Buildverb
(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
Foundverb
simple past tense and past participle of find
Buildverb
(transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
Foundverb
(transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
Buildverb
(transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
Foundverb
(transitive) To begin building.
Buildverb
(transitive) To establish a basis for (something).
Foundverb
To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
Buildverb
(intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
Foundverb
To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
Buildverb
(intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
Foundnoun
(obsolete) Food and lodging; board.
Buildverb
To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
Found
imp. & p. p. of Find.
Buildverb
To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
âThis code won't build any more. Have you made any changes?â;
Foundverb
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
Buildnoun
The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
âRugby players are of sturdy build.â;
Foundverb
To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
âI had else been perfect,Whole as the marble, founded as the rock.â; âA man that all his timeHath founded his good fortunes on your love.â; âIt fell not, for it was founded on a rock.â;
Buildnoun
Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
âThe computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.â;
Foundverb
To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.
âThere they shall foundTheir government, and their great senate choose.â;
Buildnoun
Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player.
âI made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.â;
Foundnoun
A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Buildverb
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.
âNor aught availed him nowTo have built in heaven high towers.â;
Foundnoun
food and lodging provided in addition to money;
âthey worked for $30 and foundâ;
Buildverb
To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
âWho builds his hopes in air of your good looks.â;
Foundverb
set up or found;
âShe set up a literacy programâ;
Buildverb
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.
âI commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up.â;
Foundverb
set up or lay the groundwork for;
âestablish a new departmentâ;
Buildverb
To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
Foundverb
use as a basis for; found on;
âbase a claim on some observationâ;
Buildverb
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.
Foundadjective
come upon unexpectedly or after searching;
âfound artâ; âthe lost-and-found departmentâ;
Buildnoun
Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship; a great build on a man.
Foundverb
past and past participle of find
Buildnoun
constitution of the human body
Foundverb
establish or originate (an institution or organization)
âthe monastery was founded in 1665â;
Buildnoun
alternative names for the body of a human being;
âLeonardo studied the human bodyâ; âhe has a strong physiqueâ; âthe spirit is willing but the flesh is weakâ;
Foundverb
plan and begin the building of (a settlement)
âWilliam Penn founded Pennsylvaniaâ;
Buildverb
make by combining materials and parts;
âthis little pig made his house out of strawâ; âSome eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmerâ;
Foundverb
base (something) on a particular principle, idea, or feeling
âa society founded on the highest principles of religion and educationâ;
Buildverb
form or accumulate steadily;
âResistance to the manager's plan built up quicklyâ; âPressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani borderâ;
Foundverb
serve as a basis for
âthe company's fortunes are founded on its minerals businessâ;
Buildverb
build or establish something abstract;
âbuild a reputationâ;
Foundverb
melt and mould (metal).
Buildverb
improve the cleansing action of;
âbuild detergentsâ;
Foundverb
fuse (materials) to make glass.
Buildverb
order, supervise, or finance the construction of;
âThe government is building new schools in this stateâ;
Foundverb
make (an article) by melting and moulding metal.
Buildverb
give form to, according to a plan;
âbuild a modern nationâ; âbuild a million-dollar businessâ;
Foundadjective
having been discovered by chance or unexpectedly.
Buildverb
be engaged in building;
âThese architects build in interesting and new stylesâ;
Foundadjective
(of an object or sound) collected in its natural state and presented in a new context as part of a work of art or piece of music
âcollages of found photosâ;
Buildverb
found or ground;
âbuild a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputationâ;
Foundadjective
(of art) comprising or making use of found objects.
Buildverb
bolster or strengthen;
âWe worked up courageâ; âbuild up confidenceâ; âramp up security in the airportsâ;
Foundadjective
(of poetry) formed by taking a piece of non-poetic text and reinterpreting its structure metrically.
Buildverb
develop and grow;
âSuspense was building right from the beginning of the operaâ;
Foundadjective
(of a ship) equipped
âthe ship was well found and seaworthyâ;