made-up

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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Thesaurus

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

1. painted, powdered, rouged, done up heavily made-up face

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

adjective

1. Consisting or suggestive of fiction:

fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented.

2. Being fictitious and not real, as a name:

assumed, pseudonymous.

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Translations

made-up

[ˈmeɪdˈʌp] ADJ

1. (= wearing make-up) [face] → maquillado; [eyes] → pintado, maquillado
she was heavily made-up → llevaba mucho maquillaje, iba muy pintada

2. (= invented) [story, character] → inventado, ficticio; [word] → inventado

3. (= ready-made) [mixture, solution] → preparado

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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/a

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