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What does made-up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word made-up? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
  2. invented or fabricated
  3. changed by the application of cosmetics
  4. arranged or put together
  5. (Britain, regional) delighted, pleased, thrilled
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Even made-up brand names need to look like words and need to be pronounceable, so this is particularly accurate.
Nicola recognized, with the way Michael was gesturing, that it was one of his hilarious, usually made-up stories.
The race will stick to made-up roads and MAFF has given permission for it to go ahead despite the foot and mouth crisis.
I remember a time as a child when my sister and I shared an imaginary world of made-up creatures.
According to this overly made-up woman, the least bit of makeup on us made us harlots.
Unlike the rest of us, who looked very overly made-up in our stage makeup, she looked natural.

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