make shift

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• make shift — make do, manage to the best of one s ability …   English contemporary dictionary

• make shift — dated manage or contrive to do something. → shift …   English new terms dictionary

• To make shift — make make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To make shift — Shift Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• make shift — phrasal to manage with difficulty …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Shift — Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford was not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• make — make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To cause to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Make — (m[=a]k), v. i. 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A scurvy, jack a nape priest to meddle or make. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To proceed;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. veer, vary, change; equivocate; contrive, get along; transfer; substitute. n. change, substitution, dislocation; expedient, subterfuge, trick. See deviation, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A change]… …   English dictionary for students

• shift — {{11}}shift (n.1) c.1300, a movement, a beginning, from SHIFT (Cf. shift) (v.). This is the sense in to make shift make efforts (mid 15c.). Meaning period of working time (originally in a mine) is attested from 1809, perhaps influenced by a N.Sea …   Etymology dictionary

• make out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To understand] Syn. perceive, recognize, see; see understand 1 . 2. [To succeed] Syn. accomplish, achieve, prosper; see succeed 1 . 3. [*To kiss] Syn. neck, fondle, pet; see kiss . 4. [To see] Syn. discern, perceive, detect; …   English dictionary for students