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Make-up

Make-up Meaning & Definition
Make-up Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Make-up?

[n] cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
[v] apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
[v] put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
[v] come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
[v] devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"; "He designed women's shoes"
[v] make up something artificial or untrue
[v] do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
[v] make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up with exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
[v] form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Make-up: be | catch up with | compensate | comprise | conciliate | constitute | cook up | fabricate | invent | make | makeup | manufacture | patch up | pay | pay off | reconcile | represent | settle | war paint

Related Terms | Find terms related to Make-up: accommodate | accomplish | accumulate | adjust | ad-lib | agglomerate | aggregate | aggroup | amass | arrange | assemble | atone for | balance | batch | beget | blend | breed | brew | bring forth | bring into being | bring to completion | bring to fruition | bring together | build | build up | bulk | bunch | bunch together | bunch up | call into being | cast | close | close with | clump | cluster | coin | collect | colligate | collocate | combine | come round | come to terms | come together | compare | compile | complete | compose | compound | comprise | conceive | conclude | concoct | conglomerate | consist of | constitute | construct | contrive | cook up | corral | counterbalance | counterfeit | counterpoise | countervail | create | cumulate | dash off | decoct | design | develop | devise | dig up | discover | do offhand | draw together | dream up | dredge up | drive together | eke out | elaborate | embody | engender | enter into | erect | evolve | extemporize | extrude | fabricate | fake | fantasize | fashion | fill in | fill out | fit | fix | fix up | forge | forgive and forget | form | formulate | frame | fudge | fudge together | fulfill | fuse | gather | gather in | gather together | generate | get | get in | get together | get up | give being to | give rise to | go into | group | hatch | hatch up | hoke up | impose | improvisate | improvise | incorporate | indite | interblend | interfuse | intermix | invent | join | jury-rig | justify | juxtapose | knock off | lash up | lump together | make | make do with | make good | make matters up | manufacture | mass | match | mature | meld | merge | merge in | mingle | mint | mix | mobilize | mold | muster | offset | organize | originate | outweigh | overrun | pair | partner | patch together | pi | pi a form | piece out | piece together | plan | play by ear | prefabricate | prepare | procreate | produce | put together | put up | raise | rake up | rally | ready | rear | redeem | refill | replenish | round out | round up | run up | scrap the plan | scrape together | set | set in print | set off | set up | settle | settle with | shake hands | shape | spawn | straighten out | strike off | strike out | structure | synthesize | take up | think out | think up | throw off | throw together | top off | toss off | toss out | trump up | unite in | vamp | vamp up | whip in | whip up | whomp up | wing it | work out | write

See Also | agree | appease | blackface | blusher | clean up | compose | concoct | concord | concur | confabulate | cosmetic | cosmetics | design | dream up | eyebrow pencil | eyeliner | eyeshadow | face powder | fall into | fall under | fix | form | get | greasepaint | groom | hatch | hold | kohl | lip rouge | lip-gloss | lipstick | lipstick | make | make peace | mascara | mythologise | mythologize | neaten | neaten | paint | pay back | pose | powder | present | propitiate | range | recoup | recover | recuperate | rouge | rouge | settle | spin | square away | straddle | straighten | straighten out | supplement | think of | think up | tidy | tidy up | trump up | vamp | vamp up

Make-up In Webster's Dictionary

\Make"-up`\, n. The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character. The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. --L. F. Ward.

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