English Explanatory Dictionary

build up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To erect; to construct.
  2. To close up by building.
  3. To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
  4. To strengthen.
  5. In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
noun
  1. Misspelling of buildup.

Pronunciation

en-au-build up.ogg

Word forms

build up builds up building up built up

Synonyms

assemble build put together artifice betimber build up compile construct edify erect extruct fabricate fashion form knock up make manufacture produce put up raise rear timber upbuild build out close close off close up cover cover up enclose shut shut in shut off shut up pile up amass heap up accumulate agglomerate cumulate heap mound pile rack up stack stack up upheap

Antonyms

take down tear down disassemble build down

Derived words

buildup build-up
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