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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
make-up
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
apply make-up/lipstick etc
eye make-up (=make-up that you put on your eyelids or eyelashes)
▪ She never leaves the house without lipstick and eye make-up.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
genetic
▪ The idea of fitness is a subtle one, and depends greatly on genetic make-up rather than morphology.
▪ These have made it possible for scientists to manipulate more precisely the genetic make-up of living organisms.
▪ An individual's degree of extroversion or introversion is inherited, determined by his or her genetic make-up.
▪ Good examples of intractable causal variables are those that relate to genetic make-up.
▪ They each carry a single spider silk gene in their genetic make-up of some 70,000 goat genes.
▪ Researchers are trying to sort out the difference in genetic make-up both in cancers and in normal tissue.
▪ The potential to develop normal rhythms is present in us all and is part of our genetic make-up.
▪ Horticulturalists have been modifying the genetic make-up of plants for years, in the hope of creating bigger and better crops.
heavy
▪ She was sitting at her dressing-table putting on some heavy make-up.
▪ One was the woman, younger, but still with her Grecian hair and heavy make-up.
▪ The bracelet had gone from her ankle, the heavy make-up from her eyes.
▪ Suitable for all skin types except very dry, it should be used morning and night to remove heavy make-up before cleansing.
physical
▪ It is a result of the physical make-up of present access devices.
▪ The image has an integrity that is part of its physical make-up.
psychological
▪ In this way, he gained a lot of insight into the psychological make-up of different sheep in his flock.
■ NOUN
artist
▪ After all, she is chief make-up artist here.
▪ You provide the potential, they provide a professional make-up artist, stylist and photographer.
▪ Clever use of make-up can greatly enhance your appearance and leading make-up artist Teresa Fairminer will give you expert advice.
eye
▪ Ornate dresses and coy looks c. 1900 Jane had to master the eye make-up of the day.
▪ The standard rule-of-thumb for eye make-up in the age of ruby lips is: Less is more.
▪ In any case, take off eye make-up gently with a cotton ball, stroking up and out.
▪ Her eye make-up had been too generously applied and was smeared.
▪ The hair and eye make-up are particularly flattering.
▪ Look at that black eye make-up and the suspenders.
▪ Before going to sleep always remove all traces of mascara with a good eye make-up remover lotion.
▪ Her face was a white powder mask with black eye make-up and black lip gloss.
room
▪ She found the make-up room and went in, a faint smile playing about her lips as she looked round.
▪ Then let's go back to the make-up room.
▪ In the make-up room she collapsed into a chair, dropping her head into her hands and groaning heavily.
▪ But the pale complexion will be masked in the make-up room.
■ VERB
apply
▪ She had applied more make-up than usual but with her habitual restraint.
▪ She paused in applying her make-up and stared reflectively at the mirror.
▪ Brushing out her hair and applying some make-up, something she hadn't done for ages, she put on her mac.
▪ How long does it take you to apply your own make-up?
look
▪ She learned the arts of dress and make-up by looking at the clients of the House.
▪ She had no make-up on and looked tired, but her eyes were still startling in their beauty.
▪ The women's hats and bright make-up made them look like exotic birds.
▪ Everything you need to create great make-up looks from dawn to dusk.
▪ Her face was innocent of make-up and she looked like a leggy fifteen-year-old.
put
▪ When Shahid has dressed and put on make-up ready for business, he uses the name Sharda.
▪ She was sitting at her dressing-table putting on some heavy make-up.
▪ She'd be tucked beneath the blanket and the heavy coat and watching Gloria put on her make-up before she went out.
▪ The shower was wonderfully soothing and afterwards she spent a long time drying her hair and putting on her make-up.
▪ Moving like an automaton, she went through all the motions of washing, dressing and putting on make-up.
▪ When he was about 3 years old, he put on make-up for the first time.
▪ She donned her white dress, the wig of blonde ringlets, and began to put on her make-up.
▪ They put too much make-up on me, so I've decided to do it myself.
use
▪ He was too conventional to use make-up but had no objection to skin-care products, eyelash or hair dye.
▪ She used little make-up, but the little was important.
▪ She had used make-up skilfully to mask her bruise, and with the subdued stage light it was scarcely visible.
wear
▪ My only surprise is they weren't wearing full panstick make-up for the photographers and camera crews assembled outside.
▪ Lucy never wore slacks or make-up, except when he permitted it in order to cover a bruise.
▪ I have to wear make-up on stage or on photo shoots.
▪ Her skin was clear, pinkish; she wore no make-up.
▪ All the women I know who have worn make-up all their lives have good skins.
▪ My hair was pulled back in a bun and I wore neither make-up nor jewelry.
▪ She was wearing neither jewellery nor make-up.
▪ I don't wear any make-up, just a little tinted moisturiser to make my pale skin look a bit warmer.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
do your/sb's hair/nails/make-up etc
▪ I paint her face and do her hair.
▪ I said, I did, I was approached about who does your hair?
▪ It's to do with the hair.
▪ Now, do you want me to do your make-up, or not?
▪ One test of our response to the change made by age is what we decide to do about grey hair.
▪ She said that the day of the wedding, she should do my hair first.
▪ The working class adolescent of the 60s had quite a job deciding what to do with his hair.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Her constant attempts to justify her actions tell the reader a lot about her emotional make-up.
▪ It's not in their make-up to accept defeat.
▪ This behaviour is part of our genetic make-up rather than our cultural conditioning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ According to our make-up so will be our reaction.
▪ He noticed the artful make-up, the elegant hair style.
▪ If you do use them, make sure that your lashes are free of all traces of make-up.
▪ In this way, he gained a lot of insight into the psychological make-up of different sheep in his flock.
▪ Neil Kinnock's clothes, make-up, speeches, audiences, responses and, of course, policies were all decided for him.
▪ The sinewy neck and its prominent adam's apple, the all-too-heavy make-up, the pronounced muscles on the legs and arms.
▪ They would always be busy putting on their make-up and brushing their hair.
▪ With regard to his mental make-up, his disposition is basically friendly and peaceful; he is faithful, obedient and willing to work.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.

