Main Entry: make out

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 : to complete (as a printed form) by supplying required information <make out a check>
2 : to find or grasp the meaning of <tried to make out what had really happened>
3 : to form an opinion or idea about : conclude <how do you make that out>
4 a : to represent as being <made them out to be losers> b : to pretend to be true <made out that he had never heard of me>
5 : to represent or delineate in detail
6 : to see and identify with difficulty or effort : discern <make out a ship through the fog>intransitive verb 1 : get along, fare <how are you making out with the new job>
2 a : to engage in sexual intercourse b : neck 1