'make up' definitions:
Definition of 'make up'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be]
verb
Devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
verb
Do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" [syn: pay, pay off, make up, compensate]
verb
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?" [syn: make up, catch up with]
verb
verb
Put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room" [syn: make, make up]
verb
Adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up]
verb
Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle]
verb
Apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
Synonyms of 'make up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accomplish,
- accumulate,
- ad-lib,
- adjust,
- 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
Words containing 'make up'
- Make,
- Maked,
- Making,
- On the make,
- To make as if,
- To make at,
- To make of,
- To make off,
- To make out,
- To make over,
- To make up,
- To make up for,
- To make up to,
- To make up with,
- To make with,
- make as if,
- make do,
- make for,
- make it,
- make off,
- make out,
- make over,
- make the most of,
- make up to,
- makings,
- Glass making,
- Leasing making,
- Make and break,
- Making-up,
- To make a bed,
- To make a book,
- To make a card,
- To make a choice of,
- To make a circuit,
- To make a face,
- To make a fool of,
- To make a lip,
- To make a march,
- To make a move,
- To make a point,
- To make a point of,
- To make a stand,
- To make account,
- To make account of,
- To make as though,
- To make away,
- To make away with,
- To make believe,
- To make bold,
- To make book,
- To make choice of,
- To make conscience of,
- To make dainty,
- To make danger,
- To make default,
- To make fast,
- To make free with,
- To make friends with,
- To make fun of,
- To make game of,
- To make good,
- To make haste,
- To make head,
- To make head against,
- To make it strange,
- To make it tough,
- To make it wise,
- To make land,
- To make light of,
- To make little of,
- To make love,
- To make love to,
- To make meat,
- To make merry,
- To make mischief,
- To make money,
- To make much of,
- To make nice of,
- To make no bones,
- To make no difference,
- To make no doubt,
- To make no matter,
- To make nothing of,
- To make oath,
- To make pourparty,
- To make prize of,
- To make ready,
- To make room,
- To make sail,
- To make scruple,
- To make shift,
- To make ship,
- To make sternway,
- To make strange,
- To make suit to,
- To make sure,
- To make terms,
- To make the best of,
- To make the cards,
- To make the doors,
- To make time,
- To make up a face,
- To make use of,
- To make water,
- To make way,
- To make way with,
- To make words,
- To meddle and make,
- decision making,
- film making,
- lace making,
- make a deal,
- make a face,
- make a killing,
- make a motion,
- make a point,
- make a point of,
- make a show of,
- make a stink,
- make advances,
- make allowance for,
- make amends,
- make an example of,
- make an impression,
- make believe,
- make bold,
- make clean,
- make clear,
- make full,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- make good,
- make grow,
- make happy,
- make haste,
- make hay,
- make headway,
- make known,
- make light of,
- make love,
- make merry,
- make money,
- make no bones about,
- make noise,
- make nothing of,
- make pass,
- make peace,
- make plain,
- make possible,
- make pure,
- make relaxed,
- make reparation,
- make reparations,
- make sense,
- make sure,
- make the grade,
- make the scene,
- make unnecessary,
- make water,
- make way,
- make whoopie,
- make-do,
- make-up,
- making known,
- making love,
- making water,
- movie making,
- photoplate making,
- to make moot,
- wine making,
- Love-making,
- Make-believe,
- Make-game,
- Make-peace,
- Making-iron,
- Mischief-making,
- Money-making,
- To make a clean breast,
- To make a dead set,
- To make a good board,
- To make a matter of conscience,
- To make bad weather,
- To make both ends meet,
- To make common cause with,
- To make ducks and drakes,
- To make fair weather,
- To make foul water,
- To make good weather,
- To make one a compliment,
- To make one's compliments to,
- To make one's election,
- To make one's hand,
- To make one's law,
- To make one's manners,
- To make one's mark,
- To make one's peace with,
- To make one's way,
- To make short boards,
- To make the heart bleed,
- To make up one's mind,
- custom-make,
- epoch-making,
- film-make,
- make a clean breast of,
- make a federal case,
- make ends meet,
- make up one's mind,
- make vibrant sounds,
- make-belief,
- make-work,
- policy-making,
- tailor-make,
- To make a thing one's business,
- To make one's self at home,
- To make one's self scarce,
- To make one's self strange,
- To make one's self understood,
- To make the face to shine upon,
- non-profit-making,
- slave-making ant,
- nonprofit non-profit-making,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed