- (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.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.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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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