Dictionary Definition
build
Noun
2 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" [syn:
human
body, physical
body, material
body, soma, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh]
Verb
1 make by combining materials and parts; "this
little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric
constructed an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: construct, make]
2 form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the
manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the
Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up,
work up,
progress]
3 build or establish something abstract; "build a
reputation" [syn: establish]
4 improve the cleansing action of; "build
detergents"
5 order, supervise, or finance the construction
of; "The government is building new schools in this state"
6 give form to, according to a plan; "build a
modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
7 be engaged in building; "These architects build
in interesting and new styles"
8 found or ground; "build a defense on nothing
but the accused person's reputation"
9 bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage";
"build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" [syn:
build
up, work
up, ramp
up]
10 develop and grow; "Suspense was building right
from the beginning of the opera" [also: built]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /bɪld/
- Rhymes: -ɪld
Homophones
Verb
- to form by combining materials or parts
- to develop or give form to according to a plan or process
- to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to
- to establish a basis for
- to form by combining materials or parts
- to develop in magnitude or extent
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
(transitive) to form by combining materials or
parts
- Arabic: يبني (yabne)
- Czech: stavět
- Danish: bygge
- Dutch: bouwen
- Estonian: ehitama
- Ewe: tu
- Finnish: rakentaa
- French: construire, édifier
- German: bauen
- Hebrew: לבנות
- Ido: konstruktar
- Indonesian: bangun, diri
- Irish: tóg
- Italian: costruire, edificare
- Japanese: 建てる (たてる, tateru), 建設する (けんせつする, kensetsu-suru)
- Korean: 만들다 /mandulda/
- Kurdish:
- Latin: mūniō, munīre, munīvī, munītus
- Polish: budować
- Portuguese: construir
- Romanian: clădi
- Russian: строить
- Scots: build, big
- Spanish: construir, edificar
- Swahili: kujenga
- Swedish: anlägga, bygga, förfärdiga, uppföra, uppresa, upprätta
(transitive) to develop or give form to
according to a plan or process
- Swedish: bygga, forma, skapa
(transitive) to increase or strengthen by adding
gradually to
(transitive) to establish a basis for
(intransitive) to form by combining materials or
parts
(intransitive) to develop in magnitude or extent
- Swedish: byggas upp, hopa sig, stegras, ökas,
Noun
- The physique of an
animal's body; the constitution of an animal's
body with respect to its skeleton and muscles
- Rugby players are of sturdy build.
- any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users
Translations
physique of an animal's body
- Finnish: ruumiinrakenne
- French: Carrure
- German: Bau , Körperbau
- Swedish: byggnad , kroppsbyggnad
computing: any of various versions of a software
product as it is being developed for release to users
- Swedish: build
Extensive Definition
Build may refer to:
- the process of building or construction
- physical body stature, especially muscle size
- Build engine, a first-person shooter engine by 3D Realms
- software build, a compiled version of software, or the process of producing it
See also
build in German: Build
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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, 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, 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