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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
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" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be]
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?" [syn: pay, pay off, make up, compensate]
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?" [syn: make up, catch up with]
5: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent]
6: put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room" [syn: make, make up]
7: adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up]
8: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle]
9: apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to form by fitting together or assembling <make up a train of cars> b. to arrange typeset matter in (as pages) for printing 2. a. to combine to produce (a sum or whole) b. constitute, compose <10 chapters make up this volume> 3. a. to compensate for (as a deficiency or omission) <make up the difference in lost pay> b. to do or take in order to correct an omission <make up a history exam> 4. settle, decide <made up my mind to depart> 5. to wrap or fasten up <make the books up into a parcel> 6. a. to prepare in physical appearance for a role b. to apply cosmetics to 7. a. invent, improvise <make up a story> b. to set in order <rooms are made up daily> intransitive verb 1. to become reconciled <quarreled but later made up> 2. a. to act ingratiatingly and flatteringly <made up to his aunt for a new bicycle> b. to make advances ; court 3. compensate <make up for lost time> 4. a. to put on costumes or makeup (as for a play) b. to apply cosmetics

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. The people or things that make up something are the members or parts that form that thing. North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country... Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins. = form, constitute PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), be V-ed P of n, also V n P 2. If you make up something such as a story or excuse, you invent it, sometimes in order to deceive people. I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him... I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 3. If you make yourself up or if someone else makes you up, make-up such as powder or lipstick is put on your face. She spent too much time making herself up... She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs... I can't be bothered to make up my face. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P, V P n (not pron) 4. If you make up an amount, you add something to it so that it is as large as it should be. Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference... The team had six professionals and made the number up with five amateurs... For every £100 you invest into a pension plan the Inland Revenue makes it up to £125. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V n P to amount 5. If you make up time or hours, you work some extra hours because you have previously taken some time off work. They'll have to make up time lost during the strike. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 6. If two people make up or make it up after a quarrel or disagreement, they become friends again. She came back and they made up... They never made up the quarrel... They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West... I'll make it up with him again. PHRASAL VERB: pl-n V P, pl-n V P n, V P with n, V it P with n, also pl-n V it P 7. If you make up something such as food or medicine, you prepare it by mixing or putting different things together. Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 8. If you make up a bed, you put sheets and blankets on it so that someone can sleep there. Her mother made up a bed in her old room. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) 1. Collect, get together. 2. Constitute, form, compose. 3. Reconcile, settle, adjust, compose. 4. Compensate, make good, make up for. 5. Supply, furnish, provide. 6. Determine, bring to a conclusion. 7. Shape. 8. Settle, adjust. 9. Dress. II. (Neuter.) Settle a difference, become reconciled.

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