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build - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 Computers Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
- idiom (build on sand) To provide with an unstable foundation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In casino, to combine certain cards so that their total pip-value equals that of a single card in the player's hand.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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 . - 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.
- noun Form or mode of construction; general figure; make.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to form (something) by combining materials or parts
- verb transitive to develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process
- verb transitive to increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to
- verb transitive to establish a basis for (something)
- verb intransitive to form by combining materials or parts
- verb intransitive to develop in magnitude or extent
- noun The
physique of a human body;constitution orstructure of a human body. - noun computing any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users
- noun Internet slang a
structure , nominally an abbreviation ofbuilding (see usage notes below).
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English bilden, from Old English byldan; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English bilden, from Old English byldan ("to build, construct"), from Proto-Germanic *buldijanan, *budlijanan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *budlan, *buþlan, *bōdlan, *bōþlan (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English bold ("abode, house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple"). More at bottle.
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Examples
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The Life Force of the body, acting always under the direction of the subconscious mind, _will build, and always does build_, healthily and normally, unless too much interfered with.
The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit Ralph Waldo Trine 1912
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During the build process, buildroot will download all sources to the "dl" directory and will start patching and compiling them in the "build_
OpenWrt : News 2009
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The term build-to-flip was coined by Jim Collins, the co-author of Build to Last.
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They had triangular faces, fox-like, and the hard thin build of angry people.
THE ORCHID marci stillerman 2010
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The system of corruption that Jack Abramoff helped to build is as strong today as it ever was.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » $3.47 billion spent. Did you get a pony? 2010
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He did nothing to build is own image by such disrespectful behavior.
Franken takes on Lieberman as tensions builds in Senate 2009
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The cost to build is the same, yet residential space fetches over $300 per sq.ft. while commercial frequently gets less than $150 per sq.ft.
» OMB says no to big box in Leslieville • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape 2009
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My older cousin build a ground blind out of some tree branches so me and my brother could go bow hunting.
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If something we want to build is going to be fun to play, it has to be enjoyable right from the most basic gameplay elements.
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On the other hand, some companies are interested in "build-to-suit" properties, or buildings custom-made for one large tenant, he says.
Construction in New York? Skip It. A.D. Pruitt 2010
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Words with the same meaning
- Platonic form
- Platonic idea
- 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
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- create
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- crescendo
- cut
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- dilate
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- enter into
- erect
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- exalt
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- extrude
- fabric
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- fashion
- fashioning
- fatten
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- fill out
- fix
- forge
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- form
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- formation
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- 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
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- person
- physique
- piece together
- pitch
- plan
- plant
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- prepare
- produce
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- puff
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- pump
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- put in
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- seat
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- shape
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- significant form
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- vest
- warp and woof
- wax
- weave
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- whomp up
- widen
- write
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