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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: build

1	v n	make by combining materials and parts constitution of the human body
2	v	form or accumulate steadily
3	v	improve the cleansing action of
4	v	bolster or strengthen

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: build

v make by combining materials and parts

Synonyms:: construct, make

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make according to requirements; revet
construct a revetment; dry-wall
construct with drywall; lock
build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels; wattle
build of or with wattle; frame, frame up
construct by fitting or uniting parts together; rebuild, reconstruct
build again; groin
build with groins; cantilever
construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
construct, build, or erect; corduroy
build (a road) from logs laid side by side; channelise, channelize
make a channel for; provide with a channel

Type of:: create, make
make or cause to be or to become

v order, supervise, or finance the construction of

“The government is building new schools in this state”

Type of:: manage, oversee, superintend, supervise
watch and direct

v build or establish something abstract

“build a reputation”

Synonyms:: establish

Type of:: create, make
make or cause to be or to become

v give form to, according to a plan

“build a modern nation”

“build a million-dollar business”

Type of:: develop
make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

v found or ground

“build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation”

Type of:: base, establish, found, ground
use as a basis for; found on

v be engaged in building

“These architects build in interesting and new styles”

Synonyms: construct, make
make by combining materials and parts

Type of:: create
pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

n constitution of the human body

Synonyms:: body-build, habitus, physique

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a tall and thin physique; dumpiness, squattiness
a short and stout physique; body type, somatotype
a category of physique; asthenic type, ectomorphy
slender, weak, and lightweight; endomorphy, pyknic type
round, fat, and heavy; athletic type, mesomorphy
muscular and big-boned

Type of:: bodily property
an attribute of the body

n alternative names for the body of a human being

Synonyms:: anatomy, bod, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma

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a human body (usually including the clothing); juvenile body
the body of a young person; adult body
the body of an adult human being; male body
the body of a male human being; female body
the body of a female human being; child's body
the body of a human child; adult female body, woman's body
the body of an adult woman; adult male body, man's body
the body of an adult man

Type of:: body, organic structure, physical structure
the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

v form or accumulate steadily

“Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly”

“Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border”

Synonyms:: build up, progress, work up

: build up, ramp up, work up
bolster or strengthen

Type of:: develop
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

v develop and grow

“Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera”

Synonyms: build up, progress, work up
form or accumulate steadily

Type of:: deepen, intensify
become more intense

v improve the cleansing action of

“build detergents”

Type of:: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
to make better

v bolster or strengthen

“build up confidence”

Synonyms:: build up, ramp up, work up

: build up, progress, work up
form or accumulate steadily

Type of:: increase
make bigger or more

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