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made-up
(mād′ŭp′)adj.
1. Having been fabricated; invented: a made-up story.
2. Changed or adorned by the application of cosmetics or makeup: a made-up actor.
3.
a. Complete; finished: a made-up package.
b. Put together; arranged: a made-up page of type.
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made-up
adj
1. invented; fictional: a made-up story.
2. wearing make-up: a well made-up woman.
3. put together; assembled
4. (Civil Engineering) (of a road) surfaced with asphalt, concrete, etc
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made′-up′
adj.
1. falsely fabricated; concocted: a made-up story.
2. wearing facial makeup.
3. put together; finished.
[1600–10]
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Adj. | 1. | made-up - having been paved Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom paved - covered with a firm surface |
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made-up
adjective
2. false, invented, imaginary, fictional, untrue, mythical, unreal, fabricated, make-believe, trumped-up, specious It looks like a made-up word to me.
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made-up
adjective1. Consisting or suggestive of fiction:
2. Being fictitious and not real, as a name:
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made-up
[ˈmeɪdˈʌp] ADJ1. (= wearing make-up) [face] → maquillado; [eyes] → pintado, maquillado
she was heavily made-up → llevaba mucho maquillaje, iba muy pintada
she was heavily made-up → llevaba mucho maquillaje, iba muy pintada
3. (= ready-made) [mixture, solution] → preparado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
made-up
adj
(= invented) story, name, word, character → erfunden
(= wearing make-up) face → geschminkt; she was over made-up or too heavily made-up → sie hatte zu viel Make-up aufgelegt, sie war zu stark geschminkt
(= ready-made) → vorgefertigt; curtains → fertig genäht; made-up meat products → fertige Fleischprodukte
(= surfaced) road → asphaltiert
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made-up
[ˌmeɪdˈʌp] adj (story) → inventato/a; (face, person, eyes) → truccato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995