Manufacture

Manufacture

(1):

(v. i.) To be employed in manufacturing something.

(2):

(n.) The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

(3):

(n.) Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.

(4):

(v. t.) To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

(5):

(v. t.) To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.