Build

·vi To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

II. Build ·noun Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.

III. Build ·vt To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.

IV. Build ·vt 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.

V. Build ·vi 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.

VI. Build ·vt 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.