make vs ruin

make

verb
  • To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something). 

  • To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status). 

  • To defecate or urinate. 

  • To constitute. 

  • To proceed (in a direction). 

  • To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability. 

  • Of water, to flow toward land; to rise. 

  • To develop into; to prove to be. 

  • To prepare (food); to cook (food). 

  • To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against. 

  • To force to do. 

  • To move at (a speed). 

  • To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action. 

  • To indicate or suggest to be. 

  • To enact; to establish. 

  • To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing. 

  • To form or formulate in the mind. 

  • To cause to appear to be; to represent as. 

  • To recognise, identify, spot. 

  • To take the virginity of. 

  • To perform a feat. 

  • To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man). 

  • To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence. 

  • To cover neatly with bedclothes. 

  • To cause to be. 

  • To build, construct, produce, or originate. 

  • To behave, to act. 

  • To cover (a given distance) by travelling. 

  • To interpret. 

  • To write or compose. 

  • To add up to, have a sum of. 

  • To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time. 

  • To appoint; to name. 

  • To bring into success. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

noun
  • A person's character or disposition. 

  • Quantity produced, especially of materials. 

  • A made basket. 

  • The camera was of German make. 

  • A home-made project 

  • Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production. 

  • Brand or kind; model. 

  • Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence. 

  • Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards. 

  • Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female). 

  • A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility. 

  • The closing of an electrical circuit. 

  • Mate; a spouse or companion; a match. 

  • A promotion. 

  • Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form. 

ruin

verb
  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

noun
  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • The act of ruining something. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

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