make up meaning and definition

MAKE UP verb

Definition of make up (verb)

1. 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: be, comprise, constitute, represent
2. devise or compose
   • "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
3. do or give something to somebody in return
   • "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
   • synonyms: compensate, pay, pay off
4. make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
   • "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
   • synonyms: catch up with
5. make up something artificial or untrue
   • synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture
6. put in order or neaten
   • "make the bed"; "make up a room"
   • synonyms: make
7. adjust for
   • "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
   • synonyms: compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up
8. come to terms
   • "After some discussion we finally made up"
   • synonyms: conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle
9. apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
   • "She makes herself up every morning"