1. To apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier.
2. To devise or compose
3. To make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; SYN. catch up with.
be · catch up with · compensate · comprise · conciliate · constitute · cook up · correct · counterbalance · even off · even out · even up · fabricate · invent · make · manufacture · patch up · pay · pay back · pay off · reconcile · represent · settle