make up
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(verb) apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier |
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Related Words: groom, lipstick, neaten, powder, rouge |
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(verb) devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"; "He designed women's shoes" |
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Related Words: design |
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(verb) make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up with exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?" |
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Synonyms: catch up with |
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Related Words: recoup, recover |
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(verb) put in order or neaten: "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
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Synonyms: make |
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Related Words: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
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(verb) come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" |
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Synonyms: conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle |
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Related Words: agree, appease, concur, make peace, propitiate |
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(verb) do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?" |
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Synonyms: compensate, pay, pay off |
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Related Words: settle |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: be, comprise, constitute, represent |
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Related Words: compose, constitute, fall into, fall under, form, make, pose, present, range, straddle |
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(verb) make up something artificial or untrue |
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Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture |
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Related Words: concoct, concoct, dream up, hatch, spin, think of, think up, trump up, vamp, vamp up |
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