I. transitive verb
1. : to draw up or prepare in writing
make out a list
: fill in (as a printed form) by writing
make the check out to me
2. now chiefly dialect : accomplish , achieve
3. obsolete : to count as or complete (a total)
4. now chiefly dialect : to make shift : manage : try successfully
made out to accomplish the voyage — Washington Irving
5. : to find or grasp the meaning of
trying to make the blurred writing out
: understand , interpret
tried to make out what had actually happened
6.
a. : demonstrate , establish
a good case can be made out in his defense
malicious intent was clearly made out in this case
b. : to form an idea or opinion about : conclude
how on earth do you make that out
7. : to represent as being
not the villain he is often made out
: pretend to be true
made out that he had been working all morning
8. : to represent or delineate in detail
every feature of the landscape faithfully made out
9. : to see and identify with effort or difficulty : discern
you can just make it out from this hill
10. dialect : intend , plan
make out to go to town tomorrow
intransitive verb
1. now dialect Britain : to go or get out : escape
2.
a. : succeed , thrive
made out very well as a salesman
b. : to get along
how are you making out in your new apartment
c. : to make shift
make out with patched gear … and still get the job done — F.B.Gipson
II. intransitive verb
1. : to engage in sexual intercourse
2. : neck 1