make out
v 1: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked
out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I
can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: {recognize},
{distinguish}, {discern}, {pick out}, {tell apart}]
2: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket";
"Please make the check out to me" [syn: {write out}, {issue},
{cut}]
3: comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is
saying"
4: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"
"How are you making out in graduate school?" "He's come a
long way" [syn: {do}, {fare}, {come}, {get along}]
5: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just
a gallon of gas." [syn: {cope}, {get by}, {make do}, {contend},
{grapple}, {deal}, {manage}]
6: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic);
"Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: {love}, {make
love}, {sleep with}, {get laid}, {have sex}, {know}, {do
it}, {be intimate}, {have intercourse}, {have it away}, {have
it off}, {screw}, {fuck}, {jazz}, {eff}, {hump}, {lie with},
{bed}, {have a go at it}, {bang}, {get it on}, {bonk}]
7: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple
were necking in the back seat of the car" [syn: {neck}]
8: write all the required information onto a form; "fill out
this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn: {complete},
{fill out}, {fill in}]
9: imply or suggest: "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
10: try to establish: "She made out that she know nothing about
the crime"