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build up

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See also:build-upandbuildup

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buildup (third-person singular simple presentbuilds up,present participlebuilding up,simple past and past participlebuilt up)

  1. Toerect; toconstruct.
    Synonyms:assemble,build,put together;see alsoThesaurus:build
    Antonyms:take down,tear down,disassemble
    Coordinate terms:rebuild,restore
  2. Toclose up by building.
    Synonyms:close,close off,close up,cover,cover up,enclose,shut,shut in,shut off,shut up
    tobuild up a door
  3. (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) Toaccumulate: toincreaseincrementally orcontinually.
    Synonyms:pile up,amass,heap up;see alsoThesaurus:pile up
    Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started tobuild up.
    • 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, inModern Railways, page268:
      The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speedbuild up without cutting off the motor current.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, inBBC:
      Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable tobuild up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence.
    • 2013 July-August,Stephen P. Lownie,David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, inAmerican Scientist:
      As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency thatbuilds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) Tostrengthen.
    Coordinate terms:augment,fortify,reinforce,toughen up;see alsoThesaurus:strengthen
    They had tobuild up their fortress to protect against attack.
    • 1925 July –1926 May,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, inThe Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "It took it out of me, though. I'm a rag this morning." "They work you too hard, dear. I'll take you to Margate andbuild youup." "Well, maybe at Easter we could do a week."
  5. (card games) Insolitaire card games, toplace acard over another card oflower value. (e.g., place 5 over 4♣)
    Antonym:build down

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to accumulate
to strengthen

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buildup

  1. Misspelling ofbuildup.

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