Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Built} (b[i^]lt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Building}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Builded} is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b[=u]a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.] 1. 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.
Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton.
2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. --Shak.
3. 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.
I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.
Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. i. 1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
2. 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.
Build \Build\, n. Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship; a great build on a man.
Coca-Cola Enterprises "had to do something," said Jesse Meyers, publisher of Beverage Digest, a trade publication. "Dyson and others conceived the idea to build a network of bottlers.
A company wishing to build hazardous-waste facilities in Pennsylvania must meet certain "siting criteria," such as distance from water supply and the presence of wetlands, as well as meet technical criteria such as emission levels.
"They are getting a lot more than they could build on their own," he said.
"We have to build Poland.
But I'm already facing up to the irreversibility of the aging process." Porizkova said she's learned to "sew great curtains, paint, build dollhouses, act and write."
The agreement to build the project was signed in 1977.
At the same time, New Delhi has been making less than subtle threats to Nepal over the latter's plans to let China build more roads into the Himalayan kingdom.
"My biggest shareholders don't know who I am, let alone care whether we build a new mill in Alabama," complains Andrew Sigler, the chief executive officer of Champion International Corp.
For example, Mazda wants Ford to build trucks for it in the U.S. that Mazda can sell in this country under its own brand name.
"Little boys and girls play with toys and hope to grow up to build bridges _ and we do it now.
This can help build confidence to overcome our trade fights with Japan and Europe and lay a much needed foundation for the new U.S. role in shared management of the world economy.
The restaurants are part of a $3 billion trade pact in which the Soviet Union will build at least 10 ships, mostly oil tankers, to be sold or leased by Pepsico in return for foreign credits.
The new Boy Scout handbook still tells Scouts to "be prepared" and how to use a compass, build campfires and tie knots.
It said that the government has been helping the tribe build new villages.
The city's Library Board still must vote on whether to build the new library.
He is the great-grandson of a German boatbuilder who came to Macquarie Harbour in the 1890s to build ships of the magnificent local Huon pine. Boat-building became one of the principal activities at Sarah Island.
And that is the story not only of those Finns, but of all the peoples who braved the seas to settle in and build my country, a land of freedom for a nation of immigrants.
We're seeing you right now pointing the way for the young Americans to build our nation's future.
The annoucement by former President Jose Sarney that Brazilian scientists had successfully developed fuel-cycle technology prompted speculation that Brazil also wanted to build atomic weapons.
But wealthy people enjoy the views and the cool breezes, so they continue to build houses on the slopes.
Auto makers would have to rip up their current product programs, which were crafted in the cheap-gas era of the late 1980s. They would also have to build a far higher proportion of small cars than they currently envision.
So the Soviet Union continues to research, develop and build the world's largest and most modern arsenal of strategic nuclear weapons.
National Steel & Shipbuilding Co., a unit of Morrison-Knudsen Corp., won a $290.1 million Navy contract to build a combat-support ship.
In the fiscal third quarter, the company bought a plant in Salt Lake City to build circuit boards for computers and other electronic gear.
If whites want to play there by themselves, says consulting engineer Willem van Heerden, whites should also build it by themselves.
Members of the bistate rail commission were impressed by the train during a visit to Germany in March, but questioned whether the technology was in place to build such an ambitious project.
Jackson said his candidacy has helped build racial tolerance.
Along the way, they plan to build 120 homes for needy families.
In order to build a series of hydroelectric dams, Turkey today cut the flow of the Eurphrates River to Syria and Iraq in a move that could cause problems for the two arid nations over the next month.
A McDonnell Douglas spokesman said the contract calls for the company to build and launch the seven vehicles over a three-year period.