Make+ready
1make ready to — (do something) to prepare to do something. He made ready to jump in the water and swim to shore as soon as the boat neared the beach …
2make ready — index plan, provide (arrange for) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3make-ready — /mayk red ee/, n. 1. Print. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression. 2. the act or process of making something ready for use: a charge for make ready on the new car. [1820 30; n. use of v.… …
4make ready to do something — make ready to (do something) to prepare to do something. He made ready to jump in the water and swim to shore as soon as the boat neared the beach …
5make ready for publication — index edit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6make-ready — make′ read′y n. pri the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression • Etymology: 1885–90, amer …
7make ready — making ready for their departure Syn: prepare, make preparations, get everything ready, gear up for …
8make ready — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. arrange, get ready, prearrange; see cook , prepare 1 …
9make ready — prepare. → ready …
10To make ready — Ready Read y (r[e^]d [y^]), a. [Compar. {Readier} (r[e^]d [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[ a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding …
