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Adjective built has 3 senses
- built, reinforced - (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents"
Antonym: unimproved (indirect, via improved)
- assembled, built, made-up - formed by fitting or joining components together
Antonym: distributive (indirect, via collective)
- built, stacked, well-stacked - well or attractively formed with respect to physique
Antonym: unshapely (indirect, via shapely)
Verb build has 10 senses
- construct, build, make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
--1 is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
The men build the bookshelves
- build up, work up, build, progress - form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
--2 is one way to develop
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- build, establish - build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
--3 is one way to make, create
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- build - improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"
--4 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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- build - order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state"
--5 is one way to oversee, supervise, superintend, manage
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- build - give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
--6 is one way to develop
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- build - be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"
--7 is one way to create
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- build - found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
--8 is one way to establish, base, ground, found
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- build up, work up, build, ramp up - bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
--9 is one way to increase
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- build - develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
--10 is one way to intensify, deepen
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