'Make' definitions:
Definition of 'Make'
From: GCIDE
- Make \Make\ (m[=a]k), v. i.
- 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- Follow after the things which make for peace. --Rom. xiv. 19. [1913 Webster]
- Considerations infinite Do make against it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To increase; to augment; to accrue. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- To solace him some time, as I do when I make. --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- To make as if, or To make as though, to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under Make, v. t.). [1913 Webster]
- Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. --Josh. viii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- To make at, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to attack.
- To make away with. (a) To carry off. (b) To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate. (c) To kill; to destroy.
- To make off, to go away suddenly.
- To make out, to succeed; to manage oneself; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties; after the earthquake they made out all right. (b) to engage in fond caresses; to hug and kiss; to neck; -- of courting couples or individuals (for individuals, used with with); as, they made out on a bench in the park; he was making out with the waitress in the kitchen [informal]
- To make up, to become reconciled or friendly.
- To make up for, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for.
- To make up to. (a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us. (b) To pay addresses to; to make love to.
- To make up with, to become reconciled to. [Colloq.]
- To make with, to concur or agree with. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Make'
From: GCIDE
- Make \Make\, n. Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form. [1913 Webster]
- It our perfection of so frail a make As every plot can undermine and shake? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- On the make, (a) bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.] (b) seeking higher social status or a higher employment position. (c) seeking a sexual partner; looking for sexual adventure. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'make'
From: GCIDE
- make \make\ (m[=a]k), n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See Match.] A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'make'
From: GCIDE
- make \make\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. made (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. making.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. Match an equal.]
- 1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications: (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. --Ex. xxxii. 4. [1913 Webster] (b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story. [1913 Webster]
- And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] (c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. --Judg. xvi. 25. [1913 Webster]
- Wealth maketh many friends. --Prov. xix. 4. [1913 Webster]
- I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] (d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc. (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money. [1913 Webster]
- He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] (f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day. (h) To put in a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive. [1913 Webster]
- Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast. [1913 Webster]
- Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? --Ex. ii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. --Ex. vii. 1. [1913 Webster]
- Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent. [1913 Webster]
- He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. --Baker. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted. [1913 Webster]
- I will make them hear my words. --Deut. iv. 10. [1913 Webster]
- They should be made to rise at their early hour. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. [1913 Webster]
- And old cloak makes a new jerkin. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal. [1913 Webster]
- The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And make the Libyan shores." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- To make a bed, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order.
- To make a card (Card Playing), to take a trick with it.
- To make account. See under Account, n.
- To make account of, to esteem; to regard.
- To make away. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. --Burton. [1913 Webster] (b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] --Waller.
- To make believe, to pretend; to feign; to simulate.
- To make bold, to take the liberty; to venture.
- To make the cards (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack.
- To make choice of, to take by way of preference; to choose.
- To make danger, to make experiment. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
- To make default (Law), to fail to appear or answer.
- To make the doors, to shut the door. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To make free with. See under Free, a.
- To make good. See under Good.
- To make head, to make headway.
- To make light of. See under Light, a.
- To make little of. (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish easily.
- To make love to. See under Love, n.
- To make meat, to cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.]
- To make merry, to feast; to be joyful or jovial.
- To make much of, to treat with much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly.
- To make no bones. See under Bone, n.
- To make no difference, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference.
- To make no doubt, to have no doubt.
- To make no matter, to have no weight or importance; to make no difference.
- To make oath (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law.
- To make of. (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news. (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave." --Dryden.
- To make one's law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge.
- To make out. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter. (b) to gain sight of; to recognize; to discern; to descry; as, as they approached the city, he could make out the tower of the Chrysler Building. (c) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (d) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money. (d) to write out; to write down; -- used especially of a bank check or bill; as, he made out a check for the cost of the dinner; the workman made out a bill and handed it to him.
- To make over, to transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee.
- To make sail. (Naut.) (a) To increase the quantity of sail already extended. (b) To set sail.
- To make shift, to manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.].
- To make sternway, to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward.
- To make strange, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or suggestion.
- To make suit to, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to court.
- To make sure. See under Sure.
- To make up. (a) To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package. (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel. (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum. (d) To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story. [1913 Webster]
- He was all made up of love and charms! --Addison. [1913 Webster] (e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss. (f) To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts. (g) To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up.
- To make up a face, to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision.
- To make up one's mind, to reach a mental determination; to resolve.
- To make way, or To make one's way. (a) To make progress; to advance. (b) To open a passage; to clear the way.
