Definition of: build

(bild) v. built (Archaic build·ed), build·ing v.t.
1. To construct, erect, or make by assembling separate parts or materials.
2. To establish and increase: to build a business.
3. To found; make a basis for: We build our hopes on peace.
4. In cards, to form sequences or combinations of cards, as by suit or number.
—v.i.
5. To be in the business of building.
6. To base or form an idea, theory, etc.: with on or upon.
—to build up
1. To renew; strengthen, as health or physique.
2. To fill, as an area, with houses. See synonyms under CONSTRUCT.
—noun
1. The manner or style in which anything is built; form; figure.
2. A cumulative increase in power and effectiveness, as of a dramatic performance as the climax is approached. [OE byldan <bold house]