MAKE OUT


Meaning of MAKE OUT in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.