makeup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An item's composition.
Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.

verb

Alternative form of make up (“(ambitransitive) to put makeup on (someone or something)”).

/ˈmeɪkʌp/ en-us-makeup.ogg

makeup makeups make-up make up makeuping makeupping makeuped makeupped

Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).

configuration constitution form beauty products cosmetics product slap war paint maquillage

antimakeup face without makeup kabuki makeup syndrome makeup artist makeup call makeup editor makeup remover mineral makeup undermakeup

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