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Definition of Make out
1. Verb. Detect with the senses. "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
Exact synonyms: Discern, Distinguish, Pick Out, Recognise, Recognize, Spot, Tell Apart
Entails: Comprehend, Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Resolve, Discriminate
Derivative terms: Discernible, Discernible, Discernible, Discernment
Entails: Comprehend, Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Resolve, Discriminate
Derivative terms: Discernible, Discernible, Discernible, Discernment
2. Verb. Make out and issue. "The banks make out the check"; "Please make the check out to me"
3. Verb. Comprehend. "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
Generic synonyms: Understand
4. Verb. Proceed or get along. "He's come a long way"
5. Verb. Come to terms with. "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
Exact synonyms: Contend, Cope, Deal, Get By, Grapple, Make Do, Manage
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Extemporize, Improvise, Fend, Cut, Hack, Rub Along, Scrape Along, Scrape By, Scratch Along, Squeak By, Squeeze By, Cope With, Match, Meet
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Extemporize, Improvise, Fend, Cut, Hack, Rub Along, Scrape Along, Scrape By, Scratch Along, Squeak By, Squeeze By, Cope With, Match, Meet
6. Verb. Have sexual intercourse with. "Sam cannot make out Sue "; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
Exact synonyms: Bang, Be Intimate, Bed, Bonk, Do It, Eff, Fuck, Get It On, Get Laid, Have A Go At It, Have Intercourse, Have It Away, Have It Off, Have Sex, Hump, Jazz, Know, Lie With, Love, Make Love, Roll In The Hay, Screw, Sleep Together, Sleep With
Related verbs: Neck
Specialized synonyms: Have, Take, Fornicate
Generic synonyms: Copulate, Couple, Mate, Pair
Derivative terms: Bed, Fuck, Fucker, Fucking, Love, Love, Lover, Screw, Screwing
Language type: Archaism
Related verbs: Neck
Specialized synonyms: Have, Take, Fornicate
Generic synonyms: Copulate, Couple, Mate, Pair
Derivative terms: Bed, Fuck, Fucker, Fucking, Love, Love, Lover, Screw, Screwing
Language type: Archaism
7. Verb. Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion. "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
Exact synonyms: Neck
Specialized synonyms: Smooch, Spoon
Generic synonyms: Pet
Related verbs: Bang, Be Intimate, Bed, Bonk, Do It, Eff, Fuck, Get It On, Get Laid, Have A Go At It, Have Intercourse, Have It Away, Have It Off, Have Sex, Hump, Jazz, Know, Lie With, Love, Make Love, Roll In The Hay, Screw, Sleep Together, Sleep With
Derivative terms: Necker, Necking
Specialized synonyms: Smooch, Spoon
Generic synonyms: Pet
Related verbs: Bang, Be Intimate, Bed, Bonk, Do It, Eff, Fuck, Get It On, Get Laid, Have A Go At It, Have Intercourse, Have It Away, Have It Off, Have Sex, Hump, Jazz, Know, Lie With, Love, Make Love, Roll In The Hay, Screw, Sleep Together, Sleep With
Derivative terms: Necker, Necking
8. Verb. Write all the required information onto a form. "Make out a form"
9. Verb. Imply or suggest. "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
10. Verb. Try to establish. "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"
Generic synonyms: Claim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Out
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