madeadj.
/meɪd/, U.S. /meɪd/ I. Produced or obtained by making as distinguished in some way from other modes of origin or acquisition.† 1. Of a story: invented, fictitious. Of a word: invented, coined. Of an errand: invented for a pretext; made-up. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective]
madea1387
feigned1623
fictious1641
fictitious1773
literary1842
fictional1843
the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > use or formation of new words or phrases > [adjective] > coined
new-coined1593
new-minted1598
made1607
coined1881
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 195 Hit is no made tale, but hit is sooþ as þe lettre is i-write.
1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue ii. 41 The word [mannor] is used among our Lawyers, as many other made words are, which haue bin termes raised by our Lawes, & are not elsewhere in use.
1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk-lore (1903) 3 78 Christane Reid in Clett cam in ane maid errand.
1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 273 These are but made stories to delude fooles.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Pp4/3 A made Word, Un Mot factice, imaginé, ou fait à plaisir.
1843 J. H. Newman Ess. Miracles 124 It reads like a made story.
2.
a. Chiefly Scottish in early use. That has undergone a process of manufacture. Formerly also (occasionally): †prepared for use (cf. senses of make v.1) (obsolete).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed
wroughtOE
wroughtOE
confecta1398
combinedc14..
complosec1420
made1428
counterfeit1463
edificatec1470
construct?a1475
featuredc1500
compact1531
fashioned1535
conflate1541
confectedc1550
framed1565
timbered1570
constitute1589
compacted1598
fact1600
coagulate1610
quilted1617
coagulated1633
conflated1652
composititious1657
made-up1677
compactilea1682
constructed1785
put-together1848
compaginate1877
1428 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 3 Of the last of maid irne viijd.
c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 34 So it wolde be seide that the good knyȝte scholde not be assottid of such a made ymage in such wise that he lefte to folowe the crafte of armes.
?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 278 Madde, or wroth be crafte or cunnying: factus.
1545 Rates Custome House sig. avj Corke made the laste xl.s. Corke made the barell iii.s. iiii.d.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 301 It was conclwdit that na salt nor wictuallis nor na maid wark sould be convoyit of the realme.
1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Biv v Cork made for diers the last..iiij.l... Cork made for shoomakers.
1623 Orkney & Shetland Test. I. 89 Half ane barrell maid butter.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 3 Dec. (1855) 120 The tymber maid work.
1675 Stirling Common Good f. 93v 26 stone weight of mead irone work in chimlayes, cleicks, and rods.
1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 239 The raw materials come from Manchester..and the made goods are sent thither.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 301/1 A new and very small ‘made hat’.
1949 E. R. Riegel Industr. Chem. (ed. 5) i. 9 All the acid made in the chambers passes through the Glover; the made acid is drawn off from there.
1966 New Statesman 11 Mar. 353/1 If the Dutch can export made plants, so can we.
b. spec. Of land, earth, etc.: resulting from human activity; constructed; reclaimed. Later also applied to roads, watercourses, etc. Occasionally also, of ground: composed (in part) of recently accumulated material (see quot. 1871).
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1597 S. Finche Let. 18 Feb. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 153 Findinge that grounde made and false, digged the trenche alonge the door.
1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies vi. 72 How comes it that all your Made-Hedges are green too?
1687 B. Randolph Present State Archipel. 65 Where formerly was a made-way in the sea for people to pass over.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxi It was all such as we call made Earth, and had been gain'd out of the Thames.
a1695 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 96 The earth allso beinge found to be made ground all there abouts.
1785 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1925) 20 55 I have..laid down all the wharves and made land in the bason of Baltimore.
1797 Duke of Rutland Jrnl. 6 Oct. in Tour N. & S. Wales (1805) 362 Before the house is a remarkably fine piece of made water extending the whole way through the grounds.
1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Sept. (1971) 84 The grounds appear to me to be made fine in spite of nature. The water which I see from my windows..appears to me to be made-water.
1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 25 June 778/4 Here springs and the rainfall are carrying away the soil which supports the timber on the flanks of the ranges and spurs, and depositing it, as what miners call ‘made ground’, in the small hollows which are tributary to the larger plains.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvii. 277 The successive beds of made ground.
1884 T. Brown Ann. Disrupt. (1890) iv. 37 There was not a made road in the parish.
1902 A. E. W. Mason Four Feathers xii. 112 The hedged fields and made roads.
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 91 Instead of tennis-lawns some gardens contain made or hard courts laid down in a material known as en tout cas.
