Definition of builds Builds
/bɪˈldz/ - [bildz] -
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Wiktionary 
- builds (Noun)
Plural of build.
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| build - be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" | ||
| create create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| architecture the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect | ||
| build - improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents" | ||
| ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better make amendments to; "amend the document" | ||
| chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | ||
| build - develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" | ||
| deepen, intensify become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password" | ||
| progress, work up, build up, build develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" | ||
| build - order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state" | ||
| oversee, superintend, supervise, manage watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" | ||
| build - found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation" | ||
| base, found, establish, ground situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" | ||
| build - build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation" | ||
| establish | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| build - give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business" | ||
| develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| build - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" | ||
| construct, make | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| customise, customize make according to requirements; "customize a car" | ||
| revet face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain; "face an embankment" | ||
| dry-wall construct with drywall; "dry-wall the basement of the house" | ||
| lock become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise" | ||
| wattle interlace to form wattle | ||
| frame up, frame make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" | ||
| rebuild, reconstruct build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" | ||
| groin build with groins; "The ceiling was groined" | ||
| cantilever construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings" | ||
| erect, rear, put up, set up, raise stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" | ||
| build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" | ||
| corduroy build (a road) from logs laid side by side | ||
| channelise, channelize cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" | ||
| build - form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" | ||
| build up, work up, progress | ||
| build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" | ||
| develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| build - bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" | ||
| build up, work up, ramp up | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
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Wiktionary
- build (Noun)
The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body. - build (Noun)
Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users. - build (Noun)
A structure, nominally an abbreviation of building see usage notes below. - build (Verb)
To form something by combining materials or parts. - build (Verb)
To develop or give form to something according to a plan or process. - build (Verb)
To increase or strengthen something by adding gradually to. - build (Verb)
To establish a basis for. - build (Verb)
To form by combining materials or parts. - build (Verb)
To develop in magnitude or extent.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- build (v. t.)
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. - build (v. t.)
To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means. - build (v. t.)
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. - build (v. i.)
To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building. - build (v. i.)
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. - build (n.)
Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To form by combining materials or parts. -
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To create something by combining or assembling materials or parts or by changing it. -
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The physical structure of a human body. -
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To build or establish something abstract.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bild, v.t. to erect, as a house or bridge: to form or construct, as a railway, &c.—v.i. to depend (with on, upon):—pa.p. built or build′ed.—n. construction: make.—ns. Build′er, one who builds, or who controls the actual work of building; Build′ing, the art of erecting houses, &c.: anything built: a house.—p.adj. Built, formed or shaped.—Build in, to enclose by building; Build up, to close up by building, as a door: to erect any edifice, as a reputation: to edify spiritually, as the church. [A.S. gebyld, bold, a dwelling, from an assumed byldan, to build.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A vessel's form or construction.
