made
nounverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United States//meɪd//
- Ireland//meːd//
- Scotland//med//
- //meːd//
- //meɪd//
A grub or maggot.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA grub or maggot.
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.
verb
- 1
Also a form of makesimple past and past participle of make
- 2
Also a form of myeksimple past and past participle of myek
- 3
Also a form of maksimple past and past participle of mak
Etymology
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.
Forms
- plural
- mades