1963 Field Archaeol. (Ordnance Surv.) (ed. 4) 13 When a site has been occupied by a town for a long time there will usually be a large accumulation of made ground under the latest buildings.
1981 A. B. Facey Fortunate Life 44 The road was just a winding track—there were no made roads in those days.
3. † c. Banking. Of a bill: drawn in one country and payable or negotiated in another (see quots.). Obsolete.
a. Chiefly Cookery. Concocted from ingredients or constituents; esp. in made dish n. a dish composed of several ingredients. made gravy n. a gravy artificially compounded, as opposed to one consisting only of the juices obtained during cooking.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > made dish
confection1393
bakea1425
manger1574
made dish1616
made dish1621
court-disha1656
the world > food and drink > food > additive > gravy > [noun] > types of
made gravy1730
jus1847
red gravy1887
au jus1903
red-eye gravy1931
sambar1957
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 265 To try..whether the same could be don with the made balme composed of turpentin and hot gums.
1598 tr. G. de Rosselli Epulario D j b To make a kind of made meat in flesh time.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 57 Things we respect more then the Diadem His choise made-dishes.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 106 What made dishes; what hot, what cold; what boyld, what rost?
a1631 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady i. vii. 20 in Wks. (1640) III A farragoe, Or a made dish in Court.
1661 W. Rabisha Whole Body Cookery 37 To make a Made-dish of Apples and Red Currans.
1730 C. Carter Compl. Pract. Cook 1 A good Stock of strong Broth Well made, and good Gravies well drawn off, are very principal Ingredients in the Composing of all Made-Dishes of boil'd Meats.
1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 i. 242/2 Third service. Consisting of vegetable and made dishes..green morrelles, green truffles.
1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) viii. 142 You may use made-gravy, if you have not time to boil the bones.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 172 A tea spoonful of made mustard.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xlix. 473 The made-gravy acquiring no flavor, and turning out of a flaxen complexion.
1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xxi. 256 You have, I dare say, been cockered up at the Marchesa's with made dishes.
1919 R. Firbank Valmouth iv. 50 Lady Parvula..plunging a two-pronged fork into a ‘made’ dish of sugared-violets served in aspic.
1995 Independent 19 Feb. 46 Seasonings: celery salt, cayenne pepper, made mustard to taste.
b. Of an alcoholic beverage, usually wine: home-made or locally made, in contradistinction to those obtained from a distance. Chiefly in made wine. In the United Kingdom sometimes spec. (see quot. 1889).
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun]
wine1398
made wine1747
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > manufactured or produced > manufactured in specific place
homemade1565
town-made1700
made1747
Canton1860
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xvii. 147 (heading) Of Made Wines, Brewing, French Bread, Muffins, &c.
1805 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 7 Gave them one quart of made whiskey, a few biscuit and some salt.
1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xix. 211 Brewing at home what are curiously called ‘made wines’, (as if all foreign wines were self-existent!).
1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. II. iii. v. 289 The beverages termed British wines or made wines.
1889 Act 52 & 53 Vict. c. 42 §28 The expression ‘sweets or made wines’ shall mean any liquor which is made from fruit and sugar..and which has undergone a process of fermentation.
1980 Times 16 Oct. 16/4 The main ingredient of British sherry..is a grape-juice concentrate... HM Customs and Excise refers to this type of beverage as ‘made-wine’ rather than ‘wine’.
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1868 E. Seyd Bullion 89 The foregoing Foreign Bills of Class 2 are called drawn Bills, being usually negotiated from the Drawer direct to a London Foreign Banker; but where such drafts are made in the Country, and sent up to a correspondent in London, who then negotiates the same with his own Indorsement on them, they are called made Bills.
1868 E. Seyd Bullion 90 Bills drawn abroad and payable abroad, but negotiated in the United Kingdom, are also made Bills.
4. gen. Artificial; brought about by contrivance, arranged; that has not come about or developed naturally.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > contrived, artificial, or put together
positivec1385
artificial?c1425
craftlya1492
wroughta1500
preparated1569
made1580
elaborate1583
elaborate1592
elaborated1596
handmade1603
arted1606
factitiousa1624
made-up1677
fictitious1686
man-madea1718
got-up1793
gotten-up1796
canned1878
artefact1909
prefabricated1935
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 126v Made mariages by friendes, how daungerous they haue bene I know Philautus, and some present haue proued.
