build
For the verb: "to build"
| Simple Past: | built |
| Past Participle: | built |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
build/bɪld/
▶verb (past and past part. built)
- 1 construct by putting parts or materials together.
■ (build something in/into) incorporate something as a permanent part of.
- 2 increase in size or intensity over time.
■ (build on) use as a basis for further development.
- 1 the proportions of a person's or animal's body.
- 2 the style or form of construction of something.
– derivatives
builder noun.
builder noun.
'build' also found in these Oxford entries:
accumulate
- anti-static
- bank
- barricade
- bastion
- bit
- bricklayer
- build-up
- built
- caddis
- construct
- dainty
- dam
- destroy
- ectomorph
- edify
- endomorph
- engineer
- fan-tan
- frame
- gracile
- habitus
- hyphen
- lay
- lightweight
- mason
- nest
- overbuild
- profile
- raise
- rebuild
- scrabble
- self-build
- site
- slightly
- slimline
- stone
- structure
- well made

