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Build Meaning & Definition
Build Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Build?

[n] constitution of the human body
[n] alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
[v] develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
[v] form steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"
[v] increase or strengthen gradually; "This investment is building interest"; "We worked up courage"
[v] improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"
[v] found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
[v] make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
[v] build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
[v] be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"
[v] give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
[v] order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Build: anatomy | bod | body-build | chassis | construct | establish | figure | flesh | form | frame | habitus | human body | make | material body | physical body | physique | physique | shape | soma

Related Terms | Find terms related to Build: add to | aesthetic form | aggrandize | amplify | anatomy | archetype | architectonics | architecture | arrangement | art form | assemble | augment | base | bloat | blow up | bod | body | body-build | boost | broaden | build in | build up | building | bulk | bulk out | cast | combine | compose | composition | compound | concoct | configuration | conformation | consist of | constitute | constitution | construct | construction | create | creation | crescendo | cut | develop | devise | dilate | distend | elaborate | embody | enlarge | enter into | erect | establish | evolve | exalt | expand | extend | extrude | fabric | fabricate | fabrication | fashion | fashioning | fatten | figuration | figure | fill out | fix | forge | forging | form | format | formation | formulate | found | frame | fudge together | genre | get up | getup | go into | ground | habit | heighten | hike | hike up | huff | impression | incorporate | increase | indite | inflate | inner form | install | intensify | invest | jack up | join | jump up | lay the foundation | layout | lengthen | magnify | make | make up | makeup | making | manufacture | matrix | mature | maximize | merge in | mix | modality | mode | model | mold | molding | mount | multiply | organic structure | organism | organization | organize | parlay | patch together | pattern | patterning | person | physique | piece together | pitch | plan | plant | Platonic form | Platonic idea | prefabricate | prepare | produce | production | prototype | puff | puff up | pump | pump up | put in | put together | put up | pyramid | raise | rarefy | rear | rise | run up | seat | set | set up | setup | shape | shaping | significant form | stamp | strengthen | stretch | structure | structuring | style | sufflate | swell | synthesize | tectonics | texture | thicken | throw up | tissue | turn | type | unite in | up | uprear | upsurge | vest | warp and woof | wax | weave | web | whomp up | widen | write

See Also | adult body | ameliorate | amend | base | better | bodily property | body | body type | cantilever | channelise | channelize | corduroy | create | customise | customize | deepen | develop | develop | dumpiness | erect | establish | female body | found | frame up | frames | groin | ground | homo | human | human being | improve | increase | individual | intensify | juvenile body | lankiness | lock | male body | man | manage | meliorate | mortal | organic structure | oversee | person | physical structure | put up | raise | rear | rebuild | reconstruct | set up | somatotype | somebody | someone | soul | squattiness | superintend | supervise | wattle

Build In Webster's Dictionary

\Build\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Built}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Building}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Builded} is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b?a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.] 1. 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. Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton. 2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means. Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. --Shak. 3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution. I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32. Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
\Build\, v. i. 1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building. 2. 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; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.
\Build\, n. Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

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