Hypertext Webster Gateway: "build"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Build \Build\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Built}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Building}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Builded} is
antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr.
bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small
farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel.
b?a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.]
1. 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.
Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven
high towers. --Milton.
2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or
produce by using appropriate means.
Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.
--Shak.
3. 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.
I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.
Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Build \Build\, v. i.
1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of
building.
2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Build \Build\, n.
Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the
build of a ship.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
build
n 1: constitution of the human body [syn: {physique}, {body-build},
{habitus}]
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}]
v 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 steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up
quickly" [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: increase or strengthen gradually; "This investment is
building interest"; "We worked up courage" [syn: {build up},
{work up}]
10: develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the
beginning of the opera"
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