for you. PHRASAL VERB: V n P to n, V P n (not pron) 6. If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity. (mainly AM INFORMAL) ...pictures of the couple making out in their underwear on the beach. PHRASAL VERB: pl-n V P, also V P with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) 1. Discover, ascertain, learn, determine, interpret, decipher, get a clear understanding of. 2. Prove, establish, evince. 3. Prepare, draw up. 4. Provide, furnish, supply, find. II. (Neuter.) Succeed, be able at last, make a shift.

Moby Thesaurus

abide by, accept, adhere to, administer, afford proof of, answer, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, ball, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be intimate, be so, be such, behold, bill and coo, book, bottom, bring home to, calendar, carry out, carry through, carve, catalog, catch, catch sight of, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, cinch, clap eyes on, clear, clear the hurdle, clear up, clinch, cognize, cohabit, collect, come alive, come along, come on, come out, come through, come together, commit adultery, compass, complete, comprehend, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, contrive, cope, copulate, copy, copy out, couple, cover, crack, cut, cut the mustard, dally, debug, decipher, decode, deduce, deduct, demonstrate, derive, descry, detect, determine, diddle, dig, discern, discharge, discover, disentangle, distinguish, divine, do, do with, docket, dope, dope out, draft, draw, draw up, edit, effect, effectuate, eke out, enface, enforce, engineer, engrave, engross, enroll, enscroll, enter, espy, establish, execute, explain, fare, fathom, figure out, file, fill out, find out, find the answer, find the solution, fix, follow, follow from, fornicate, frig, fulfill, gather, get, get along, get along on, get by, get by on, get on, get right, glimpse, go along, go on, go on with, grasp, grave, guess, guess right, hack it, hang in, hang tough, have, have a case, have in sight, have information about, have it, have knowledge of, have sex, have sexual relations, hit it, hold good, hold water, honor, identify, impanel, implement, incise, index, infer, inscribe, insert, interpret, jot down, judge, keep afloat, keep at it, ken, know, know again, lay, lay eyes on, lie with, list, log, lollygag, look on, look upon, make, make a memorandum, make a note, make a recension, make an entry, make do, make ends meet, make good, make it, make it with, make love, make the grade, makeshift, manage, manage somehow, manage with, mark down, mate, matriculate, minute, mount, muddle through, nail, nail down, neck, negotiate, never say die, note, note down, notice, observe, open the lock, peg, pen, pencil, penetrate, perceive, persevere, persist, pet, pick out, pick up, pierce, place, place upon record, plumb, poll, possess, post, post up, prehend, promulgate, prosecute, prove, prove to be, prove true, psych, psych out, push the pen, put down, put in force, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, put over, put through, puzzle out, ravel, ravel out, realize, recall knowledge of, recense, recognize, record, reduce to writing, register, reidentify, remove all doubt, render, resolve, revise, rewrite, riddle, savvy, scrape along, screw, scribe, scrive, scroll, see, see daylight, see into, see it through, see the light, see through, seize, sense, serve, service, set at rest, set down, settle, settle the matter, shape up, show, sight, sleep with, smooch, solve, sort out, spill ink, spoil paper, spoon, spot, spy, stack up, stick it out, stick to it, subsist, succeed in, superscribe, survive, sweet-talk, swing, swing the deal, tabulate, take down, take in, tape, tape-record, tell, thrive, toy, trace, transact, transcribe, trifle, turn out, twig, type, understand, undo, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, videotape, view, wanton, whisper sweet nothings, witness, work, work out, worry along, wot, wot of, write, write down, write in, write out, write up