From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
built
adj 1: (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an
abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness;
"the built liquid detergents" [syn: reinforced]
2: formed by fitting or joining components together [syn:
assembled, {built(a)}, made-up]
3: well or attractively formed with respect to physique [syn:
{built(p)}, {stacked(p)}, well-stacked]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Nor aught availed him now
To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton.
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2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or
produce by using appropriate means.
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Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.
--Shak.
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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.
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I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.
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Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Built \Built\ (b[i^]lt), n.
Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.
[Obs.] --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Built \Built\, a.
Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in
composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as,
frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
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Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly
built. --Landor.
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