build

Meanings

Verb

• To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
• To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
• To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
• To establish a basis for (something).
• To form by combining materials or parts.
• To develop in magnitude or extent.
• To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
• To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.

Noun

• The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
• Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
• A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by the player.

Related

Similar words

• construct, erect
• create
• build up, enlarge, increase, strengthen
• base, found, ground

Opposite words

• demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck
• decrease, dissipate, weaken

Origin

• From Middle English bilden, from Old English byldan ("to build, construct"), from Proto-Germanic *buþlijaną ("to build"), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ("to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell"). Related to Old English bold ("abode, house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple"). More at bottle#Etymology_2.