MAKING


Meaning of MAKING in English

/may"king/ , n.

1. the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.

2. structure; constitution; makeup.

3. the means or cause of success or advancement: to be the making of someone.

4. Usually, makings . capacity or potential: He has the makings of a first-rate officer.

5. makings ,

a. material of which something may be made: the makings for a tossed salad.

b. Older Slang. paper and tobacco with which to make a hand-rolled cigarette.

6. something made.

7. the quantity made: a making of butter.

8. in the making , in the process of being made; developing or evolving; growing: Our space scientists see history in the making.

[ bef. 1150; ME; OE macung. See MAKE 1 , -ING 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .