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Verb: make out meyk awt- See or hear differences; identify a particular part or parts of a whole; detect with difficulty
"I can't make out the faces in this photograph" - spot, recognize, recognise [Brit], distinguish, discern, pick out, tell apart - Make out
"make out a check" - write out, issue, cut - Comprehend
"I cannot make out what this politician is saying" - Proceed or get along
"How are you making out in graduate school?" - do, fare, come, get along - Come to terms with
- cope, get by, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage - Have sexual intercourse with
- sleep together, love, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, bonk [Brit], make whoopee - Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
"The couple were making out in the back seat of the car" - neck, pash [Austral, NZ] - Write all the required information onto a form
"make out a form" - complete, fill out, fill in - Imply or suggest
- Try to establish
"She made out that she knew nothing about the crime"
Derived forms: making out, makes out, made out Type of: act, claim, copulate, couple, go, intimate, mate, move, pair, pet, proceed, suggest, understand, write Encyclopedia: Make out |