Meaning of made-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Invented or fabricated.
2. Changed by the application of cosmetics; wearing make-up.
3. Arranged or put together.
4. Delighted, pleased, thrilled.
   UK, regional
5. Built up (to a higher level).

Equivalents

Examples

“He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.”

“a freshly made-up clown”

“A man at the complex said he had seen the often heavily made-up girls coming and going in luxury vehicles.”

“The newly made-up front page had to be changed as the last-minute news arrived.”

“I was made-up when the local team won.”

“All three structures were sited on made-up ground, to depths up to about 20 ft., which had been deposited to form the railway embankments.”

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