Synonyms: make up
Definition: apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
Usage: She makes herself up every morning
Definition: care for one's external appearance
Usage: He is always well-groomed
Definition: put in order or neaten
Usage: make the bed; make up a room
Similar words: neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up, clean up
Definition: put (things or places) in order
Usage: Tidy up your room!
Synonyms: reconcile, settle, patch up, conciliate, make up
Definition: come to terms
Usage: After some discussion we finally made up
Similar words: concord, concur, agree, hold
Definition: be in accord; be in agreement
Usage: We agreed on the terms of the settlement; I can't agree with you!; I hold with those who say life is sacred; Both philosophers concord on this point
Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture
Definition: make up something artificial or untrue
Similar words: concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up
Definition: devise or invent
Usage: He thought up a plan to get rich quickly; no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Synonyms: make up
Definition: devise or compose
Usage: This designer makes up our Spring collections
Similar words: design
Definition: create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
Usage: Chanel designed the famous suit
Synonyms: pay, pay off, make up, compensate
Definition: do or give something to somebody in return
Usage: Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Similar words: settle
Definition: dispose of; make a financial settlement
Synonyms: catch up with, make up
Definition: make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
Usage: I have to make up a French exam; Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?
Similar words: recoup, recover, recuperate
Definition: regain or make up for
Usage: recuperate one's losses
Synonyms: make up, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, compensate
Definition: adjust for
Usage: engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Similar words: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
Definition: bring into balance or equilibrium
Usage: She has to balance work and her domestic duties; balance the two weights