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[ verb ] make by combining materials and parts
Examples : "this little pig made his house out of straw" "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)The President , in a special message to Congress , tied_in with his aged care plan requests for large federal grants to finance medical and dental scholarships , build 20 new medical and 20 new dental_schools , and expand child health_care and general medical research . Apart from the aged care plan the President 's most ambitious and costly proposals were for federal scholarships , and grants to build or enlarge medical and dental_schools . For medical research he asked a 20 million dollar a year increase , from 30 to 50 millions , in matching grants for building research facilities . (The New York Times,...)The state Public_Works Department is accused of having spent $ 8555 to build a private beach for a state judge on his waterfront property . It also provides_for funds to clear slums and help colleges build dormitories . Related terms make raise rebuild frames revet corduroy wattle customize cantilever lock channelise groin construction maker builder |
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[ verb ] form or accumulate steadily
Examples "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly" "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" Used in print (Saturday Review, 44: 15...)The collection may be in an existing library , or it may be built up in a central collection . (The New York Times,...)According to the original program , Premier_Khrushchev expected the millions looking toward the Kremlin this morning to be filled with_admiration or rage - depending_upon individual or national politics - because of the `` bold program for building communism in our time '' which the Congress will adopt . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)But like all despots , as he builds his following from among the gullible , he grows more threatening toward those who won n't follow - such solid citizens as Doc_Raccoon ; Judge_Black , the vegetarian black snake ; and the eagle , who leads the_bird community when he is not too busy in Washington posing for fifty-cent_pieces . (The New York Times...)The `` Suite of Old_Russian Dances '' that opened that inaugural program with the slow and modest entrance of the maidens and built steadily into typical Moiseyev vigor and warmth ; the amusing `` Yurochka '' , in_which a hard-to-please young_man is given his come-uppance ; the lovely ( and of_course vigorous ) `` Polyanka '' or `` The Meadow '' ; the three Moldavian dances entitled `` Zhok '' ; the sweet and funny little dance about potato planting called `` Bul ' ba '' ; and the hilarious picture of social life in an earlier day called `` City_Quadrille '' are all just_as good as one remembers them to have been , and they are welcome back . |
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[ verb ] build or establish something abstract
Synonyms Examples "build a reputation" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Average manufacturer frequently has helped build private brand business , delivering largely the same qualities and styles in private brand merchandise as in branded . (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Society here and abroad has been built around the dominating male - even the Bible appears to endorse the concept . Related terms |
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[ noun ] constitution of the human body
Synonyms Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Rarer still is a Mr._America or Mr._Universe of true Herculean build . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be engaged in building
Examples "These architects build in interesting and new styles" Related terms |
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[ verb ] order, supervise, or finance the construction of
Examples "The government is building new schools in this state" Related terms |
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[ verb ] found or ground
Examples "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation" Related terms |
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[ verb ] give form to, according to a plan
Examples "build a modern nation" "build a million-dollar business" Related terms |
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[ verb ] develop and grow
Examples "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" Related terms |
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[ noun ] alternative names for the body of a human being
Examples "Leonardo studied the human body" "he has a strong physique" "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" Related terms body person female_body juvenile_body adult_body male_body person homo leg |
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