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Make-up   /meɪk-əp/   Listen
noun
make-up, makeup  n.  
1.
The way in which the parts of anything are put together. "The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up."
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.





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"Make-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... but not so pale as her father, who went so chalk-white that the wrinkles in his skin looked like make-up, ...
— Hidden Gold • Wilder Anthony
... the type-setters sends to the Night Editor that matter enough is in type to begin the "make-up"—that is, to put together the first pages of the paper. There the beautiful type stands, in long troughs, all corrected now, the great numbers of the type-setters removed from between the bits of type—the whole ready ...
— Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls • Anonymous
... and original compilation from the famous Webster's Great Work. Its size and general make-up are such as to render this beautiful little book a "companion for the learned as well as for the unlearned." For ready reference in all matters concerning Spelling, Meanings of Words, Correct Pronounciation, Synonyms, Speeches for all occasions, and Rules of Etiquette, the Vest-Pocket ...
— The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair - Their Observations and Triumphs • Charles McCellan Stevens (AKA 'Quondam')
... at her with his usual sympathetic smile spread over his face like an actor's make-up, but his eyes were very ...
— From One Generation to Another • Henry Seton Merriman
... a man of fine literary taste and many and varied accomplishments. In conversation he was always entertaining, often brilliant. His voice was pleasant, his manners affable. In stature he was short; in movement, quick and nervous. But in the make-up of the man one essential of true greatness—fixedness of purpose—had been omitted. He lacked the staying qualities. He was "variable and fond of change." "His full nature, like that river of which Alexander broke the strength, ...
— Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky - A Sketch • David W. Yandell


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