verb (past and past participleman·u·fac·tured, present participleman·u·fac·tur·ing, 3rd person present singularman·u·fac·tures)
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb produce something industrially: to make something into a finished product using raw materials, especially on a large industrial scale a business manufacturing lightweight metal goods
2. transitive verb produce something mechanically: to produce something in the manner of a machine, without creativity
3. transitive verb invent something: to invent or make something up manufactured an excuse
4. transitive verb biochemistry make body chemical: to produce a substance needed by the body Bile is manufactured in the liver.
noun (pluralman·u·fac·tures)
Definition:
1. production of goods: the production of finished goods from raw materials, especially on a large industrial scale engaged in the manufacture of arms for the military
2. product: something that has been produced from raw materials, especially on a large industrial scale
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often used in the plural
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3. biochemistry making of body chemical: the production of a substance needed by the body
[Mid-16th century. Via French< Italian manifattura "something made by hand" < Latin manu factum "made by hand" < manus "hand"]
