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Made

//meːd// noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    produced by a manufacturing process wordnet
  2. 2
    (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order wordnet
  3. 3
    successful or assured of success wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A grub or maggot. UK, dialectal, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of make form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of myek Geordie, form-of, participle, past
  3. 3
    simple past and past participle of mak Wearside, form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

Etymology 2

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

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