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Build up

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of buildup. alt-of, misspelling
Verb
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages wordnet
  3. 3
    To close up by building.

    "to build up a door"

  4. 4
    change the use of and make available or usable wordnet
  5. 5
    To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually. idiomatic, intransitive, transitive

    "Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up."

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  1. 6
    form or accumulate steadily wordnet
  2. 7
    To strengthen. idiomatic, transitive

    "They had to build up their fortress to protect against attack."

  3. 8
    bolster or strengthen wordnet
  4. 9
    In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
  5. 10
    prepare oneself for a military confrontation wordnet

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