英语词汇“to build up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To undertake the building of (a city or other settlement); to construct, put up (a building or other structure); = main senses 1a, 1b. Later also more specifically: to construct (a new or improved building or structure) after demolition or a period of deterioration; to rebuild. Also intransitive.In quot. 1841 intransitive in the progressive with passive meaning (cf. sense 2b).

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)]

timbera900

workOE

betimberOE

craftOE

buildc1275

lifta1300

stagec1330

upraise1338

wright1338

edifya1340

to make outa1382

to make upa1382

biga1400

housea1400

risea1400

telda1400–50

to work upa1450

redress1481

levy1495

upmake1507

upbuild1513

exstruct?c1550

construct1663

to run up1686

practise1739

to lay up1788

elevate1798

to put up1818

to lay down1851

practicate1851

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1537 Þe king..let bulde vp grete tounes, þat were ney adoun ivalle.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos lxv. sig. Lvi^v And of thys cyte ben many in doubte who buylde it vppe.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 26 He..byld vp a bygge towne of þe bare vrthe.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Chron. xxxii. 5 Hezekiah built up the wall that was broken.

1676 in D. W. Prowse Hist. Newfoundland (1895) viii. 205/2 Capt. Russell forc'd several Masters of shipps..to build up again their trayne houses, themselves had cut down contrary to their order.

1808 Times 22 Sept. Government are expending..great sums in pulling down and building up.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xlvi. 95 A very pretty little town, building up.

1936 A. Gatti Great Mother Forest vii. 87 Every place where there are hotels.., we are doing our best to improve them. Where they cannot be afforded yet, we build up rest-houses.

2004 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 4 Apr. a1 We were planning a couple of years ago to buy some lot, build up a house.

2. figurative.

a. transitive. To establish, construct, or develop (something) incrementally or gradually. Also: to intensify or increase gradually or to a high level.With quots. 1529, 1567 cf. to build upon —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. In early use often with allusion to the notion of physical construction (see sense 1).

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase temperature, volume, etc.

to build up1936

to turn up1962

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxix Men abydyng vppon criste & hys very lyuely fayth bylde vp theruppon such good workys as are so good & so pure y^t they be lyke fyne gold.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. 198 Upon these fewe woordes, M. Hardinge is hable to builde vp his Dimi Communion, his Priuate Masse.

1647 H. Parker Cordiall Answered sig. A 2^v That lawyer..ought to roote himself deeper, before he begins to build up his argument.

1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 269 I rejoice that the Lord is building up your family.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 197 So build we up the Being that we are.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. iii. 62 His fortunes were built up.

1892 Engineer 22 Jan. 65/3 In a few seconds the field is built up to its maximum strength.

1935 Mod. Philol. 33 34 Seneca's ghosts present a series of terrible images for the single end of building up the horror.

1940 Illustr. London News 196 188/2 A theatre which has built up a reputation as a repertory with a first-rate team.

1994 Film Focus Dec. 55/3 Tarantino's script and Scott's direction build up the tension to such a degree that you're almost aching for the pay-off.

2015 Radio Times 20 June (South/West ed.) 95/3 Alicia struggles to build up a new legal business.

(a) intransitive. To develop, grow, or form gradually or incrementally; (also) to become stronger or more intense; to increase.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in intensity or degree

waxc897

reforce1490

rise1594

fortify1605

strengthena1616

harden1625

intend1655

thicken1672

exasperate1742

intensify1853

thick1879

to hot up1922

to build up1936

1681 Bp. G. Burnet Serm. preached on Fast-day 39 A superstitious and bloody Princess, who..corrupted the great Men, and the Publick Councils of the Kingdom; so that all that had been building up in twenty five years, was overthrown.

1883 R. Bunn King Henry V 13 That character grows and develops, builds up, from a suitable and proper foundation.

1884 N. S. Keith & P. Neymann tr. H. Schellen Magneto-electric & Dynamo-electric Machines I. iii. 118 The magnetism builds up, in spite of the intermittent character of the currents.

1936 Discovery July 222/2 The sound builds up from silence to strength.

1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills ii. 22 Such was the spirit that was building up on either side in this deplorable war.

1968 Listener 5 Dec. 774/2 A further tension builds up between the desire to create space and the desire to fill it.

2014 Observer 23 Mar. 46/3 A large debt has built up as a result.

(b) intransitive. With to. Of a sequence of events, performance, etc.: to lead up to a climactic or exciting point with increasing intensity. Of a person or group: to prepare gradually for a significant action or event; to work up to doing something. Cf. build-up n. 2b.

1876 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 18 Apr. 4/3 The second act is much better, the comic element introduced into it adding to its interest, and the third act builds up to a climax, both musical and dramatic.

1932 Alpha Phi Q. Sept. 396/2 It is all building up to those wonderful three days in September which are Washburn's rush week.

1942 R. Haig-Brown Timber (1993) xxiii. 345 You acted kind of simple, calling a meeting cold that way. You should have built up to it gradual with meetings on the quiet.

2004 Independent 21 June (Review section) 4/1 Now that he'd started, he could not stop. He was either building up to a big confession or having me on.

