BUILD
\bˈɪld], \bˈɪld], \b_ˈɪ_l_d]\
Definitions of BUILD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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constitution of the human body
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develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
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improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"
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found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
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make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
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give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
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bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
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be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"
By Princeton University
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constitution of the human body
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develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
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increase or strengthen gradually; "This investment is building interest"; "We worked up courage"
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improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"
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found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
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make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
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give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
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To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
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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.
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Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
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To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
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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.
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Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To construct; to erect, as a house; to form by art; to raise on a support or foundation; to establish.
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To construct a building; to depend, or rely; with on or upon.
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Built builded.
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Building.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To erect, as a house: to form or construct.
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To depend (on):-pa.p. built or builded.
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Construction: make.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To frame, construct, or erect, as a house; fabricate; establish; found; strengthen; often with up.
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To follow the business of building; construct.
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To rely; depend; with on or upon.
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The manner or style in which anything is built; form; figure.
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Builder.
By James Champlin Fernald
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