making
/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ noun A1- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. · during the making of the movie
- Process of growth or development. · As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
- Something that causes somebody's success or progress · a book that was the making of his career
Plural makings
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His road home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the water melted the sack.
“By making me apply to the servants, when I want to transact business with you alone.”
Scarcely was the captain’s breath out of his body when he assumed the command without consulting anyone, and he caused us to lose a day and a half at the Island of Elba, instead of making for Marseilles direct.”
He’s all the time curling his mustache and making eyes at Prissy Andrews.
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