From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Built} (b[i^]lt); 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[=u]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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Built \Built\ (b[i^]lt), noun Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Built \Built\, adjective Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly built. --Landor.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}]
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}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents" [syn: {reinforced}]
2: formed by fitting or joining components together [syn: {assembled}, {built(a)}, {made-up}]
3: well or attractively formed with respect to physique [syn: {built(p)}, {stacked(p)}, {well-stacked}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "built": Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, assembled, becoming, bonny, braw, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, cast, comely, constructed, crafted, created, curvaceous, curvesome, curvilinear, curvy, custom, custom-built, custom-made, extracted, fabricated, fair, fashioned, forged, formed, gathered, goddess-like, good-looking, goodly, grown, handcrafted, handmade, harvested, homemade, homespun, likely, lovely to behold, machine-made, machined, made, made to order, man-made, manufactured, milled, mined, molded, personable, pleasing, pneumatic, prefab, prefabricated, presentable, processed, put together, raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made, ready-prepared, ready-to-wear, refined, rounded, shaped, shapely, sightly, slender, smelted, stacked, statuesque, well-built, well-constructed, well-developed, well-favored, well-formed, well-made, well-proportioned, well-shaped, well-stacked
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