'build up' definitions:
Definition of 'build up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"
verb
Form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up, build, progress]
verb
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up, fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm]
verb
Bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" [syn: build up, work up, build, ramp up]
verb
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: build up, develop]
Synonyms of 'build up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add to,
- advertise,
- agent provocateur,
- aggrandize,
- aggravate,
- amplify,
- annoy,
- assemble,
- augment,
- ballyhoo,
- bark,
- bill,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- boost,
- broaden,
- build,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- bulletin,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- circularize,
- combine,
- compose,
- consist of,
- constitute,
- construct,
- crescendo,
- cry,
- cry up,
- deepen,
- deteriorate,
- develop,
- dilate,
- distend,
- draw the longbow,
- embitter,
- embody,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- enter into,
- establish,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- exalt,
- exasperate,
- expand,
- extend,
- fabricate,
- fatten,
- fill out,
- form,
- give a write-up,
- give publicity,
- go into,
- go to extremes,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hike,
- hike up,
- hot up,
- huff,
- hyperbolize,
- incorporate,
- increase,
- inflate,
- intensify,
- irritate,
- jack up,
- join,
- jump up,
- lay it on,
- lengthen,
- magnify,
- make,
- make acute,
- make much of,
- make up,
- make worse,
- maximize,
- merge in,
- mix,
- organize,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- parlay,
- piece together,
- pile it on,
- placard,
- plug,
- post,
- post bills,
- post up,
- press-agent,
- promote,
- provoke,
- publicize,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- put together,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- rarefy,
- sell,
- set up,
- sharpen,
- sour,
- spiel,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- structure,
- sufflate,
- swell,
- synthesize,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- thicken,
- tout,
- travesty,
- unite in,
- up,
- widen,
- worsen,
- write up
Words containing 'build up'
- Build,
- Builded,
- Building,
- build in,
- build on,
- Frame building,
- To build a chapel,
- apartment building,
- bank building,
- body build,
- build upon,
- build-up,
- building block,
- building code,
- building complex,
- building department,
- building material,
- building permit,
- building site,
- building society,
- capitol building,
- castle building,
- church building,
- diplomatic building,
- farm building,
- government building,
- medical building,
- morale building,
- muscle building,
- office building,
- roman building,
- ship building,
- telco building,
- Re-build,
- augmenting augmentative building,
- body-build,
- building supply house,
- building supply store,
- empire state building,
- hand-build,
- jerry-building,
- soil-building