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MAKE-UP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

Synonyms:

make-up; makeup; war paint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("make-up" is a kind of...):

cosmetic (a toiletry designed to beautify the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "make-up"):

blackface (the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro)

eyebrow pencil (makeup provided by a cosmetic pencil that is used to darken the eyebrows)

eyeliner (makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes)

eyeshadow (makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes)

face powder (cosmetic powder for the face)

greasepaint (a greasy substance used as makeup by actors)

kohl (a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids)

lip-gloss (makeup that makes the lips shiny)

lip rouge; lipstick (makeup that is used to color the lips)

mascara (makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes)

blusher; paint; rouge (makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks)

Derivation:

make up (apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The way in which someone or something is composed

Synonyms:

composition; constitution; make-up; makeup; physical composition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("make-up" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "make-up"):

structure (the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts)

phenotype (what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment)

genetic constitution; genotype (the particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism)

grain; texture (the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance))

karyotype (the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes))

Derivation:

make up (form or compose)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

Example:

the two teams played a makeup one week later

Synonyms:

make-up; makeup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("make-up" is a kind of...):

event (something that happens at a given place and time)

Derivation:

make up (make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point)

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