Build
[bɪld]
Definition
(verb.) improve the cleansing action of; 'build detergents'.
(verb.) found or ground; 'build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation'.
(verb.) build or establish something abstract; 'build a reputation'.
(verb.) give form to, according to a plan; 'build a modern nation'; 'build a million-dollar business'.
(verb.) order, supervise, or finance the construction of; 'The government is building new schools in this state'.
(verb.) develop and grow; 'Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera'.
(verb.) be engaged in building; 'These architects build in interesting and new styles'.
Inputed by Avis--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
(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.
(v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
(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.
(n.) Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.
Inputed by Chris
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Construct, erect, raise, fabricate.
v. n. Construct edifices.
Edited by Hamilton
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONSTRUCT]
Checker: Thomas
Definition
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.
Typist: Loretta
Examples
- I suppose it's smarter to use these rocks and build a good blind for this gun than to make a proper emplacement for it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- All these great walls are as exact and shapely as the flimsy things we build of bricks in these days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There I build my confidence. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The propeller was the only part of their airship they had not studied when they began to build. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Am I mad to build the hopes I do on those dear words? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If extended in straight lines, it would build a track of two rails to the moon, and more than a hundred thousand miles beyond it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Naturally, Mr. Hall’s first thought on his return to Chicago was to induce Mr. Duncan to build a larger model, capable of greater speed and greater output. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then came Julius Griffith, in 1821, of Brompton, who patented a steam carriage which was built by Joseph Bramah, one of the ablest mechanics of his time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cleveland was a spacious, modern-built house, situated on a sloping lawn. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In 1813 Puffing Billy was built by Wm. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We entered the playground enclosure, and walked by the schoolroom window to get round to the door, which was situated at the back of the building. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Every king and princelet in Europe was building his own Versailles as much beyond his means as his subjects and credits would permit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-colored sea. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But after the building of the temple and the organization of the priesthood, the prophetic type remains over and outside the formal religious scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Solomon then builds a palace for himself, and a temple not nearly as big for Jehovah. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After the juice has been gathered in this way, the native builds a fire; over it he places a cover shaped like a large bottle with the bottom knocked out of it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Water does not always act as a destructive agent; what it breaks down in one place it builds up in another. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Davidson builds Electric Locomotive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Jacobi builds first Electrically propelled Boat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For it builds up a social interest and confers the intelligence needed to make that interest effective in practice. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Builds First Addressograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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