n. The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.n. What has been made, especially at one time: as, a making of bread.n. Composition; structure; make.n. Material from which anything may be made; anything capable of being developed into something more advanced.n. Poetical composition; poetry.n. Fortune; means or cause of success.n. plural In coal-mining, the slack and dirt made in holing, kirving, or undercutting the coal.