make out meaning and definition

MAKE OUT verb

Definition of make out (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: discern, distinguish, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart
2. make out and issue
   • "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
   • synonyms: cut, issue, write out
3. comprehend
   • "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
4. 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"
   • synonyms: come, do, fare, get along
5. come to terms with
   • "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
   • synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, manage
6. have sexual intercourse with
   • "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
   • synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with
7. kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
   • "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
   • synonyms: neck
8. write all the required information onto a form
   • "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
   • synonyms: complete, fill in, fill out
9. imply or suggest
   • "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
10. try to establish
    • "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"