Found 3 items, similar to Built.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: built
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: built
build
v 1: make by combining materials and parts;
“this little pig made
his house out of straw”;
“Some eccentric constructed an
electric brassiere warmer” [syn:
construct,
make]
2: form or accumulate steadily;
“Resistance to the manager's
plan built up quickly”;
“Pressure is building up at the
Indian-Pakistani border” [syn:
build up,
work up,
progress]
3: build or establish something abstract;
“build a reputation”
[syn:
establish]
4: improve the cleansing action of;
“build detergents”
5: order, supervise, or finance the construction of;
“The
government is building new schools in this state”
6: give form to, according to a plan;
“build a modern nation”;
“build a million-dollar business”
7: be engaged in building;
“These architects build in
interesting and new styles”
8: found or ground;
“build a defense on nothing but the accused
person's reputation”
9: bolster or strengthen;
“We worked up courage”;
“build up
confidence”;
“ramp up security in the airports” [syn:
build up
,
work up,
ramp up]
10: develop and grow;
“Suspense was building right from the
beginning of the opera”
[also:
built]
build
n 1: constitution of the human body [syn:
physique,
body-build,
habitus]
2: alternative names for the body of a human being;
“Leonardo
studied the human body”;
“he has a strong physique”;
“the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” [syn:
human body,
physical body,
material body,
soma,
figure,
physique,
anatomy,
shape,
bod,
chassis,
frame,
form,
flesh]
[also:
built]
built
adj 1: (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an
abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness;
“the built liquid detergents” [syn:
reinforced]
2: formed by fitting or joining components together [syn:
assembled,
built(a),
made-up]
3: well or attractively formed with respect to physique [syn:
built(p),
stacked(p),
well-stacked]
built
See
build
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Built
Build
\Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Built (b[i^]lt);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Building. The regular imp. & p. p.
Builded is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to
build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol
small farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of
Icel. b[=u]a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.]
1. 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.
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Nor aught availed him now
To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton.
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2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or
produce by using appropriate means.
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Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.
--Shak.
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3. 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.
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I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.
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Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
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Built
\Built\ (b[i^]lt), n.
Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.
[Obs.] --Dryden.
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Built
\Built\, a.
Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in
composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as,
frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
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Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly
built. --Landor.
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