- To make words, to multiply words. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'make'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide by,
- abscond,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- acquire,
- act,
- add up to,
- adhere to,
- administer,
- aesthetic form,
- affect,
- affirm,
- aftermath,
- aggressive,
- agree to,
- alter,
- amount to,
- anatomy,
- animus,
- announce,
- appear,
- appoint,
- approach,
- approach anchorage,
- approve,
- aptitude,
- archetype,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrange,
- arrangement,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- art form,
- assail,
- assault,
- assemblage,
- assemble,
- assembly,
- assertive,
- assign,
- assimilate to,
- atone,
- attack,
- attain,
- attain to,
- author,
- authorize,
- avails,
- baby,
- bag,
- batch,
- be,
- be received,
- be seized of,
- bear,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up for,
- bear up to,
- bearing,
- beat it,
- become,
- beget,
- behave,
- bent,
- bias,
- bind,
- blood,
- blow in,
- blow up,
- bob up,
- boost,
- borrow,
- box office,
- brand,
- breed,
- brew,
- bring about,
- bring forth,
- bring off,
- bring to,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- build,
- build up,
- building,
- buildup,
- bumper crop,
- bury the hatchet,
- butter up,
- cajole,
- calculate,
- capture,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- cast,
- catch,
- cause,
- cause to,
- certify,
- change,
- change into,
- change over,
- character,
- charge,
- check in,
- choose,
- clan,
- clear,
- clear out,
- clear the way,
- clip off,
- clock in,
- close with,
- coddle,
- coerce,
- coin,
- color,
- combination,
- combine,
- come,
- come by,
- come in,
- come in for,
- come into,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- come to terms,
- command,
- commission,
- commissions,
- commit,
- communicate,
- compass,
- compel,
- compensate,
- compensate for,
- complete,
- compose,
- composition,
- compound,
- comprehend,
- conceive,
- concoct,
- conduct,
- configuration,
- confirm,
- conformation,
- consist of,
- constitute,
- constitution,
- constrain,
- construct,
- construction,
- consummate,
- contract,
- contribute to,
- contrive,
- convert,
- convey,
- cook,
- cook up,
- cope,
- cope with,
- corral,
- correct,
- cosset,
- course,
- cover,
- create,
- creation,
- credit,
- credits,
- crop,
- cut,
- cut and run,
- cut out,
- deal with,
- decamp,
- decide upon,
- decipher,
- declare,
- decoct,
- delegate,
- deliver,
- demonstrate,
- denomination,
- depute,
- deputize,
- derive,
- description,
- descry,
- designate,
- designation,
- detect,
- devise,
- diathesis,
- discern,
- discharge,
- disclose,
- discover,
- dispatch,
- disposable income,
- dispose of,
- disposition,
- distinguish,
- dividend,
- dividends,
- divulge,
- do,
- do over,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- do to,
- dote on,
- drag down,
- draw,
- draw on,
- draw up,
- dream,
- dream up,
- drive,
- earn,
- earned income,
- earnings,
- ebb,
- eccentricity,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- elaborate,
- elect,
- embodiment,
- embody,
- enact,
- energetic,
- enforce,
- engender,
- enter into,
- enter into possession,
- enterprising,
- erect,
- espy,
- establish,
- estimate,
- evolve,
- exaggerate,
- execute,
- exhort,
- extrude,
- fabric,
- fabricate,
- fabrication,
- facilitate,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- fancy,
- fantasize,
- fare,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- father,
- fathom,
- favor,
- feather,
- feign,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- figuration,
- figure,
- figure out,
- filch,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fill up,
- find,
- fix,
- fix up,
- flatter,
- flee,
- flood,
- flourish,
- flow,
- flow back,
- flow in,
- flow out,
- flush,
- fly,
- fly the coop,
- follow,
- force,
- forge,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- formulate,
- found,
- frame,
- fruit,
- fudge together,
- fulfill,
- function,
- gain,
- gains,
- garner,
- gate,
- gate receipts,
- gather,
- gauge,
- generate,
- genre,
- genus,
- gestate,
- get,
- get along,
- get by,
- get in,
- get on,
- get there,
- get to,
- get up,
- getup,
- give birth to,
- give occasion to,
- give origin to,
- give rise to,
- go,
- go aboard,
- go alongside,
- go and do,
- go at,
- go for,
- go into,
- go-ahead,
- grain,
