vi to be employed in manufacturing something.
2. manufacture ·noun the operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
3. manufacture ·vt to work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
4. manufacture ·vt to make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, ·etc.
5. manufacture ·noun anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, ·etc.