Found 2 items, similar to make-up.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: make-up make-up n : cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance [syn: makeup, war paint]
English → English (gcide) Definition: make-up makeup \make"up`\, make-up \make"-up`\(m[=a]k"[u^]p`), n. 1. 1. The way in which the parts of anything are put together. [1913 Webster] The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. --L. F. Ward. [1913 Webster] 2. The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative. [PJC] 3. Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power , or eye shadow. [PJC] 4. The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor. [PJC] 5. The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as, her makeup was very realistic. [PJC] 6. An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday. [PJC] 7. (Printing) The appearance of a page of a publication, specifically the type style of the text and the spatial arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising material etc., on the page. [PJC] 8. (Printing) The art or process of arranging the portions of a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or for optimal effect on the reader. [PJC]