1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 166 Arte..doth aspire T'excell the naturall, with made delights.
a1635 R. Corbet Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 20 Made lawes needlesse growne To him, he needed but his owne.
a1678 A. Marvell Victory Obtained by Blake in Misc. Poems (1681) 106 So proud and confident of their made strength.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. viii. xxi. 378 Made offices are partly the effects, partly the causes, of made business. Create useless work, you create the necessity of useless hands for the performance of it.
1895 Outing 26 16/2 They were most of them gentlemen—I mean gentlemen born. ‘And you’, said Miss Harriman pleasantly, ‘are a gentleman made’.
1897 E. Lynn Linton George Eliot in Women Novelists 114 Her whole life and being were moulded to an artificial pose, and the ‘made’ woman could not possibly be the spontaneous artist.
1987 Country Life 8 Oct. 149/2 The project strikes at first as a clever example of the ‘made’ book.
II. Of which the making has taken place.
5. Of a hawk, horse, hound, etc.: fully trained.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > tamed or trained
tamec888
mildOE
meekc1175
unwilda1400
chastisedc1440
reclaimed1440
made1474
familiar1483
gentle?1531
domestical1562
inward1575
inwards1575
housal1611
domestic1620
cicurated1646
domiciliated1782
domesticated1802
broken1805
hand-tamed1932
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that acts in specific way
made1474
sheep-bitinga1616
hard-bitten1686
on trust1875
obedience-trained1937
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > obedient or well-trained
well-moutheda1425
freea1470
well-mettled1595
light-borne1611
well-managed1612
tender-mouthed1620
made1796
bridle-wise1811
1474 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 107/2 That..na..persone tak ane wther manis hundis nor haukis maide nor wilde out of nestis.
a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 10 (MED) Then is youre hauke made, as towchynge to perterichis.
1673 R. Boyle Of Determinate Nature iv. 28 in Ess. Effluviums To make a tryal, whether a young Blood-hound was well instructed, (or as the Huntsmen call it, made) he caus'd one of his Servants..to walk to a Countrey-town [etc.].
1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) I. i. vi. 45 None but made soldiers and serviceable horses would be employed.
1901 Daily Chron. 29 Apr. 6/2 In the ‘made’ class the best pony was Mr. Matherson's Lotus.
1987 Carriage Driving Spring 38/3 They never bought a ‘made’ horse. Young, raw horses were their choice.
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a. Of a person: having his or her success in life (happiness, etc.) assured. Chiefly in a made man.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > prosperous or successful > having success in life assured
madea1516
a1516 H. Medwall Godely Interlude Fulgens sig. Eiv I went he hade bene a sad man But I se well he is a made man In this message.
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus 126 I am safe [L. saluus sum] for euer, or I am a made man for this worlde.
1605 S. Rowley When you see Me sig. C3 Hele lafe and be as merie as a magge pie, and thow't bee a mayd man by it.
1609 in C. Marlowe Faustus (new ed.) sig. E2 Wel sir, now I am a made man [1604 now am I made man] for euer.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe i. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnv/2 If I had never seen, or never tasted The goodnesse of this kix, I had beene a made man.
1708 Brit. Apollo 18–23 June You are a Made Man.
1786 A. Hughes Zoriada III. 38 If she but lives, cried she, I am a made woman again.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxxv. 381 He is a made man. He rejoices daily in the fact that he is a recognized celebrity.
1918 Stars & Stripes 29 Mar. 6/2 While out on the circuit, he met an old negro boxing expert and Burge decided to learn the game... A new champion had just made his appearance. Burge gained the decision over him and was a made man.
1936 ‘G. Orwell’ Keep Aspidistra Flying iii. 73 He was a made man—or, by Smilesian, aspidistral standards, un~made.
1992 Spy (N.Y.) Nov. 66/1 In 1985, Weintraub became a made man in Hollywood when creepy tycoon Kirk Kerkorian hired him to run United Artists.
b. slang (originally U.S.). Esp. in made man: designating a person who has been formally inducted as a full member of the Mafia.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > relating to crime > organized > member of specific gang
made man1973
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > gangster > person of specific rank in Mafia
capo mafioso1952
consigliere1963
godfather1963
soldier1963
made man1973
1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 132/1 Made,..lifted out of mediocrity to a position of wealth or influence in the underworld.
