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made

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /meɪd/
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Scotland: /med/
Wales: /meːd/ without the pane–pain merger
Ireland: /meːd/
/meɪd/ Local Dublin
/meːd/ Local Dublin
Northumbria: /meːd/
Northumbria: /mɛd/
rhymes with -eɪd
homophone: maid (pane–pain merger)
CMU ARPABET: M EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

A grub or maggot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete

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verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of make

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of myek

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Geordie, form-of, participle, past

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verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of mak

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Wearside, form-of, participle, past

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adjective

Meaning 5

(of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

a neatly made bed

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Antonyms: unmade

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

produced by a manufacturing process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

bought some made goods at the local store; rope and nails

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adjective satellite

Meaning 7

successful or assured of success- Christopher Marlowe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

now I am a made man forever

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History

Etymology

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

Word forms

Inflections and variants

mades — plural
mad — alternative
mathe — alternative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: a camel is a horse made by a committee, a camel is a horse made by committee, a promise made is a promise kept, a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, bitch-made, bush-made, countrymade, custom made, custom-made, fanmade, fullmade, full-made, handmade, hand-made, hand made, have fingers made of lime-twigs, have got it made, have it made, homemade, home-made, housemade, how the sausage gets made, human-made, humanmade, judge-made, judge-made law, lie in the bed one has made, machine-made, made dish, made for each other, made for life, made for one another, made-for-television, made-for-TV, made hand, made in China, made in Japan, made in the shade, made man, madeness, made of fail, made of money, made of sterner stuff, made of stone, made of sugar, made to fade, made-to-measure, made-to-order, made-to-order story, made-up, made up, made-upness, made-wine, made you look, man-made, man-made fiber, match made in heaven, match made in hell, new-made, newmade, person-made, premade, purpose-made, ready-made, revolutions are not made with rosewater, rules are made to be broken, scratch-made, scratch made, self-made, self-made wealth, show what one is made of, tailor-made, the real treasure is the friends we made along the way, unmade, well-made, well-made play, what one is made of, who died and made you boss, who died and made you king, who died and made you president, woman-made

Related: maddock, maggot, mauk, mawk, ready-made, successful

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Hyphenation: made

Homophones: maid (pane–pain merger)

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