makes
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
An inflected form of make · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 650 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 29,503 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a recognizable kind also: brand there's a new brand of hero in the movies nowwhat make of car is that?
- the act of mixing cards haphazardly also: shuffle, shuffling
makes in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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All the treaties he makes are forced from him by violence or cunning.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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But when she does find me out, she makes no row at all.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The smoking-hot dinner sends up its fumes, and makes the sick more sick.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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A lunatic observation makes it wax plain that it will not be in wane to attempt it.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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The spider in the laurel spins, The weed exiles the flower: And, flung to kiln, Apollo’s bust Makes lime for Mammon’s tower.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1