1969 D. R. Cressey Theft of Nation x. 237 In the 1930's, members were ‘made’ in a rather elaborate oath-swearing ceremony which also was used by the Sicilian Mafia.]
1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia Foreword p. vii He denies having been a ‘made’ member of the Mafia, for to be made, one must first have murdered.
1976 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 13 June 54/5 The Mafia wouldn't..let them be ‘made men’ (official Mafiosi) because they thought they were too crazy.
1977 Time 16 May 28/2 The Mafia numbers about 5,000 ‘made men’ or members.
1983 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 3 Not all are so-called ‘made’ members—those who have taken the Mafia oath of secrecy.
1987 C. Sifakis Mafia Encycl. 165/2 Jack Dragna..presided over the Weasel's initiation as a made man in the Los Angeles crime family.
1992 Spy (N.Y.) May 8/2 Having spent more than 15 years as a made member, I believe I am a good judge as to accuracy of mob-related stories.
Compounds
C1. With prefixed word. For more established compounds see the first element.
a. With adverb or adjective in the sense ‘made in the specified manner, having the specified quality or kind of make’; often with reference to the human body (cf. built adj. 2).Earliest found in well-made adj., and in new-made adj., in which the first element is presumably an adverb but is identical in form to the cognate adjective. Some later examples are unambiguously formed on adjectives (see quots.).
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c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 6231 That saw an hardy newe-made knyȝt.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. I3 Those proud Lords to blame, Make weak-made women tenants to their shame. View more context for this quotation
1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 156 Black Drums are a thicker-made fish than the Red Drum.
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. x. 245 Saunders was a short, square-made fellow.
b. Occasionally with other parts of speech in the same sense, with the adverbial relation implied more elliptically, as in the following uses. Now rare.
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1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 136 Lesse mannerd, and worse gated than this Saturns-Eeue-made Slim, God neuer made.
1604 M. Drayton Moyses iii. 72 A gold-made God how durst you euer name..?
c. spec. With noun in locative or instrumental relation, or adjective, in the sense ‘made in the specified locality, or by the specified agent or class of agents, or by means of the specified agency’.As with senses Compounds 1a and Compounds 1b, formations of this type began to appear in the late 16th cent. Some ad hoc formations are listed below; the earliest formations to have achieved some currency include God-made (see god n. and int. Compounds 1c), handmade adj., and homemade adj. and n. From the late 18th cent. increased transport of manufactured goods gave rise to many formations relating to place of origin, of which Paris-made (see Paris n.) is an early example.
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1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. F6v Th' amber-weeping Pegase-hoofe-made fount.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 218 The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore.
1613 J. Davies Muses-teares 13 Coyne-made Pastors let the flock decay.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iii. 30 Those mouth-made vowes, Which breake themselues in swearing. View more context for this quotation
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 255 They sat unmurmuring through seven-and-thirty hatchet-made verses describing at fullest length the loss of the schooner Joan Hasken.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 10 Mar. 7/3 We cannot submit to this priest-made Act. Our loyalty to our religion and our love of country alike forbid it.
1903 Daily Chron. 5 June 3/2 These gaol-made carpets..have succeeded in lowering the general standard of Indian carpet manufacture.
1984 J. Frame Envoy from Mirror City (1987) xxiii. 180 Wearing our Aunty-Polly-made puffed-sleeve summer-breeze dresses.
C2.
made beaver n. Canadian History a unit of exchange formerly used among fur traders, equivalent to the value of the prepared skin of one adult beaver in prime condition; a coin or token equivalent to this. Plural often unchanged; cf. beaver n.1 Additions.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > token used in place of coin > issued by trader or company > equivalent to the value of prepared beaver skin
made beaver1723
beaver1765
1723 in K. G. Davies Lett. from Hudson Bay (1965) xx. 96 I understand their last year's trade did not exceed 12,000 skins everything made beaver.
1796 Sask. Jrnls. in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1967) 26 25 Traded with three Indians that arrived at 3 a.m., brought ninety-two made beaver and a small quantity of provisions.
1843 in C. Wilson Campbell of Yukon (1970) vii. 63 Them you will engage for a summer's trip by boat to Fort Simpson and back..to be paid 50 Made Beaver each.
1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. iv. 191 Accounts of white servants were kept in pounds, shillings and pence; those of the Indians in ‘Made-Beavers’.
1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. iv. 191 Later brass discs were substituted for convenience, values as low as ‘¼ Made-Beaver’ being issued.