2006 New Yorker 11 Dec. 94/3 The documentary verisimilitude also allowed scenes to peter out with a blank look or a sigh rather than build up to the American joke-joke-joke crescendo.

c. transitive. Originally U.S. To create or develop a positive public image for (a person); to bolster the reputation of, to promote.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > gain credit by [verb (transitive)] > establish or enhance a person's reputation

to build up1935

1839 Columbus (Georgia) Sentinel & Herald 3 Oct. 2/3 It is not, nor has it been our purpose, by slander and detraction, to pull down Mr. Smith that we may build up our candidate, Col. Lewis.

1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here ix. 88 Sarason had, as it was scientifically called, been ‘building up’ Senator Windrip for seven years before his nomination as President.

1944 A. Jacob Traveller's War xii. 213 He set out to build himself up in the eyes of an army that had tasted defeat.

2015 Swimming Times Apr. 78/1 The British press..were waiting for me to fail. In this country we are fantastic at building up our athletes or film stars or whoever—but building them up and building them up and waiting until something goes wrong and then we pull their wings off.

3. transitive. To strengthen (a person, a soul, etc.) in faith or virtue; to be of spiritual benefit to; = edify v. 3a. Cf. main sense 8.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > instruct or improve

bindc975

confirma1300

enhancec1325

edify1340

exhancea1450

enlightena1500

build1526

mounta1546

spiritualize1596

sanctify1597

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere i. p. xxxv Yt wyll be great besynes and mych a do to edyfye and buyld vp the soules of such a sorte, which the deuyll hathe by the blaste of his mouth throwen downe so depe and frusshed all to fytters.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xx. 32 I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you vp, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

a1633 W. Ames Substance Christian Relig. (1659) xxxi. 197 This servantship or Ministry is a moral meanes of building up and confirming the faithfull.

1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence v. 202 To build up men in Faith and Holiness of Life, that which we properly mean by Edification.

1853 Edinb. Christian Mag. 4 327/2 Family worship..builds up in the faith, and refreshes the spirit of those who are well-informed.

2015 R. Graham & M. L. Graham Raising God's Girl (e-book ed.) I know that my parent's correction is meant to build me up in Christ, not tear me down.

4. transitive. With into. To assemble or put together (parts or materials) in order to construct something; to work up or make (raw materials or a basic component) into a finished form or product. Cf. to build into —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2.In quot. a1626 in figurative context.

a1626 A. Lake Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 127 in Sermons (1629) Know you not (saith he) that your bodyes are the Temples of the Holy Ghost? So that no question can be made of either part of our person, both are liuing stones, and built vp into a Spirituall House.

1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall viii. 88 We make all our corn into arrish-mows, the sheaves being built up into a regular, solid cone.

1851 Knight's Excursion Compan. ix. 9 The immensely long pieces of timber destined to be built up into the form of a mast.

1982 JET Joint Undertaking (ECSC/EEC/EURATOM) 8 The eight inner poloidal field coils were built up into a stack.

2013 Financial Times 13 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 48/3 I was back in the studio with Marr, to lacquer the frame and build it up into a complete bicycle.

a. transitive. To compose or form (a natural structure or organism); to cause (such a structure) to develop or grow. Cf. sense 5c.

1697 ‘Philaret’ Challenge iii. 29 That which is Redundant, or Deficient, is said to be Monstrous or deform'd, not that 'tis so in it self, but in respect of its deviation from the common Standard, that nature proposes to its self to build up the Body of Man in.

1843 J. A. Smith Product. Farming 137 Hence the reason why bodies can be nourished and built up upon food comparatively poor in nitrogen.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §1. 2 An amethyst is a crystal built up from particles of silica.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxi. 550 His theory that atoms are built up of electrons arranged in shells around a central nucleus.

2022 Daily Monitor (Nexis) 21 Mar. Stretching builds up muscle, increases flexibility, and promotes circulation.

b. intransitive. Of a substance, deposit, etc.: to accumulate, collect; to increase in amount or extent.

1863 Notes & Queries 19 Dec. (end matter) (advt.) Holloway's Ointment..builds up from the bottom of the wound with sound and healthy granulations.

1895 Proc. 4th Ann. Meeting Amer. Internat. Assoc. Railway Superintendents 62 Thick paints..should be avoided, as they scale up from the iron, and rust underneath builds up.

1910 S. G. Camp Fishing Kits & Equipm. v. 59 See that the spool is narrow so that, when reeling in, the line will build up on the reel rapidly.

1991 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone (new ed.) viii. 120 These chemicals tend to build up in the soil and are absorbed by our food plants.

2022 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 11 Apr. Vacuuming frequently on areas that receive more footfall will help to stop dirt building up and getting trodden into your floor.

6. transitive. To obstruct or block (a doorway, window, etc.) by building.Cf. to board up at board v. 7a, to brick up 2 at brick v. Phrasal verbs.

1700 Flying Post 19 Sept. Our Magistrates have built up the Gate on the North-side of the City, called, The New Port.

1850 Amer. Whig. Rev. Dec. 646/2 Individual Irish families have built up the doors and windows of their houses, converted them into overground vaults, and died therein of want and cold.

