[
US
/ˈmeɪˌkəp/
]
NOUN
- cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
- the way in which someone or something is composed
-
an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
he missed the test and had to take a makeup
the two teams played a makeup one week later
How To Use make-up In A Sentence
- To touch up make-up to get rid of shine, gently press a dry tissue to your skin to absorb excess grease, or use grease-absorbing make-up tissues.
- It acknowledges that some students may be experiencing difficulty, so we should be sensitive to their needs - such as allowing make-ups.
- Also, it paints a very good picture of the make-up of our wintering bird population.
- A man's personality and mental make-up do have a bearing upon his conduct.
- The batwing sleeves and column shape flattered, but her messy hair and heavy make-up could have been more refined. The Sun
- One of the quickest and most effective ways to give glitz to your looks is to add blusher to your make-up routine.
- Normally she wore little make-up.
- The new report has the laudable aim of changing the make-up of the judiciary. Times, Sunday Times
- The invention also relates to a cosmetic care or make-up process for a keratinous material.
- She had used make-up skilfully to mask her bruise, and with the subdued stage light it was scarcely visible.