To form by combining materials or parts; construct.
To order, finance, or supervise the construction of: The administration built several new housing projects.
To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create: build a nation; built a successful business out of their corner grocery store.
To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to: money building interest in a savings account; build support for a political candidate.
To establish a basis for; found or ground: build an argument on fact.
verb, intransitive
To make something by combining materials or parts.
To engage in the construction or design of buildings: “Each of the three architects built in a different style”(Dwight Macdonald).
To develop in magnitude or extent: clouds building on the horizon.
To progress toward a maximum, as of intensity: suspense building from the opening scene to the climax.
noun
The physical makeup of a person or thing; physique: an athletic build.
Computer Science Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
Phrasal Verbs: build in/into To construct or include as an integral part of: a wall with shelving that was built in; build stability into the economy.build on/upon To use as a basis or foundation: We must build on our recent success.build up To develop or increase in stages or by degrees: built up the business; building up my endurance for the marathon. To accumulate or collect: sediment building up on the ocean floor. To bolster: build up the product with a massive ad campaign; built up my hopes after the interview. To fill up (an area) with buildings.