make up
End a quarrel
Make up covers several related ideas of composition and reconciliation.
Things that make up a whole are its components: Water and cement make up the mixture.
To make up with someone is to reconcile after a quarrel.
To make up a story is to invent it, often with implication of falsehood.
To make something up to someone is to compensate them.
Makeup (one word) is cosmetics, or the composition of something: the makeup of the team.
Underlying support structure
- eyeshadowTinted lid cosmetic
- lipstickCosmetic for coloring lips
- mascaraLash-darkening cosmetic
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
concealer · powder · primer · highlighter · bronzer · contour · eyeliner · lipgloss
Statement acknowledging wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- healingRestoration of health
compromise · peace · harmony · resolution · reunion · olive branch · closure · reparation
Deliberate falsehood
- inventCreate something new
- fictionImagined narrative work
- fableMoral tale with animals
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
hoax · untruth · exaggeration · whopper · tall tale · concoct · improvise · embellish
Include as parts
- constituteForm by combining parts
- composeCreate or arrange
- componentElement of a system
- elementBasic substance or factor
ingredient · proportion · percentage · blend · mixture · formulation · structure · combination
foundation
Underlying support structure
blush · concealer · powder · primer · highlighter · bronzer · contour · eyeliner · lipgloss · palette
apology
Statement acknowledging wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
healing · compromise · peace · harmony · resolution · reunion · olive branch · closure · reparation · mend fences
lie
Deliberate falsehood
falsehood · hoax · untruth · exaggeration · whopper · tall tale · concoct · improvise · embellish · pretend
comprise
Include as parts
- constituteForm by combining parts
- composeCreate or arrange
- componentElement of a system
element · ingredient · proportion · percentage · blend · mixture · formulation · structure · combination · contents
- inventinvent, devise, create, conceive, concoct
- phrasal verbslook at, put down, turn on, turn off, wait for
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, harmony
- social actionsinteract, communicate, connect, socialize, engage
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
make upbreak down
Fail mechanically or emotionally
disperse · break apart · scatter · disassemble · decompose