make-up

noun

1. 1

   Variant of makeupAlternative 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.

adjective

1. 1

   Made-up, false, imaginary, fabricated.

2. 2

   informalOf or relating to a reconciliation.

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

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of make uprareRare 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.

   And shame at what you thought was fard! It’s only make-upping your face.

   The make-up artist stops make-upping.

   As we’re in the bathroom side-by-side, silently make-upping, Sophie turns to me.

Forms

plural

make-ups

past tense

make-upped, make-uped

past participle

make-upped, make-uped

present participle

make-upping, make-uping

third person singular

make-ups