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Definition: Make Over |
Make OverVerb1. Use again in altered form; "retread an old plot". 2. Make anew. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Make OverSynonyms: redo (v), refashion (v), remake (v), retread (v), rework (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exaggeration | Verb: exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate; amplify; (expand); overestimate; hyperbolize; overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise; make over much, over the most of; strain, strain over a point; stretch, stretch a point; go great lengths; spin a long yarn; draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow; deal in the marvelous. |
Giving | Verb: deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over; assign dower. |
Transfer | Verb: transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant; (confer); consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange;(interchange). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Make Over |
| English words defined with "make over": Dispone ♦ Fine for alienation ♦ Recoct, render ♦ submit ♦ To give away, To make away, To work up. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I make over the trust. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "make over": make over a sum of money to smb. ♦ To make over. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
make over | 128 |
game make over | 27 |
make over story | 10 |
extrem make over | 4 |
boring make over room | 4 |
make over story tlc | 4 |
easy eggs make over | 3 |
40 make over up | 3 |
face make over | 3 |
make make over up | 3 |
doll make over | 2 |
50 make over up | 2 |
lunch make over time | 2 |
50 make over up woman | 2 |
game make over virtual | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "make over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luovuttaa (cede, convey, deliver, extradite, give up, hand over, relinquish, resign, surrender, transfer, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verschreiben (enter, prescribe, transfer, wear down), vermachen (bequeath, bequest, leave, will), umbauen (adapt, alter, build, convert, customize, modify, rebuild, renovate, reorganize, to reconstruct), umarbeiten (alter, recast, revamp, revise, rework, rewrite, to make over), umändern (alter, change, modify, rearrange, transform, turn), überschreiben (head, overwrite, overwriting, sign over, to transcribe, transcribe, transmit), übereignen (transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταβιβάζω (communicate, convey, depute, devolve, hand down, impart, pass down, relay, settle on, transfer, transmit), αλλάζω (alter, change, chop, shift, switch, veer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לעשות מח"ש, ל"עביר (carry, communicate, convey, hand, hand down, hand over, lead over, pass, pass on, put across, remove, switch, transfer, transmit, transport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | átruház (assign, confer, convey, depute, devolve, hand over, quitclaim, to alien, to alienate, to assign, to consign, to demise, to devolve, to make over, to release, to transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | メーカー物 (gauge, Major, Major League, make, make love, make up, makeup, make-up, mate, May Day, Mayday, meter, meter stamp, metre, name-brand item). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | メークオーバー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeu harrish, cur seose da (assign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | akemay overay înmâna cuiva o sumã de bani (make over a sum of money to smb.). (various references) ceder (acquiesce, assign, budge, cede, concede, dispose of, give, give in, give up, give way, go, grant, hand over, part with, relent, relinquish, render up, sign away, sign over, transfer, turn over, waive, yield). (various references) överlåta (assign, convey, demise, depute, devolve, leave, pass, remise, transfer, transmit, vest). (various references) yenilemek (modernize, rebuild, recondition, re-create, redintegrate, refurbish, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, revamp, touch up, vamp up). (various references) переробляти (adapt, alter, change, do again, furbish up, readjust, recast, re-do, rehash, remake, remodel, revise, rework, transverse, turn over, work over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | regenerare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: makeover. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-m-o-r-v" | |
-2 letters: evoker, remake, remove, revoke. | |
-3 letters: ameer, evoke, maker, morae, mover, rakee, ramee, reave, vomer. | |
-4 letters: aero, akee, amok, arvo, aver, eave, ever, kame, kore, make, mako, mare, mark, meek, mere, merk, moke, mora, more, move, okra, omer, over, rake, rave, ream, reek, roam, rove, veer, vera. | |
-5 letters: are, ark, arm, ave, avo, ear, eke. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-k-m-o-r-v" | |
+1 letter: makeovers. | |
+2 letters: moviemaker. | |
+3 letters: moviemakers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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