to construct (esp. something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials

to build a house.

to establish, increase, or strengthen (often fol. by up )

to build a business; to build up one's hopes.

to mold, form, or create

to build boys into men.

to base; found

a relationship built on trust.

Games .

to make (words) from letters.

to assemble (cards) according to number, suit, etc., as in melding.

to engage in the art, practice, or business of building.

to form or construct a plan, system of thought, etc. (usually fol. by on or upon )

He built on the philosophies of the past.

to increase or develop toward a maximum, as of intensity, tempo, or magnitude (often fol. by up )

The drama builds steadily toward a climax.

the physical structure, esp. of a person; physique; figure

He had a strong build.

the manner or form of construction

The house was of modern build.

Masonry .

a vertical joint.

the vertical dimension of a stone laid on its bed. ?

build in or into, to build or incorporate as part of something else

to build in bookcases between the windows; an allowance for travel expenses built into the budget.

build up,

to develop or increase

to build up a bank account.

to strengthen.

to prepare in stages.

to fill in with houses; develop into an urban area.

to praise or flatter.

noun

mind

verb

demolish , destroy , dismantle , knock down , raze , ruin , take down , overthrow , overturn , decelerate , decrease

noun

body , conformation , constitution , figure , frame , habit , habitus , physique , shapenotes:billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges , while build is to construct , annex , building , composition , development , edifice , fabric , fabrication , folly , foundation , house , landmark , makeup , module , pantheon , pavilion , pile , pueblo , real estate , roof , stature , structure , tenement

verb

assemble , bring about , carpenter , cast , compile , compose , contrive , engineer , erect , evolve , fabricate , fashion , fit together , forge , form , frame , jerry-build , knock together , make , manufacture , model , prefabricate , produce , put together , put up , raise , rear , reconstruct , sculpture , set up , superstruct , synthesize , throw together , throw up *notes:billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges , while build is to construct , base , begin , constitute , establish , formulate , inaugurate , institute , originate , startnotes:billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges , aggrandize , amplify , augment , boost , compound , develop , enlarge , escalate , expand , extend , heighten , improve , intensify , magnify , mount , multiply , strengthen , swell , waxnotes:billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges , construct , mold , shape , configure , pattern , structure , build up , burgeon , grow , proliferate , rise , run up , snowball , soar , upsurge , wax , found , ground , predicate , rest , root , underpin , body , chisel , create , increase , physique , renovate , undertake , up

phrasal verb

incorporate , integrate , develop , aggrandize , amplify , augment , boost , build , burgeon , enlarge , escalate , expand , extend , grow , magnify , mount , multiply , proliferate , rise , run up , snowball , soar , swell , upsurge , wax , ballyhoo , cry , popularize , promote , publicize , talk up , enhance , puff , tout