Lexic.us

Definition of Build

1. Verb. Make by combining materials and parts. "The men build the bookshelves"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

2. Noun. Constitution of the human body.

3. Verb. Form or accumulate steadily. "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

4. Noun. Alternative names for the body of a human being. "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

5. Verb. Build or establish something abstract. "Build a reputation"

6. Verb. Improve the cleansing action of. "Build detergents"

7. Verb. Order, supervise, or finance the construction of. "The government is building new schools in this state"

8. Verb. Give form to, according to a plan. "Build a million-dollar business"

9. Verb. Be engaged in building. "These architects build in interesting and new styles"

10. Verb. Found or ground. "Build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

11. Verb. Bolster or strengthen. "Ramp up security in the airports"

12. Verb. Develop and grow. "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

Definition of Build

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

3. n. Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

Definition of Build

1. Verb. (transitive) to form (something) by combining materials or parts ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) to establish a basis for (something) ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) to form by combining materials or parts ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) to develop in magnitude or extent ¹

7. Noun. The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body. ¹

8. Noun. (computing) any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Build

1. to construct [v BUILT or BUILDED, BUILDING, BUILDS] - See also: construct

Lexicographical Neighbors of Build

bugshas bugwort bugworts buh-bye buhl buhlbuhl buhls buhlwork buhlworks buhr

buhrs buhrstone buhrstones buik buiks build (current term) build-to build-up build-ups build a better mousetrap

build a fire under build castles in the air build in build into build on build on sand build up build upon buildability buildable

Literary usage of Build

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1781)
"P.. .. , с in build <n his -'•'•'*•" the pcrf. n ... an owner of ground, for a liberty for the company to build, and the owner, at the time of the treaty, ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"The original plan was to build a simple, fast, and serviceable pioneer road, to open access to Interior Alaska as quickly as possible. ..."

3. Publications (1848)
"... captivated in material ^ebcu°ud Babel, they could not possibly build God's altar and ^pi""" temple at Jerusalem, until the yoke and bonds of their first ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"I intend to build a house on it," I said. " Oh, yes, indeed," I replied, ... The right method," I said, " is to build a place thoroughly good in its way, ..."

5. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"... wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground, the mouth of Hell: Of brick, and of that fluff they caft to build A city' and tow'r, ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... that the defendant would build the plaintiff, at his own expense, a nice brick house upon his, said defendant's lot of land, situated immediately east ..."

7. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"No, no, S. going to build little house for children. No wood—build with stone ... P. build with those. Put other arch up there. P. build with S. Now take ..."

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