Definitions for build

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Spelling: [bild]

IPA: /bɪld/

Build is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in build (bdilu).

Definitions for build

noun

1. the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
2. the manner or form of construction:
3. Computers. a version of a program after compilation, typically an update to an existing version made before the program is released. the process of producing a software build. a new version or update of data in a database or on a website:
4. Masonry. a vertical joint. the vertical dimension of a stone laid on its bed.

Verb phrases

1. build in/into, to build or incorporate as part of something else:
2. build up, to develop or increase: to strengthen. to prepare in stages. to fill in with houses; develop into an urban area. to praise or flatter.

verb (used with object)

1. to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials:
2. to establish, increase, or strengthen (often followed by up):
3. to mold, form, or create:
4. to base; found:
5. Games. to make (words) from letters. to assemble (cards) according to number, suit, etc., as in melding.

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in the art, practice, or business of building.
2. to form or construct a plan, system of thought, etc. (usually followed by on or upon):
3. to increase or develop toward a maximum, as of intensity, tempo, or magnitude (often followed by up):

Origin of build

before 1150; Middle English bilden, Old English byldan, derivative of bold, variant of botl dwelling, house

Examples for build

The man whom you praise wrested it from me to build this church.

Those are saguaro cactuses…the big ones…birds make holes in them and build their nests inside.

Anything upon which men can build themselves into moral strength?

Regardless, few had been given any reason to believe they could build a life for themselves beyond the streets.

Therefore, we should—you guessed it—develop the Canadian tar sands and build the Keystone pipeline.

“He could build studios and he understood technology,” Jackson told The Daily Beast.

The narrator is suggesting that they build a snowman that looks like a minister.

She's one of the build that aren't so big as they look, nor yet so small as they look.

You pull down, you despoil; but they build up, they restore.

Lines 44 and 45 announce Marduk's determination to build Babylon.