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THESAURUS
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crank up crap up creep up crock up crop up curl up curled up cut up dam up deck up dig up digging up dish up divided up divvy up do up doctor up doll up dolled up done up dope up double up drag up draw up dream up dredge up dress up dried up drink up drive up drive up the wall drum up dry up drying up dummy up earth up ease up eat up edge up end up even up face up face up to faggot up fake up fancied up fancy up fatten up fed up felt up fess up fetch up fig up fill up finish up fire up firm up fix up flame up flare up fluff up fog up fold up follow up follow up on foot up fork up fort up foul up frame up freshen up fuck up furbish up gang up gang up on gas up gather up gear up get up ginger up give up giving up glam up go up go up in smoke gobble up grow up grown up grub up gum up gummed up gussied up gussy up ham it up hang up hard up hash up haul up head up heap up heat up heated up heave up heft up held up het up high up higher up hike up hit it up hit up hitch up hive up hoke up hold up hole up hook up hook up with hop up hopped up hot up hung up hurry up hush up hype up ice up jack up jazz up jolly up juice up jump up jumping up and down keep up kept up key up keyed up kick up kink up kit up knock up lace up laid up land up lap up laugh it up lay up lead up let up lift up light up lighten up limber up line up lined up link up live it up live up to liven up load up lock up log up look up look up to looking up loosen up louse up made up make make a deal make a face make a federal case make a killing make a motion make a point make a point of make a show of make a stink make advances make allowance for make amends make an example of make an impression make and break make as if make believe make bold make clean make clear make do make ends meet make for make full make fun make fun of make good make grow make happy make haste make hay make headway make it make known make light of make love make merry make money make no bones about make noise make nothing of make off make out make over make pass make peace make plain make possible make pure make relaxed make sense make sure make the grade make the most of make the scene make unnecessary make up one's mind make up to make vibrant sounds make water make way make whoopie mark up mat up matte up measure up measure up to meet up with mess up messed up mix up mixed up mock up mop up mount up mount up to move up muck up mucked up muddy up muffle up mug up muster up offer up open up own up pal up pass up patch up pay up pen up pent up pep up perk up perked up pick up pick up the gauntlet pile up pin up pipe up play up play up to plump up point up polish up pony up pop up pound up prang up pretty up prick up prim up prop up propping up psych up psyched up puff up puffed up pull up pull up short pull up stakes pumped up push up put up put up job put up to put up with queue up rachet up rack up raise up rake up ramp up rev up rig up ring up rip up rise up roll up rope up rough up round up rout up rub up ruck up ruffle up run up runner up sack up save up saved up scale up scare up scoop up scrape up scratch up screw up scrub up scrunch up seal up sell up serve up set up sew up sex up shack up shake up shape up shine up shine up to shoot up shore up shoring up show up shown up shrivel up shut up sidle up sign up silt up sit up size up slack up slice up slick up slicked up slip up slow up slurp up smarten up smash up smell up snap up snarl up snatch up sneak up soak up soaking up soar up sober up soften up sop up soup up speak up speak up for spear up speed up speeded up spice up spiff up spiffed up spirit up spit up split up sponge up spring up spruce up spruced up square up stack up stand up stand up for stand up to start up stay up steam up steamed up step up stick up stick up for stink up stir up stirred up stop up stopped up stored up straighten up strike up string up stuck up suck up suck up to sum up summing up summon up sunny-side up swallow up sweep up swell up swept up swoop up swot up take up take up arms take up with taken up tart up team up tear up tee up tense up think up throw up tidy up tie up tied up tier up tighten up tog up togged up tone up toss up tot up tote up touch up touch up paint trice up trick up trip up true up trump up trumped up tune up turn up turn up the heat turn up the pressure turned up tying up up up and down up country up here up in arms up in the air up on up quark up the stairs up to up to her neck up to his neck up to my neck up to now up to our necks up to their necks up to your neck use up used up using up vamp up vomit up wake up waking up wall up warm up wash up washed up well up whip up whomp up whoop it up wind up wipe up wise up work up worked up wound up wrack up wrap up wrapped up wrapped up in write up wrought up yield up zip up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb make up has 9 senses

• make up(v = verb.stative) be, comprise, constitute, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
Derived forms noun make-up₂, noun makeup₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• make up(v = verb.creation) Array - devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
is one way to design
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• make up(v = verb.possession) compensate, pay, pay off - do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
is one way to settle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP

• make up(v = verb.social) catch up with - make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
is one way to recoup, recover, recuperate
Derived forms noun make-up₁, noun makeup₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• make up(v = verb.creation) cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture - make up something artificial or untrue; Array
is one way to concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• make up(v = verb.change) make - put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
is one way to clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• make up(v = verb.stative) compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up - adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
is one way to balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• make up(v = verb.communication) conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
is one way to agree, concord, concur, hold
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• make up(v = verb.body) Array - apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
is one way to groom, neaten
Derived forms noun make-up₃, noun makeup₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

THESAURUS

make up

accommodate, accomplish, accumulate, ad-lib, adjust, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, arrange, assemble, atone for, balance, batch, beget, blend, breed, brew, bring forth, bring into being, bring to completion, bring to fruition, bring together, build, build up, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, call into being, cast, close, close with, clump, cluster, coin, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, come round, come to terms, come together, compare, compile, complete, compose, compound, comprise, conceive, conclude, concoct, conglomerate, consist of, constitute, construct, contrive, cook up, corral, counterbalance, counterfeit, counterpoise, countervail, create, cumulate, dash off, decoct, design, develop, devise, dig up, discover, do offhand, draw together, dream up, dredge up, drive together, eke out, elaborate, embody, engender, enter into, erect, evolve, extemporize, extrude, fabricate, fake, fantasize, fashion, fill in, fill out, fit, fix, fix up, forge, forgive and forget, form, formulate, frame, fudge, fudge together, fulfill, fuse, gather, gather in, gather together, generate, get, get in, get together, get up, give being to, give rise to, go into, group, hatch, hatch up, hoke up, impose, improvisate, improvise, incorporate, indite, interblend, interfuse, intermix, invent, join, jury-rig, justify, juxtapose, knock off, lash up, lump together, make, make do with, make good, make matters up, manufacture, mass, match, mature, meld, merge, merge in, mingle, mint, mix, mobilize, mold, muster, offset, organize, originate, outweigh, overrun, pair, partner, patch together, pi, pi a form, piece out, piece together, plan, play by ear, prefabricate, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rake up, rally, ready, rear, redeem, refill, replenish, round out, round up, run up, scrap the plan, scrape together, set, set in print, set off, set up, settle, settle with, shake hands, shape, spawn, straighten out, strike off, strike out, structure, synthesize, take up, think out, think up, throw off, throw together, top off, toss off, toss out, trump up, unite in, vamp, vamp up, whip in, whip up, whomp up, wing it, work out, write

ROGET THESAURUS

make up

Completeness

VB be complete, come to a head, render complete, complete, fill, charge, load, replenish, make up, make good, piece out, eke out, supply deficiencies, fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of, saturate, go the whole hog, go the whole length, go all lengths.

Composition

VB be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of, consist of, be resolved into, include, contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody, involve, implicate, drag into, compose, constitute, form, make, make up, fill up, build up, enter into the composition of.

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