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build up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of buildup.
   alt of buildup

build up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To erect; to construct.
   • The motor bogies are built up from plates and rolled sections, and have cast-steel, one-piece axleguards, with manganese liners. 1956 December 14, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 850:
   • Near-synonym: build out
2. To close up by building.
   • to build up a door
3. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
   • Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
   • As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
   • Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence. 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC:
   • The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speed build up without cutting off the motor current. 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To strengthen.
   • They had to build up their fortress to protect against attack.
   • "It took it out of me, though. I'm a rag this morning." "They work you too hard, dear. I'll take you to Margate and build you up." "Well, maybe at Easter we could do a week." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
5. In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)

Forms

Antonyms

take down · disassemble · tear down · build down

Coordinates

steel · build up · corroborate · intend · thicken · enstrengthen · nerve up · fortify · fortify · augment · brace · munite · nerve · strength · strengthen · invigorate · indurate · roborate · anneal · consolidate · restore · reinforce · harden · confirm · reinforce · rebuild · toughen up

Deriveds

build-up · buildup

Synonyms

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

Translations (30)

it rinforzare (to strengthen) · fi kasautua (to accumulate) · pl podbudowywać (to strengthen) · pl zgromadzić się (to accumulate) · ru укрепить (to strengthen) · de sich türmen (to accumulate) · nl versterken (to strengthen) · ru усилить (to strengthen) · ru накапливаться (to accumulate) · fi voimistaa (to strengthen) · fi kertyä (to accumulate) · it accumulare (to accumulate) · nl opstapelen (to accumulate) · fr renforcer (to strengthen) · fi varustaa (to strengthen) · fi kasaantua (to accumulate) · pl zbierać się (to accumulate) · pl gromadzić się (to accumulate) · fr s'empiler (to accumulate) · fi vahvistaa (to strengthen) · pl podbudować (to strengthen) · pl kumulować się (to accumulate) · de sich ansammeln (to accumulate) · fr s'entasser (to accumulate) · pl skumulować się (to accumulate) · ru скапливаться (to accumulate) · fr s'accumuler (to accumulate) · ga neartaigh (to strengthen) · pl zebrać się (to accumulate) · de aufbauen (to strengthen)