build up (English, verb)
expansion: build up (third-person singular simple present builds up, present participle building up, simple past and past participle built up)
Senses:
glosses: To erect; to construct.
glosses: To close up by building.
glosses: To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
transitive
glosses: To strengthen.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
topics: card-games
games
glosses: In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
Forms:
form: builds up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: building up
tags: participle
present
form: built up
tags: participle
past
form: built up
tags: past