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built

adjective

1 built

used of soaps or cleaning agents Having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness:
— The built liquid detergents.

synonym: reinforced.


Moby thesaurus: Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, assembled, becoming, bonny, braw, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, cast, comely, constructed, crafted, created, curvaceous, curvesome, curvilinear, curvy ... show more.

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build

noun

1 build

Constitution of the human body.

synonyms: body-build, habitus, physique.

Dutch: bouw, figuur, gestalte, lichaamsbouw, lijn, postuur, statuur
Polish: figura, budowa ciała, kształty, postać, sylwetka, postura, linia, sylweta

2 build

Alternative names for the body of a human being.

synonyms: anatomy, bod, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body ... show more.

Roget 240: form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; ... show more

Dutch: personage, vorm, afbeelding, cijfer, menselijk lichaam, vlees
Polish: soma

verb

1 build

Make by combining materials and parts.

synonyms: construct, make.

Roget 161: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, ... show more

Roget 240: form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, ... show more

Dutch: bouwen, timmeren

2 build

Form or accumulate steadily:
— Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border.

synonyms: build up, progress, work up.

Dutch: doorzetten, verhevigen

3 build

Build or establish something abstract:
— Build a reputation.

synonym: establish.

4 build

Improve the cleansing action of.

5 build

Order, supervise, or finance the construction of.

6 build

Give form to, according to a plan.

7 build

Be engaged in building.

8 build

Found or ground.

9 build

Bolster or strengthen:
— Build up confidence.

synonyms: build up, ramp up, work up.

10 build

Develop and grow.


Moby thesaurus: Platonic form, Platonic idea, add to, aesthetic form, aggrandize, amplify, anatomy, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, art form, assemble, augment, base, bloat, blow up, bod, body, body-build ... show more.

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