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made

made

1.0
A bed with sheets and covers arranged neatly
  • adjective
  • /meɪd/
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  • After a long day, I love coming home to my cozy bed, which is always made with fresh linens.

Examples

  • The hotel room had two perfectly made beds that looked inviting and clean.

  • Imagine that we've been living in a room made of opaque glass.

  • She quickly made the bed each morning before leaving for work, keeping her room tidy.

Antonyms

unmade
10 2.3

A bed with sheets and blankets not arranged neatly after someone sleeps in it

Idioms

made for each other
14 3.4

Two people who fit together very well as a romantic couple

to have it made
  • Informal
12 5.6

To be in a very lucky situation with little to worry about

made of money
  • Informal
2 6.2

Having a lot of money

made of stone
  • Informal
2 8.1

Not showing any feeling or care

made of sugar
  • Informal
1 7.5

Can handle criticism and hard situations without complaining

made in the shade
  • Informal
1 8.2

In a safe, easy situation needing little effort

Compounds

made in China
16 1.2

A product that comes from China

custom-made
9 3.9

An item made for one person to fit their needs

made-to-order
4 3.8

Created for a customer to match their requests

ready-made
4 3.9

An item like a shirt or chair made before you buy it

made of glass
4 2.9

A thing made from glass that breaks easily and lets light through

ready-made
3 3.4

Sold in standard sizes so it can be used right away

man-made lake
1 2.8

A lake made by people to hold water for a town or for people to enjoy

tailor-made
1 3.7

A piece of clothing made to fit one person exactly

man-made fiber
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A fiber produced by people from chemicals or other materials, not the kind that grows on living things

judge-made law
  • Formal
7.9

Rules judges make when they decide cases

How Neat

immaculate
36 5.9
made
1.0
tidy
47 1.0
rumpled
11 4.2
unmade
10 2.3

Surface Forms

made positive

Morphology

made = make (transparent) = make + ed

The adjective is the past-participle/adjectival use of 'make' ('made' = having been made), which is directly derivable from the verb.

Etymology

Made is the past form of make, which means 'to put or arrange something together'. So a made bed is simply a bed that has been put in order with its sheets and covers neatly in place.