Definition of build

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• build is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• build is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• build is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of build

• make by combining materials and parts (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. construct
  2. make
• build or establish something abstract (verb)

  Examples

  1. build a reputation

  Synonyms

  1. establish
• constitution of the human body (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. body-build
  2. habitus
  3. physique
• bolster or strengthen (verb)

  Examples

  1. build up confidence

  Synonyms

  1. build up
  2. ramp up
  3. work up
• form or accumulate steadily (verb)

  Examples

  1. Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

  Synonyms

  1. build up
  2. progress
  3. work up
• alternative names for the body of a human being (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. anatomy
  2. bod
  3. chassis
  4. figure
  5. flesh
  6. form
  7. frame
  8. human body
  9. material body
  10. physical body
  11. physique
  12. shape
  13. soma
• be engaged in building (verb)

  Examples

  1. These architects build in interesting and new styles
• develop and grow (verb)

  Examples

  1. Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera
• found or ground (verb)

  Examples

  1. build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation
• give form to, according to a plan (verb)

  Examples

  1. build a modern nation
  2. build a million-dollar business
• improve the cleansing action of (verb)

  Examples

  1. build detergents
• order, supervise, or finance the construction of (verb)

  Examples

  1. The government is building new schools in this state

See definition of build in Merriam Webster