- grasp,
- gross,
- gross income,
- gross receipts,
- gush,
- hand over,
- handle,
- harvest,
- hatch,
- have,
- hint,
- hit,
- hit town,
- honor,
- hook,
- humor,
- hyperbolize,
- idiosyncrasy,
- ilk,
- imagine,
- impart,
- impel,
- implement,
- imply,
- impression,
- impute,
- inaugurate,
- inclination,
- income,
- incorporate,
- incorporation,
- indicate,
- indite,
- individualism,
- induce,
- indulge,
- inflict,
- initiate,
- inner form,
- insinuate,
- insist upon,
- institute,
- intake,
- intimate,
- invent,
- issue,
- join,
- judge,
- junction,
- kidney,
- kin,
- kind,
- knock off,
- label,
- lay aboard,
- lay for,
- lay in,
- layout,
- leaning,
- let slip,
- liberate,
- lie in,
- lift,
- line,
- lot,
- lunge at,
- make,
- make amends,
- make at,
- make away with,
- make believe,
- make do,
- make for,
- make good,
- make it,
- make it with,
- make known,
- make much of,
- make off,
- make off with,
- make out,
- make over,
- make peace,
- make room,
- make the grade,
- make tracks,
- make up,
- make up for,
- make way,
- makeup,
- making,
- manage,
- manner,
- manufacture,
- mark,
- matrix,
- mature,
- mental set,
- mention,
- merge in,
- metamorphose,
- mettle,
- mind,
- mind-set,
- mix,
- mixture,
- modality,
- mode,
- model,
- modify,
- mold,
- molding,
- mould,
- move,
- move aside,
- muddle through,
- mutate,
- name,
- naturalize,
- nature,
- navigate,
- net,
- net income,
- net receipts,
- number,
- oblige,
- observe,
- obtain,
- occasion,
- offset,
- on the make,
- operate,
- order,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- organize,
- originate,
- output,
- overstate,
- pamper,
- parent,
- pass,
- patch together,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- pay,
- pay for,
- perceive,
- perform,
- perform as,
- perpetrate,
- persuade,
- persuasion,
- phylum,
- physique,
- piece together,
- piecing together,
- pilfer,
- pinch,
- place,
- plan,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- play,
- pocket,
- polish off,
- pop up,
- pounce upon,
- pour,
- practice,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- prefabricate,
- preference,
- prepare,
- present,
- press,
- pressure,
- pretend,
- prevail upon,
- proceed,
- proceeds,
- proclivity,
- procreate,
- procure,
- produce,
- product,
- production,
- profits,
- promote,
- promulgate,
- propensity,
- prosecute,
- prosper,
- prototype,
- prove to be,
- provoke,
- publish,
- pull down,
- pull in,
- pull off,
- punch in,
- purloin,
- pushy,
- put,
- put away,
- put away for,
- put in,
- put in force,
- put into port,
- put out,
- put through,
- put to rights,
- put together,
- put up,
- putting together,
- race,
- raise,
- reach,
- read,
- realize,
- reap,
- rear,
- rearrange,
- receipt,
- receipts,
- receivables,
- receive,
- reckon,
- reconvert,
- record,
- rectify,
- redecorate,
- redress,
- reduce to,
- regurgitate,
- remedy,
- remodel,
- render,
- repay,
- represent,
- require,
- resolve into,
- restore,
- restrain,
- return,
- returns,
- reveal,
- revenue,
- reverse,
- ring in,
- rip off,
- rob,
- roll in,
- royalties,
- run,
- run away,
- run for,
- run for it,
- run off,
- run up,
- rush,
- rush at,
- sack,
- sail for,
- sanction,
- score,
- scram,
- scrape along,
- second crop,
- secure,
- seduce,
- see,
- select,
- serve,
- serve as,
- set,
- set afloat,
- set on foot,
- set right,
- set up,
- set upon,
- settle,
- setup,
- shape,
- shaping,
- shift,
- show,
- show up,
- sign,
- sign in,
- sign over,
- significant form,
- sire,
- skedaddle,
- slant,
- sort,
- spawn,
- species,
- square,
- stamp,
- stand for,
- start,
- steal,
- steer toward,
- storm,
- strain,
- streak,
- stream,
- stretch,
- stripe,
- structure,
- structuring,
- style,
- succeed,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- surge,
- surge back,
- survive,
- swipe,
- switch,
- switch over,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- synthesize,
- take,
- take and do,
- take care of,
- take in,
- take off,
- take-in,
- takings,
- tectonics,
- temper,
- temperament,
- tendency,
- texture,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- think,
- thrive,
- tidy up,
- tie,
- time in,
- tip off,
- tissue,
- total,
- transact,
- transfer,
- transform,
- transmute,
- travel,
- traverse,
- trend,
- tribe,
- triumph,
- turn,
- turn back,
- turn into,
- turn of mind,
- turn over,
- turn the trick,
- turn up,
- twist,
- type,
- understand,
