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build up


verb
1. enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages (Freq. 7)
- build up your savings
Derivationally related forms:
buildup
Hypernyms:
increase
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. form or accumulate steadily (Freq. 6)
- Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
- Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
Syn:
work up, build, progress
Derivationally related forms:
progress (for: progress)
Hypernyms:
develop
Verb Group:
build, work up, ramp up
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. prepare oneself for a military confrontation (Freq. 2)
- The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
- troops are building up on the Iraqi border
Syn:
arm, fortify, gird
Ant:
disarm (for: arm)
Derivationally related forms:
fortification (for: fortify), fort (for: fortify), armor (for: arm), armament (for: arm), arm (for: arm)
Hyponyms:
rearm, re-arm, forearm
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. bolster or strengthen
- We worked up courage
- build up confidence
- ramp up security in the airports
Syn:
work up, build, ramp up
Hypernyms:
increase
Verb Group:
work up, build, progress
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. change the use of and make available or usable
- develop land
- The country developed its natural resources
- The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
Syn:
develop
Derivationally related forms:
development (for: develop), developer (for: develop)
Hypernyms:
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Hyponyms:
redevelop, settle
Verb Group:
train, develop, prepare, educate, modernize,
modernise, make grow
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something


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