make down

== English == === Verb === make down (third-person singular simple present makes down, present participle making down, simple past and past participle made down) (Pennsylvania Dutch English) To rain or snow; to precipitate. To make ready or prepare (a bed). === Further reading === Robert Hendrickson, The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms, Infobase Publishing (2000, →ISBN), page 739 Mim Harrison, Wicked Good Words: From Johnnycakes to Jug Handles, a Roundup of America's Regionalisms, Penguin (2011, →ISBN): "it's making own. If Pennsylvania Dutch had its own Weather Channel, you might hear “it's making rain down” or just “it's making down.”" Edwin Russell Danner, Pennsylvania Dutch Colloquialisms (1961): "It's making down hard. (It's raining hard.) [This also includes snow and any other kind of precipitation.] It looks like it will make something down. Compare: It looks for colder weather."