BUILD UP as VERB

1. Meaning
   • enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages
   Usage Example(s)
   • build up your savings
   Hypernyms(s) build up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • buildup (what does buildup mean?)
2. Meaning
   • change the use of and make available or usable
   Synonym(s)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • develop land
   • The country developed its natural resources
   • The remote areas of the country were gradually built up
   Hypernyms(s) build up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • better (what does better mean?)
   • improve (what does improve mean?)
   • amend (what does amend mean?)
   • ameliorate (what does ameliorate mean?)
   • meliorate (what does meliorate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • redevelop (what does redevelop mean?)
   • settle (what does settle mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • exploitation (what does exploitation mean?)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • developer (what does developer mean?)
3. Meaning
   • form or accumulate steadily
   Synonym(s)
   • build (what does build mean?)
   • progress (what does progress mean?)
   • work up (what does work up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Resistance to the manager’’s plan built up quickly
   • Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
   Hypernyms(s) build up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • advancement (what does advancement mean?)
   • progress (what does progress mean?)
4. Meaning
   • bolster or strengthen
   Synonym(s)
   • build (what does build mean?)
   • ramp up (what does ramp up mean?)
   • work up (what does work up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • We worked up courage
   • build up confidence
   • ramp up security in the airports
   Hypernyms(s) build up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • increase (what does increase mean?)
5. Meaning
   • prepare oneself for a military confrontation
   Synonym(s)
   • arm (what does arm mean?)
   • fortify (what does fortify mean?)
   • gird (what does gird mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
   • troops are building up on the Iraqui border
   Antonym(s)
   • disarm (what does disarm mean?)
   • demilitarize (what does demilitarize mean?)
   • demilitarise (what does demilitarise mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rearm (what does rearm mean?)
   • re-arm (what does re-arm mean?)
   • forearm (what does forearm mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fortification (what does fortification mean?)
   • garrison (what does garrison mean?)
   • fort (what does fort mean?)
   • armor (what does armor mean?)
   • armour (what does armour mean?)
   • arming (what does arming mean?)
   • armament (what does armament mean?)
   • equipping (what does equipping mean?)
   • weapon (what does weapon mean?)
   • arm (what does arm mean?)
   • weapon system (what does weapon system mean?)