Someone's build is the shape that their bones and muscles give to their body. He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build see also building, built. the shape and size of someone's body
A version of a complied program Also refers to the act of compiling various project files into the executable program
make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
To build someone's confidence or trust means to increase it gradually. If someone's confidence or trust builds, it increases gradually. Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust Usually when we're six months or so into a recovery, confidence begins to build. Build up means the same as build. The delegations had begun to build up some trust in one another We will start to see the confidence in the housing market building up again
An ordered sequence of cards in a pile In some games, the tableaus are built down by alternate colors This is the official way to say that a red 6 goes on a black 7, and a black 5 goes on a red 6 In many games the foundations are built up by following suit, which means that the 6 goes on the 5 Some games build by following rank, which means a 4 goes on a 4 Some games allow circular building, in which an Ace can be built up on a King, or a King built down on an Ace Some games allow you to move a partial build from one pile to another; in other words, you can break a build in two and take the topmost part of it away Other games require you to move full builds only; you are not allowed to break up a build
In some games, the piles (tableaus) are built down by alternate colors This is the official way to say that a red 6 goes on a black 7, and a black 5 goes on a red 6 In many games the foundations are built up by following suit, which means that the 6 of Diamonds goes on the 5 of Diamonds Some games build by following rank, which means a 4 of Diamonds goes on a 4 of Clubs
Of a radiant energy signal, to increase, often temporarily, in received signal strength without a change of receiver controls
If people build an organization, a society, or a relationship, they gradually form it. He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy I wanted to build a relationship with my team. + building build·ing the building of the great civilisations of the ancient world
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
An operational version of a system or part of a system that demonstrates a subset of the capabilities to be provided in the final product
To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means
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
the process of constructing the topology of a vector layer by processing points, lines, and polygons See clean
If you build something into a wall or object, you make it in such a way that it is in the wall or object, or is part of it. If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme
If you build an organization, system, or product on something, you base it on it. We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories