Build /(bĭld)/

imp. & p. p. Built; p. pr. & vb. n. Building; imp. & p. p. Builded

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.

   Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers.

2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.

   Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.

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.

   I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up.

1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
2. To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

1. Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship; a great build on a man.