Build

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  • intransitive verb. To form by combining materials or parts; construct.
  • intransitive verb. To order, finance, or supervise the construction of.
  • intransitive verb. To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create.
  • intransitive verb. To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to.
  • intransitive verb. To establish a basis for; found or ground.
  • intransitive verb. To make something by combining materials or parts.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in the construction or design of buildings.
  • intransitive verb. To develop in magnitude or extent.
  • intransitive verb. To progress toward a maximum, as of intensity.
  • noun. The physical makeup of a person or thing, especially one's physique.
  • noun. Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
  • phrasal verb. To reduce or diminish, especially in a systematic numerical fashion.
  • phrasal verb. To construct or include as an integral part of.
  • phrasal verb. To use as a basis or foundation.
  • phrasal verb. To develop all the land available in (an area, such as a municipality).
  • phrasal verb. To develop or increase in stages or by degrees.
  • phrasal verb. To accumulate or collect.
  • phrasal verb. To bolster.
  • phrasal verb. To fill up (an area) with buildings.
  • idiom. (build on sand) To provide with an unstable foundation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Manner of construction; make; form: as, the build of a ship.
  • To frame or construct, as an edifice; form by uniting materials into a regular structure; erect.
  • Figuratively— To form by art in any way; construct.
  • To raise as on a support or foundation; rear.
  • To establish, increase, and strengthen: generally with up: as, to build up a fine business; to build up a character.
  • To exercise the art or practise the business of building; construct.
  • Figuratively, to rear, erect, or construct anything, as a plan or a system of thought.
  • To rest or depend, as on a foundation; base; rely: with on or upon.
  • In casino, to combine certain cards so that their total pip-value equals that of a single card in the player's hand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
  • intransitive verb. To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely.
  • transitive verb. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.
  • transitive verb. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
  • transitive verb. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up.
  • noun. Form or mode of construction; general figure; make.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to form (something) by combining materials or parts
  • verb. to develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process
  • verb. to increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to
  • verb. to establish a basis for (something)
  • verb. to form by combining materials or parts
  • verb. to develop in magnitude or extent
  • noun. The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
  • noun. any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users
  • noun. a structure, nominally an abbreviation of building (see usage notes below).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. order, supervise, or finance the construction of
  • noun. constitution of the human body
  • verb. give form to, according to a plan
  • verb. develop and grow
  • verb. improve the cleansing action of
  • verb. found or ground
  • Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    demolish  destroy  
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ameliorate  amend  base  better  create  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bild  billed  childe  chilled  distilled  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    built  
    verb-form
    builded  building  builds  built