Built

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Built \Built\ (b[i^]lt), n.
     Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.
     [Obs.] --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Built \Built\, a.
     Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in
     composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as,
     frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
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           Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly
           built.                                   --Landor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  built
       adj 1: (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an
              abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness;
              "the built liquid detergents" [syn: {reinforced}]
       2: formed by fitting or joining components together [syn: {assembled},
           {built(a)}, {made-up}]
       3: well or attractively formed with respect to physique [syn: {built(p)},
           {stacked(p)}, {well-stacked}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  built
       See {build}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "built":
     Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, assembled, becoming, bonny,
     braw, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, cast,
     comely, constructed, crafted, created, curvaceous, curvesome,
     curvilinear, curvy, custom, custom-built, custom-made, extracted,
     fabricated, fair, fashioned, forged, formed, gathered,
     goddess-like, good-looking, goodly, grown, handcrafted, handmade,
     harvested, homemade, homespun, likely, lovely to behold,
     machine-made, machined, made, made to order, man-made,
     manufactured, milled, mined, molded, personable, pleasing,
     pneumatic, prefab, prefabricated, presentable, processed,
     put together, raised, ready-for-wear, ready-formed, ready-made,
     ready-prepared, ready-to-wear, refined, rounded, shaped, shapely,
     sightly, slender, smelted, stacked, statuesque, well-built,
     well-constructed, well-developed, well-favored, well-formed,
     well-made, well-proportioned, well-shaped, well-stacked