makes up

Makes up covers several distinct ideas.

To make up a story or excuse is to invent it, often falsely: He made up the whole thing.

To make up after a quarrel is to reconcile: They fought but made up by morning.

To make up a bed is to arrange its linens.

To make up one's face is to apply cosmetics.

Something that makes up a whole constitutes or composes it: Women make up half the workforce.

To make up for something is to compensate: She made up for lost time.