build
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
games
gaming
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
English build
From Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle. False cognate of German bilden.
Inflected forms:
form: builds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: building
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: built
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: built
pos: verb
tags: past
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
poetic
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
poetic
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: build
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: build
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: built
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
first-person
past
singular
form: build
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: buildest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: built
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: buildedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: builds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buildeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: built
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
singular
third-person
form: build
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: built
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
plural
form: build
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: built
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
subjunctive
form: build
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: building
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: built
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: builded
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: builds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It was a bridge ybuilt in goodly wize, / With curious Corbes and pendants grauen faire, [...]
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
gloss: To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you [...] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
gloss: To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
gloss: To establish a basis for (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To form by combining materials or parts.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To develop in magnitude or extent.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: This code won’t build any more. Have you made any changes?
gloss: The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Rugby players are of sturdy build.
According to the prevailing adolescent criteria Roger was not good looking. He had no build and did not give off very assertive, let alone aggressive vibrations.
One of the most general underwriting factors is the build of the applicant. All the insurers include build as an underwriting factor although only 18 of the 22 submitted the actual build tables. Table 9-1 shows a typical build table, which categorizes according to height, weight, and sex. The table lists average weights for each height, various ranges of weights, and the numerical rating debits or credits at the bottom of each chart column.
gloss: Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
gloss: The process or period of constructing a physical object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: This new Lego set was a very nice build.
gloss: A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest created by the player.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
gloss: A configuration of a character's items or skills created by the player.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: I made a build centered around attack speed.
In fact, thousands of D&D players constantly debate the virtues of various character builds (combinations of race, class, feat, and spell choices) and share their efforts with each other in hundreds of message boards and mailing lists.
Lower levels often mean higher stakes, with characters lacking the inflated health pools and superhuman abilities of endgame builds.
Synonyms: artifice
assemble
betimber
build
compile
edify
extruct
fabricate
fashion
form
knock up
make
manufacture
produce
put together
put up
raise
rear
timber
upbuild
Antonyms: demolish
destroy
ruin
wreck
decrease
dissipate
weaken
disassemble
dismantle
knock down
raze
take apart
tear down
Related words: building
increase
nurture
physique
Derived words: back-build
bookbuild
build a better mousetrap
build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door
buildability
buildable
build a bridge and get over it
build a case
build a fire under
build air castles
build artifact
build bridges
build castles in the air
build character
build down
builddown
builder
build in
build into
build on
build on sand
build out
build the plane while flying it
build-to
build-to-order
build up
build-up
build upon
built different
character-building
checked build
city-building game
cobuild
inbuild
jerry-build
misbuild
newbuild
new-build
outbuild
overbuild
post-build
prebuild
pre-build
pro-build
rebuild
Rome wasn't built in a day
self-build
town-building game
unbuild
underbuild
upbuild
sleeper build
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