made vs maid
Definitions
adjective
- produced by a manufacturing process
- successful or assured of success
- (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order
Examples
Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified.
The brightly colored outfits may be made of either cotton or such dressy fabrics as velvet, satin, and lamé.
He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
Definitions
noun
- an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
- a female domestic
Examples
Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
To play at Shuttlecock methinks is the game now," says a character in The Two Maids of More Clacke, written by Robert Armin in 1609.
The radiant bride was given away by her brother and attended by a ‘best woman’ rather than bridesmaids.