1965 North (Ottawa) Nov. 29/2 Foxes were valued and an equivalent amount in ‘Made Beaver’ or shiny round HBC tokens was spread out on the counter.
1992 Beaver (Winnipeg) Aug. 32/1 This ‘skin’ or ‘made beaver’ is really of no special value except for the sake of book-keeping.
made block n. Nautical a pulley-block composed of several parts joined together.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun]
tackle1539
purchase1711
made block1794
block and tackle1838
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 153 Very large..blocks are formed of separate pieces,..when thus made, they are termed made-blocks.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Made Masts, the large masts made in several pieces. A ship's lower mast is a made spar...Made block is one having its shell composed of different pieces.
made eye n. Nautical rare = Flemish eye n. at Flemish adj. Compounds.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > splice
splice1627
made eye1867
Grecian splice1883
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 305 Flemish eye, a kind of eye-splice... Often called a made-eye.
made hand n. Poker a hand that is valuable without requiring a particular card or cards to be drawn from the deck, as opposed to a drawing hand (see drawing hand n.).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand
two bullets and a bragger1807
full1843
full hand1846
pat hand1865
blind hand1872
full house1879
blaze1880
tiger1889
kilter1895
drawing hand1910
bust1932
made hand1974
1974 N. Zadeh Winning Poker Syst. vii. 161 Many players make the mistake of valuing a made hand too highly.
2002 A. Bellin Poker Nation xv. 234 If the guy with the made hand is any good, he's going to make you pay through the nose to chase him down.
made mast n. Nautical a ship's mast composed of several pieces of timber.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > mast made of several pieces
made mast1627
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. iii. 15 If it be a made Mast, that is greater than one Tree.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 1 Masts..made of several trees joined together [are called] made-masts.
1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 349/1 Side-fishes are long pieces of timber dove-tailed on the opposite sides of a made mast.
1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 533/2 In most ships of the 17th century and later, the lower masts were all made masts, topmast and topgallant masts being pole masts.
made-for-TV adj. (also made-for-television) specially made for or (occasionally) ideally suited to, television.
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society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item
play-by-play1908
re-run1909
ball-by-ball1914
simultaneous1923
scriptless1930
scripted1941
soap opera1942
write-in1953
soap-operatic1963
open line1966
chat show1969
talk-back1972
made-for-TV1973
soap-operatical1975
drama-doc1977
omnibus1987
1973 New Yorker 16 June 33/2 At last! A made-for-TV movie that looked like a made-for-movies movie!
1985 T. O'Brien Nucl. Age vi. 106 She closed her eyes during those made-for-TV combat clips.
1989 Independent 8 Nov. 36/8 You certainly don't get much camaraderie in snooker, that other great made-for-television sport.
1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Jan. a9/5 The three Amy Fisher made-for-TV movies that aired last week.
made-for-video adj.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > production or use of video recording > [adjective] > made for or ideally suited to
made-for-video1985
1985 Music Week 2 Feb. 16/4 There is a trend towards specific ‘made-for-video’ material.
C3. With adverb corresponding to phrasal verbs at make v.1 Cf. made-up adj.
made-out adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > proved
proveda1382
convictc1475
probate?1511
comprobate1523
proven1533
persuaded1538
scientifical1588
verified1594
approved1600
approven1609
averred1641
examined1723
substanced1773
clenched1815
made-out1820
open-and-shut1841
1820 T. Chalmers Congregat. Serm. (1838) II. 14 The logical process which leads..to the ultimate and made-out conclusion.
1971 S. Jepson Let. to Dead Girl xiii. 148 He put a made-out cheque on the small desk... I signed it.
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 10 Nov. 20/7 Electric motors, starters, diesel engines, pressure tanks and other ‘made out’ complete items for marine and industrial contracts.
made-over adj.
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1912 R. A. Wason Friar Tuck xxx. 288 When Jim came back he was a made-over man, and everyone asked him if he had religion.
1916 J. E. Wells Man. Writings Middle Eng. 294 A copy, and perhaps a somewhat made-over copy of an earlier text.
1929 W. K. Gregory Our Face from Fish to Man ii. 153 Even the most imposing human faces are but made-over fish traps.
1967 A. Lewin Unaltered Cat i. ii. 24 A place very like her own, a made-over brownstone only two blocks away.
1989 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 29 Oct. 32/3 Mr. Segal is confident that..if a bad recession hits..‘made-over’ corporations will be able to manage their way through it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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