1.
[syn: lipstick, lip rouge]
VERB (2)
1. form by tracing with lipstick;
- Example: "The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks"
2. apply lipstick to;
- Example: "She lipsticked her mouth"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
makeup \make"up`\, make-up \make"-up`\(m[=a]k"[u^]p`), n.
1.
1. The way in which the parts of anything are put together.
[1913 Webster]
The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological
in their mental make-up. --L. F. Ward.
[1913 Webster]
2. The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the
new congress was predominantly conservative.
[PJC]
3. Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial
power, or eye shadow.
[PJC]
4. The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.
[PJC]
5. The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in
senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is
dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as,
her makeup was very realistic.
[PJC]
6. An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not
accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up
examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday.
[PJC]
7. (Printing) The appearance of a page of a publication,
specifically the type style of the text and the spatial
arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising
material etc., on the page.
[PJC]
8. (Printing) The art or process of arranging the portions of
a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or
for optimal effect on the reader.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lipstick
n 1: makeup that is used to color the lips [syn: lipstick,
lip rouge]
v 1: form by tracing with lipstick; "The clown had lipsticked
circles on his cheeks"
2: apply lipstick to; "She lipsticked her mouth"