chief /chēf/

1. Head
2. Principal, highest, first
3. Outstanding, important (with compar chiefˈer, superl chiefˈest)
4. Intimate (Scot)

Chiefly

1. A head or principal person
2. A leader
3. The principal part or top of anything
4. The greater part
5. The upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the upper third of the area of the shield (heraldry)

chiefˈdom or chiefˈship noun

1. The state of being chief
2. Sovereignty

chiefˈery or chiefˈry (Spenser chevˈerye) noun

1. An Irish chieftaincy
2. The dues paid to a chief or the supreme lord
3. A chief's lands

chiefˈess noun

A female chief

chiefˈless adjective

Without a chief or leader

chiefˈling noun

chiefˈly adverb

1. In the first place
2. Principally
3. For the most part

chiefˈtain noun

1. (also fem chiefˈtainess) the head of a clan
2. A leader or commander

chiefˈtaincy noun

chiefˈtainry noun

chiefˈtainship noun

• make a fool of
• make after
• make a fuss
• make a fuss of
• make against
• make a good fist of
• make a good meal
• make a good thing of it
• make a go of
• make a habit of
• make a hash of
• make a hit with
• make a hole in
• make a hole in eg one's pocket
• make a hole in the water
• make a Horlicks of
• make a killing
• make a kirk and a mill of
• make a kirk or a mill of
• make a lip
• make allowances for
• make a long arm
• make a long nose
• make a man of
• make a matter of conscience