Definitions from Wiktionary (make up)

▸ verb:  To constitute, to compose.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole.
▸ verb:  To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To compensate (for).
▸ verb:  To invent, to imagine, to concoct
▸ verb:  To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
▸ verb:  To assemble, to prepare.
▸ verb:  To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
▸ verb:  To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
▸ verb:  To apply cosmetics.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
▸ verb:  To make peace, to settle a dispute.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
▸ verb:  To arrange, to advance.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To arrange (a marriage); to organise (a treaty).
▸ verb:  To draw near to, approach to.
▸ verb:  To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
▸ verb:  To build, to complete.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To build, construct (a tower, city, etc.).
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To build up (a bank, wall, etc.) where it has fallen away; to repair.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of makeup [(countable, uncountable) An item's composition.]

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