Made

//meːd// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

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
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

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successfulartificialassembledassured of successbrought aboutbuilt

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"Seriously though, episode 21 made me almost cry while laughing."

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.

Related phrases

a camel is a horse made by a committeea camel is a horse made by committeea promise made is a promise kepta smooth sea never made a skilled sailorbitch-madecustom madecustom-madefull-madehand madehand-madehave got it madehave it made

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