Build

English Meaning

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.

1. To form by combining materials or parts; construct.
2. To order, finance, or supervise the construction of: The administration built several new housing projects.
3. To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create: build a nation; built a successful business out of their corner grocery store.
4. To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to: money building interest in a savings account; build support for a political candidate.
5. To establish a basis for; found or ground: build an argument on fact.
6. To make something by combining materials or parts.
7. To engage in the construction or design of buildings: "Each of the three architects built in a different style” ( Dwight Macdonald).
8. To develop in magnitude or extent: clouds building on the horizon.
9. To progress toward a maximum, as of intensity: suspense building from the opening scene to the climax.
10. The physical makeup of a person or thing; physique: an athletic build.
11. Computer Science Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
12. in To construct or include as an integral part of: a wall with shelving that was built in; build stability into the economy.
13. on To use as a basis or foundation: We must build on our recent success.
14. build up To develop or increase in stages or by degrees: built up the business; building up my endurance for the marathon.
15. build up To accumulate or collect: sediment building up on the ocean floor.
16. build up To bolster: build up the product with a massive ad campaign; built up my hopes after the interview.
17. build up To fill up (an area) with buildings.
18. build on sand To provide with an unstable foundation: Having bought only high-risk stocks, my portfolio was built on sand.