Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having been paved: Referring to a surface, typically a road, path, or area, that has been covered with a hard, level material like asphalt, concrete, or stones to make it suitable for travel or use.
   • Invented or fabricated: Not real or true; created by the imagination. This meaning is more common in general usage.
   • Wearing cosmetics: Having makeup applied to the face.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Paved):
  • The old dirt track was replaced by a smooth, made-up road.
  • We can skateboard here now that the parking lot is made-up.
• Adjective (Fabricated):
  • He told a made-up story to explain his lateness.
  • The characters in the novel are entirely made-up.
• Adjective (Wearing makeup):
  • The actors were fully made-up for the stage performance.
  • She rarely goes out made-up.

Advanced Usage

• "A made-up word": A word that is invented and not found in standard dictionaries.
  • "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a famous made-up word from a film.
• "To have one's mind made up": To have reached a firm decision. (Note: This is a common idiom using the phrasal verb "make up" in a different form).
  • Her mind is made up; she's quitting her job.

Variants and Related Words

• Make up (phrasal verb): To invent a story, to reconcile after an argument, or to apply cosmetics.
• Makeup/Make-up (noun): Cosmetics applied to the face.
• Made-upness (noun, rare): The quality of being fabricated or invented.

Synonyms

• Paved: Surfaced, asphalted, concreted.
• Fabricated: Invented, fictitious, fictional, false, untrue.
• Cosmetized: Painted (face).

Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb "make")

• Make up for: To compensate for something.
  • He worked extra hours to make up for the lost time.
• Make up to: To try to gain favor with someone, often after a disagreement.
  • He brought her flowers to make up to her.

Related Idioms

• Make it up as you go along: To improvise or proceed without a fixed plan.
  • We don't have a script for the meeting; we'll just have to make it up as we go along.
• Made up of: Composed or formed from various parts. (This is a different usage of the participle).
  • The committee is made up of experts from five different fields.

Adjective

1. having been paved