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# making

noun (plural makings)

«making» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Making is the act of making or forming something, as in merry-makings, which are parties or festivities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/making/#m1)
2. Makings means the things needed to make something, such as the ingredients for a cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/making/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, the ingredients or materials someone needs to cook or build something

### Examples

- You will not get any makings of a cake from me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/making/#x1)
- We went out to the merry-makings in the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/making/#x2)
- I have the makings of a good tea here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/making/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It is just the act of making or doing something. In the texts it can mean "doing" a thing, such as making a petition or making sport. In the primary lessons: in tales, the ingredients or materials someone needs to cook or build something

### Examples

- Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. (Writings DAN.6.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x1)
- And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport. (Torah GEN.21.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x2)
- And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all. (Prophets HOS.5.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x3)
- Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. (Prophets 1KI.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «making» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/making/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«making» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/making.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «making» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«making» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/making.html) on Mova free.