    The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up.
    --L. F. Ward.

  2. The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative.

  3. Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power, or eye shadow.

  4. The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.

  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.

  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.

  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.

  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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
make-up

also makeup, "manner in which something is put together," 1821, from make (v.) + up. Cosmetics sense is from 1886; verbal phrase make up "to apply cosmetics" is from 1808.

Wiktionary
make-up

a. 1 made-up, false, imaginary, fabricated. 2 (context informal English) Of or relating to a reconciliation. n. (alternative spelling of makeup English) See makeup#Usage notes there.

WordNet
make-up

n. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance [syn: makeup, war paint]

Wikipedia
Make-Up (Japanese band)

MAKE-UP was a hard rock and heavy metal Japanese band formed in 1983. The band became very famous in Japan for their work on the theme songs for the anime Saint Seiya. The band also recorded three albums with songs inspired by the same anime: Saint Seiya Hits I, Saint Seiya Hits II and Saint Seiya 1996 Song Collection.

Make-up (disambiguation)

Make-up or makeup may refer to:

  • Cosmetics, for use in face-to-face interactions
  • Theatrical makeup, for performers
  • Prosthetic makeup
  • The Make-Up, a Washington DC area band
  • Make-Up (Japanese band), a Japanese band
  • Make Up (album), an album by Flower Travellin' Band
  • Make Up (EP), an EP by Hyomin
  • Make Up (book), a John Smith book
  • Make-Up (1937 film), a 1937 British film
  • Make-Up (2014 film), a 2014 Korean film
  • Renewing or restoring an interpersonal or intimate relationship
  • Make Up (record label), see RecRec Music
  • "Make Up", a song from Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer
Make-Up (1937 film)

Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studios.

Usage examples of "make-up".

Now she stood at the head of the stairs, bleary eyed, make-up smeared, hair hanging straggly and uncombed, not looking at all her usual self.

For the chief of staff, the great and famous surgeon, the veritable emperor of that small, intensely circumscribed and terribly important world, Dr Brule Hatterick, had frowned on make-up on the faces of his nurses.

Little Ivan it was, anxiously searching the back-alley bars, who found Buffo still on his feet, though wavering, and led him back to Clown Alley, there to settle him on an upturned stool before a rectangle of cracked mirrors, where Buffo flailed about, wriggled, moaned and struggled to prevent Grik and Grok repairing the ravages his debauch had made upon his make-up.

I drove while Cece reapplied her China Rouge lipstick and freshened her make-up.

A couple of brawny supers carried Mama on stage in Act Four, wrapped in a shroud, tipped her into the cellarage amidst displays of grief from all concerned but up she would pop at curtain-call having shaken the dust off her graveclothes and touched up her eye make-up, to curtsy with the rest of the resurrected immortals, all of whom, even Prince Hamlet himself, turned out, in the end, to be just as un-dead as she.

Soft dabbers applied make-up, plastic fingers set the hair, perfumed sprays solidified the set with chemicals.

She wore a velvet gown of midnight blue and just the right amount of make-up to highlight her eyes, and she already knew from the way the young king had stared at her that he was attracted to her.

Their gig at the Astoria was one of three make-up gigs for the London area.

He was wearing orangey panstick make-up to make himself look healthier on color TV, and his white hair was combed into a flowing mane.

Twice now, after Justin was sleeping, she had armed herself with a copy of the script, put on a crisp, tailored robe and just enough make-up, and tapped at the door of the Empire room.

Huddled in the rear seat of the autorickshaws with Deepti, I wore a smog mask and goggles to protect my delicate eye make-up.

Due to its intermediate social position and heterogeneous make-up, the middle class is incapable of playing an independent political role: it is forced to either support the bourgeoisie or the proletariat.

Although his eyes are an impure blue, while mine are the colour generally described as hazel, the difference is not noticeable, and again we can use theatrical make-up to misdirect attention.

She ran upstairs to get her mother, and once she was sure that a protesting Margaret Meadows was safely installed in the bathroom in order to apply her obligatory layers of make-up, Karen ran downstairs again to make DS Malone and DC Parkin tea while they waited.

He went to the reception line while she went through it and then to restyle her hair and fix her make-up.