- unearned income,
- unite in,
- up and do,
- urge,
- use force upon,
- vamoose,
- variety,
- vigorous,
- vintage,
- warp,
- warp and woof,
- weave,
- web,
- whomp up,
- win,
- work,
- work out,
- wreak,
- write,
- write down,
- write out,
- yield
Words containing 'Make'
- Maked,
- Making,
- On the make,
- To make as if,
- To make at,
- To make of,
- To make off,
- To make out,
- To make over,
- To make up,
- To make up for,
- To make up to,
- To make up with,
- To make with,
- make as if,
- make do,
- make for,
- make it,
- make off,
- make out,
- make over,
- make the most of,
- make up,
- make up to,
- makings,
- Glass making,
- Leasing making,
- Make and break,
- Making-up,
- To make a bed,
- To make a book,
- To make a card,
- To make a choice of,
- To make a circuit,
- To make a face,
- To make a fool of,
- To make a lip,
- To make a march,
- To make a move,
- To make a point,
- To make a point of,
- To make a stand,
- To make account,
- To make account of,
- To make as though,
- To make away,
- To make away with,
- To make believe,
- To make bold,
- To make book,
- To make choice of,
- To make conscience of,
- To make dainty,
- To make danger,
- To make default,
- To make fast,
- To make free with,
- To make friends with,
- To make fun of,
- To make game of,
- To make good,
- To make haste,
- To make head,
- To make head against,
- To make it strange,
- To make it tough,
- To make it wise,
- To make land,
- To make light of,
- To make little of,
- To make love,
- To make love to,
- To make meat,
- To make merry,
- To make mischief,
- To make money,
- To make much of,
- To make nice of,
- To make no bones,
- To make no difference,
- To make no doubt,
- To make no matter,
- To make nothing of,
- To make oath,
- To make pourparty,
- To make prize of,
- To make ready,
- To make room,
- To make sail,
- To make scruple,
- To make shift,
- To make ship,
- To make sternway,
- To make strange,
- To make suit to,
- To make sure,
- To make terms,
- To make the best of,
- To make the cards,
- To make the doors,
- To make time,
- To make up a face,
- To make use of,
- To make water,
- To make way,
- To make way with,
- To make words,
- To meddle and make,
- decision making,
- film making,
- lace making,
- make a deal,
- make a face,
- make a killing,
- make a motion,
- make a point,
- make a point of,
- make a show of,
- make a stink,
- make advances,
- make allowance for,
- make amends,
- make an example of,
- make an impression,
- make believe,
- make bold,
- make clean,
- make clear,
- make full,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- make good,
- make grow,
- make happy,
- make haste,
- make hay,
- make headway,
- make known,
- make light of,
- make love,
- make merry,
- make money,
- make no bones about,
- make noise,
- make nothing of,
- make pass,
- make peace,
- make plain,
- make possible,
- make pure,
- make relaxed,
- make reparation,
- make reparations,
- make sense,
- make sure,
- make the grade,
- make the scene,
- make unnecessary,
- make water,
- make way,
- make whoopie,
- make-do,
- make-up,
- making known,
- making love,
- making water,
- movie making,
- photoplate making,
- to make moot,
- wine making,
- Love-making,
- Make-believe,
- Make-game,
- Make-peace,
- Making-iron,
- Mischief-making,
- Money-making,
- To make a clean breast,
- To make a dead set,
- To make a good board,
- To make a matter of conscience,
- To make bad weather,
- To make both ends meet,
- To make common cause with,
- To make ducks and drakes,
- To make fair weather,
- To make foul water,
- To make good weather,
- To make one a compliment,
- To make one's compliments to,
- To make one's election,
- To make one's hand,
- To make one's law,
- To make one's manners,
- To make one's mark,
- To make one's peace with,
- To make one's way,
- To make short boards,
- To make the heart bleed,
- To make up one's mind,
- custom-make,
- epoch-making,
- film-make,
- make a clean breast of,
- make a federal case,
- make ends meet,
- make up one's mind,
- make vibrant sounds,
- make-belief,
- make-work,
- policy-making,
- tailor-make,
- To make a thing one's business,
- To make one's self at home,
- To make one's self scarce,
- To make one's self strange,
- To make one's self understood,
- To make the face to shine upon,
- non-profit-making,
- slave-making ant,
- nonprofit non-profit-making,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed