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/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 MAKE1, -ING1]
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Making — Mak ing, n. 1. The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction; as, this is cloth of your own making; the making of peace or war was in his power. [1913 Webster] 2. Composition, or structure. [1913 Webster] 3. a poem. [Obs.] Sir… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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-making — [māk′iŋ] combining form forming adjectives Chiefly Brit. creating a (specified) state or condition [shy making, angry making] * * * … Universalium
-making — [māk′iŋ] combining form forming adjectives Chiefly Brit. creating a (specified) state or condition [shy making, angry making] … English World dictionary
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