built > define

verb

• Make by combining materials and parts.
  • usage: "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
  • synonyms: construct, build, make
• Form or accumulate steadily.
  • usage: "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
  • synonyms: build up, work up, build, progress
• Build or establish something abstract.
  • usage: "build a reputation"
  • synonyms: build, establish
• Improve the cleansing action of.
  • usage: "build detergents"
  • synonyms: build
• Order, supervise, or finance the construction of.
  • usage: "The government is building new schools in this state"
  • synonyms: build
• Give form to, according to a plan.
  • usage: "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
  • synonyms: build
• Be engaged in building.
  • usage: "These architects build in interesting and new styles"
  • synonyms: build
• Found or ground.
  • usage: "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
  • synonyms: build
• Bolster or strengthen.
  • usage: "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
  • synonyms: build up, work up, build, ramp up
• Develop and grow.
  • usage: "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
  • synonyms: build

adjective

• Used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness. (
  • usage: "the built liquid detergents"
  • synonyms: reinforced

• (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
• (imp.&p.p.) of Build.
• (n.) Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.