make up in WordNet English dictionary

1. form or compose
   "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
   constitute  represent  make up  comprise  be 
   
2. make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
   "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
   make up  catch up with 
   
3. do or give something to somebody in return
   "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
   pay  pay off  make up  compensate 
   
4. adjust for
   "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
   compensate  counterbalance  correct  make up  even out  even off  even up 
   
5. come to terms
   "After some discussion we finally made up"
   reconcile  patch up  make up  conciliate  settle 
   
6. make up something artificial or untrue
   fabricate  manufacture  cook up  make up  invent 
   
7. put in order or neaten
   "make the bed"; "make up a room"
   make  make up 
   
8. apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
   "She makes herself up every morning"
   make up 
   
9. devise or compose
   "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
   make up 
   

make up in English Wiktionary