· 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"

Synonym(s): constitute, represent, comprise, be

· devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"

Hypernym(s): design

· do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

Synonym(s): pay, pay_off, compensate

Hypernym(s): settle

· 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?"

Synonym(s): catch_up_with

Hypernym(s): recover, recoup, recuperate

· make up something artificial or untrue

Synonym(s): fabricate, manufacture, cook_up, invent

Hypernym(s): think_up, think_of, dream_up, hatch, concoct

· put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"

Synonym(s): make

Hypernym(s): tidy, tidy_up, clean_up, neaten, straighten, straighten_out, square_away

· adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

Synonym(s): compensate, counterbalance, correct, even_out, even_off, even_up

Hypernym(s): balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

· come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"

Synonym(s): reconcile, patch_up, conciliate, settle

Hypernym(s): agree, hold, concur, concord

· apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"

Hypernym(s): groom, neaten