Definition of Makeup

1. Noun. Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance.

Exact synonyms: Make-up, War Paint
Specialized synonyms: Blackface, Eyebrow Pencil, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow, Face Powder, Greasepaint, Kohl, Lip-gloss, Lip Rouge, Lipstick, Mascara, Blusher, Paint, Rouge
Generic synonyms: Cosmetic
Derivative terms: Make Up, Make Up

2. Noun. An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event. "The two teams played a makeup one week later"
Exact synonyms: Make-up
Generic synonyms: Event
Derivative terms: Make Up, Make Up

3. Noun. The way in which someone or something is composed.

Definition of Makeup

1. n. The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character.

Definition of Makeup

1. Noun. An item's composition. ¹

2. Noun. Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to improve its appearance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Makeup

1. the way in which the parts or ingredients of something are put together [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Makeup

makes over
makes time
makes tracks
makes up
makes use
makes waves
makeshift
makeshifts
makespan
makespans
makest
makestrife
maketh
makeunder
makeunders
makeup (current term)
makeup artist
makeup artists
makeups
makeweight
makeweights
makgeolli
makhaira
makhairas
makhana
makhanas
makhani
makhonee
maki
maki zushi

Literary usage of Makeup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"The Neuropathic makeup.—We have seen (page 77) that imbecility, epilepsy and many forms of insanity are due merely to the absence of some factor. ..."

2. Adventure Guide to Tampa Bay and Florida's West Coast by Chelle Koster Walton (2003)
"... Tampa metro- polite to the Everglades backwoods Miccosukee, the West Coast embraces a range of people as diverse as its terrain. Natural makeup ..."

3. Bible Doctrine: A Treatise on the Great Doctrines of the Bible, Pertaining by Daniel Kauffman (1914)
"His makeup In the Image of His Maker.—"God created man in his own image. ... In our moral and spiritual makeup we resemble him whom we follow. ..."

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