Make Up ˈmeɪk ʌp Put Person Faces Actors Combine

• eye make-up
• to put on your make-up
• she never wears make-up.
• a make-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models)

make-up

1. substances used especially by women to make their faces look more attractive, or used by actors to change their appearance
• eye make-up
• to put on your make-up
• She never wears make-up.
• a make-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models)
2. the different qualities that combine to form somebody’s character or being
• Jealousy is not part of his make-up.
• The final act exposes the fatal flaws in his make-up.
• a person’s genetic make-up
• The report studies the psychological make-up of a serial killer.
3. the different things, people, etc. that combine to form something; the way in which they combine
• the make-up of a TV audience
• the page make-up of a text (= the way in which the words and pictures are arranged on a page)
4. a special exam taken by students who missed or failed an earlier one

Extra Examples

• He was given an Oscar for his make-up work on the film.
• I never wear make-up.
• She was checking her make-up in the mirror.
• You don’t wear full make-up to go swimming.
• a tearful girl with make-up running down her face
• the make-up effects for the film
• the unique make-up of each person
• Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the England team’s make-up.
• The final act reveals the flaws in his make-up.
• the genetic make-up of plants and animals