see|make-up|makeup
English
Verb
en-verb|makes up|making up|made up|made up
#transitive to compensate, fill in or catch up
#:He can make up the time next week.
#:I plan to make up for my failed midterm.
#transitive to invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.)
#:He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.
#transitive to assemble, or mix
#:I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a two hours to cook.
#transitive to apply cosmetics or makeup
#:Let's leave as soon I make up my face.
#intransitive to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight
#:They fight a lot, but they always manage to make up.''
Usage notes
The object in all transitive senses can come before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then it MUST come before the particle.
Translations
trans-top|to compensate, fill in or catch up
Finnish: korvata, hyvittää
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|to invent, imagine, or concoct
Finnish: keksiä, sepittää
trans-mid
Spanish: fabricar, inventar
trans-bottom
trans-top|to assemble, or mix
Finnish: valmistaa
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|to apply cosmetics or makeup
Finnish: meikata
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight
Finnish: sopia, tehdä sovinto
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Related terms
kiss and make up
Category:English phrasal verbs
fr:make up
io:make up
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