make-up

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Alternative spelling of makeup. See usage notes there.

   From Whitemoor, left at 6.45 p.m., the train's make-up usually includes also some Continental ferry wagons, originating from Harwich.

2. 2
   adj

   Of or relating to a reconciliation.

   Joe and Joanne had a big fight, and then apologized and had incredible make-up sex.

3. 3
   verb

   Rare form of make up (“to put makeup on”).

   Orange, mauve, and cobalt blue are three favorite shades now employed by the woman who desires to “make-up” her face, according to the approved beauty standards.

4. 4
   noun

   cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

5. 5
   noun

   the way in which someone or something is composed

6. 6
   noun

   an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

7. 7
   adj

   Made-up, false, imaginary, fabricated.

Etymology

Deverbal from make up.