makeup
IPA: mˈeɪkʌp
noun
- (countable, uncountable) An item's composition.
- (countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
- (manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
- (education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
- (finance) In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To put makeup on (someone or something).
make up
IPA: mˈeɪkˈʌp
verb
- To constitute, to compose.
- (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole.
- To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
- (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
- (intransitive) To compensate (for).
- To invent, to imagine, to concoct
- To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
- To assemble, to prepare.
- To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
- To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
- To apply cosmetics.
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
- To make peace, to settle a dispute.
- (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
- To arrange, to advance.
- (obsolete) To arrange (a marriage); to organise (a treaty).
- To draw near to, approach to.
- To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
- To build, to complete.
- (obsolete) To build, construct (a tower, city, etc.).
- (obsolete) To build up (a bank, wall, etc.) where it has fallen away; to repair.
make-up
IPA: mˈeɪkʌp
noun
- Alternative spelling of makeup. See usage notes there. [(countable, uncountable) An item's composition.]
adjective
- Made-up, false, imaginary, fabricated.
- (informal) Of or relating to a reconciliation.
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