English to English
verb
- detect with the senses
The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards.
I can't make out the faces in this photograph.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make out and issue
Write out a check.
Cut a ticket.
Please make the check out to me.
source: WordNet 3.0
- comprehend
I cannot make out what this politician is saying.
source: WordNet 3.0
- proceed or get along
How is she doing in her new job?.
How are you making out in graduate school?.
He's come a long way.
source: WordNet 3.0
- come to terms with
We got by on just a gallon of gas.
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day.
source: WordNet 3.0
- have sexual intercourse with
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm.
Adam knew Eve.
Were you ever intimate with this man?.
source: WordNet 3.0
- kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
The couple were necking in the back seat of the car.
source: WordNet 3.0
- write all the required information onto a form
Fill out this questionnaire, please!.
Make out a form.
source: WordNet 3.0
- imply or suggest
Your remarks make me out to be stupid.
source: WordNet 3.0
- try to establish
She made out that she know nothing about the crime.
source: WordNet 3.0
