1. Make by combining materials and parts
   "Some eccentric built an electric brassiere warmer";
   - construct, make
    
2. Order, supervise, or finance the construction of
   "The government is building new schools in this state"
    
3. 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
    
4. Build or create something abstract
   "build a reputation";
   - establish
    
5. Give form to, according to a plan
   "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
    
6. Develop and grow
   "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
    
7. Bolster or strengthen
   "build up confidence";
   - build up, work up, ramp up
    
8. (architecture) be engaged in building
   "These architects build in interesting and new styles"
    
9. Found or ground
   "build a defence on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
    
10. (computing) compile, assemble, or create a functional version of a digital product such as software, website, or application
    "The team will build the new website using a static site generator"
     
11. (chemistry) improve the cleansing action of
    "build detergents"

1. The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
   "artists must study the build of the human body";
   - structure
    
2. The particular type of human body (size, weight, height, etc.)
   "His muscular body-build was ideal for the sport";
   - physique, body-build, habitus
    
3. The physical body of a human being
   "His muscular build was impressive";
   - human body, physical body, material body, soma, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod [informal], chassis [informal], frame, form
    
4. (computing) a particular distinct version of a software product, generated by compiling a specific version of the source code
   "The developers released a new build of the app with bug fixes"

Sounds like: billed

Derived forms: built, builds, building

Type of: ameliorate, amend, base, better, bodily property, body, composition, constitution, create, deepen, develop, establish, found, ground, improve, increase, intensify, make, makeup, make-up, manage, meliorate, mend, organic structure, oversee, physical composition, superintend, supervise

Part of: homo, human, human being, individual, man, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Encyclopedia: Build, Operate and Transfer