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Verb handbuild has 1 sense
  1. handbuild, hand-build, coil - make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
    --1 is one way to shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something

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Term: Handbuild

Definition: (verb) To construct or create something using only one's hands, without the aid of machines or tools.

Sense 1: (verb) To manually craft or assemble an object without the use of technology.

Example sentence 1: She decided to handbuild a wooden birdhouse for her backyard instead of buying one from the store.

Example sentence 2: The potter carefully handbuilt each ceramic vase, giving them a unique and organic shape.

Sense 2: (verb) To manually form or shape something, such as clay or dough, using one's hands.

Example sentence 1: The children enjoyed handbuilding various figures out of clay during their art class.

Example sentence 2: He skillfully handbuilt the dough to create perfectly shaped bread rolls.

Sense 3: (adjective) Insufficiently or poorly built manually.

Example sentence 1: The handbuilt bookshelf started to wobble due to its shoddy construction.

Example sentence 2: The handbuilt toy car fell apart easily as it was not properly assembled.

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