build

build
    n 1: constitution of the human body [syn: {physique}, {build},
         {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}, {build}, {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}, {build},
         {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},
       {build}, {progress}]
    3: build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
       [syn: {build}, {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}, {build}, {ramp up}]
    10: develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the
        beginning of the opera"
    

Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. t. [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.
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            Nor aught availed him now
            To have built in heaven high towers.  --Milton.
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   2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or
      produce by using appropriate means.
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            Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.
                                                  --Shak.
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   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.
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            I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
            which is able to build you up.        --Acts xx. 32.
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   Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
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Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. i.
   1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of
      building.
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   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.
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Build \Build\, n.
   Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the
   build of a ship; a great build on a man.
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188 Moby Thesaurus words for "build":
      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