manufacture

man·u·fac·ture  (mny-fkchr)

v. man·u·fac·tured, man·u·fac·tur·ing, man·u·fac·tures

v.tr.

1.

a. To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.

b. To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines.

2. To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner: "His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed" Dwight Macdonald.

3. To concoct or invent; fabricate: manufacture an excuse.

v.intr.

To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines.

n.

1.

a. The act, craft, or process of manufacturing products, especially on a large scale.

b. An industry in which mechanical power and machinery are employed.

2. A product that is manufactured.

3. The making or producing of something.

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[From French, manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin *manfactra : Latin man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-² in Indo-European roots + Latin factra, working of a metal, from factus, past participle of facere, to make; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

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manu·factur·a·ble adj.

manu·factur·al adj.

manu·factur·ing n.

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manufacture

Verb

[-turing, -tured]

1. to process or make goods on a large scale, esp. using machinery

2. to invent or concoct evidence, an excuse, etc.

Noun

the production of goods, esp. by industrial processes [Latin manus hand + facere to make]

manufacturer n
manufacturing nadj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	manufacture - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" industry cottage industry - small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrialization - the development of industry on an extensive scale business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" privatise, privatize - change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" rat - employ scabs or strike breakers in
	2.	manufacture - the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" manufacturing, fabrication creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it formation, shaping - the act of fabricating something in a particular shape newspeak - deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public; "the welfare state brought its own newspeak" prefabrication - the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
Verb	1.	manufacture - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" fabricate, construct mass-produce - produce on a large scale make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" raft - make into a raft; "raft these logs"
	2.	manufacture - make up something artificial or untrue cook up, fabricate, invent, make up dream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" mythologise, mythologize - construct a myth; "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons" confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory trump up, concoct - invent; "trump up charges" spin - make up a story; "spin a yarn" vamp, vamp up - make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting"
	3.	manufacture - produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only" produce, bring forth - bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"
	4.	manufacture - create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

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manufacture

verb 1. make, build, produce, construct, form, create, process, shape, turn out, assemble, compose, forge, mould, put together, fabricate, mass-produce

verb 2. concoct, make up, invent, devise, hatch, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal) trump up

noun 3. making, production, construction, assembly, creation, produce, fabrication, mass-production

Translations

manufacture [mænjuˈfæktʃəʳ] vt → fabricar

n → fabricación f

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manufacture [mænjuˈfæktʃəʳ] vt → fabriquer

n → fabrication f

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manufacture [mænjuˈfæktʃəʳ] vt → herstellen

n → Herstellung f

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manufacture [mænjuˈfæktʃəʳ] vt → fabbricare

n → fabbricazione f; manifattura