vi to exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
2. build ·noun form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.
3. build ·vt to raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
4. build ·vt 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.
5. build ·vi 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.
6. build ·vt 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.