2015 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 69 123 Orders were given for the ‘iron stenchers’ to be removed from the windows of the lower storey and the windows built up with stone and lime.

7. intransitive. U.S. Cards. Esp. in games of patience: to place a card on one of the next lowest denomination, e.g. a six on a five. Cf. to build down 2 at Phrasal verbs 1.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics

pass1599

pluck1606

pulla1625

to play high1640

to follow suit1643

to play at forsat1674

lead1677

overdrawc1805

stand1813

retract1823

underplay1850

to hold up1879

to throw in one's hand1893

build1901

build-down1983

1868 W. B. Dick Mod. Pocket Hoyle 179 When a player cannot, or does not choose to pair, combine, or build up, he must place a card upon the board face upwards.

1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 871/2 To build down..is to place a card upon one of the next higher denomination... To build up..is to do just the opposite—that is, to place an eight on a seven.

2004 F. Parodi Big Bk. Solitaire 184 Build up on the Ace regardless of suit, placing another Ace on top after you reach the King.

单词	to build up
释义	> as lemmas to build up to build up 1. transitive. To undertake the building of (a city or other settlement); to construct, put up (a building or other structure); = main senses 1a, 1b. Later also more specifically: to construct (a new or improved building or structure) after demolition or a period of deterioration; to rebuild. Also intransitive.In quot. 1841 intransitive in the progressive with passive meaning (cf. sense 2b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] timbera900 workOE betimberOE craftOE buildc1275 lifta1300 stagec1330 upraise1338 wright1338 edifya1340 to make outa1382 to make upa1382 biga1400 housea1400 risea1400 telda1400–50 to work upa1450 redress1481 levy1495 upmake1507 upbuild1513 exstruct?c1550 construct1663 to run up1686 practise1739 to lay up1788 elevate1798 to put up1818 to lay down1851 practicate1851 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1537 Þe king..let bulde vp grete tounes, þat were ney adoun ivalle. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos lxv. sig. Lvi^v And of thys cyte ben many in doubte who buylde it vppe. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 26 He..byld vp a bygge towne of þe bare vrthe. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Chron. xxxii. 5 Hezekiah built up the wall that was broken. 1676 in D. W. Prowse Hist. Newfoundland (1895) viii. 205/2 Capt. Russell forc'd several Masters of shipps..to build up again their trayne houses, themselves had cut down contrary to their order. 1808 Times 22 Sept. Government are expending..great sums in pulling down and building up. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xlvi. 95 A very pretty little town, building up. 1936 A. Gatti Great Mother Forest vii. 87 Every place where there are hotels.., we are doing our best to improve them. Where they cannot be afforded yet, we build up rest-houses. 2004 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 4 Apr. a1 We were planning a couple of years ago to buy some lot, build up a house. 2. figurative. a. transitive. To establish, construct, or develop (something) incrementally or gradually. Also: to intensify or increase gradually or to a high level.With quots. 1529, 1567 cf. to build upon —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. In early use often with allusion to the notion of physical construction (see sense 1). ΘΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase temperature, volume, etc. to build up1936 to turn up1962 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxix Men abydyng vppon criste & hys very lyuely fayth bylde vp theruppon such good workys as are so good & so pure y^t they be lyke fyne gold. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. 198 Upon these fewe woordes, M. Hardinge is hable to builde vp his Dimi Communion, his Priuate Masse. 1647 H. Parker Cordiall Answered sig. A 2^v That lawyer..ought to roote himself deeper, before he begins to build up his argument. 1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 269 I rejoice that the Lord is building up your family. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 197 So build we up the Being that we are. View more context for this quotation 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. iii. 62 His fortunes were built up. 1892 Engineer 22 Jan. 65/3 In a few seconds the field is built up to its maximum strength. 1935 Mod. Philol. 33 34 Seneca's ghosts present a series of terrible images for the single end of building up the horror. 1940 Illustr. London News 196 188/2 A theatre which has built up a reputation as a repertory with a first-rate team. 1994 Film Focus Dec. 55/3 Tarantino's script and Scott's direction build up the tension to such a degree that you're almost aching for the pay-off. 2015 Radio Times 20 June (South/West ed.) 95/3 Alicia struggles to build up a new legal business. b. (a) intransitive. To develop, grow, or form gradually or incrementally; (also) to become stronger or more intense; to increase. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in intensity or degree waxc897 reforce1490 rise1594 fortify1605 strengthena1616 harden1625 intend1655 thicken1672 exasperate1742 intensify1853 thick1879 to hot up1922 to build up1936 1681 Bp. G. Burnet Serm. preached on Fast-day 39 A superstitious and bloody Princess, who..corrupted the great Men, and the Publick Councils of the Kingdom; so that all that had been building up in twenty five years, was overthrown. 1883 R. Bunn King Henry V 13 That character grows and develops, builds up, from a suitable and proper foundation. 1884 N. S. Keith & P. Neymann tr. H. Schellen Magneto-electric & Dynamo-electric Machines I. iii. 118 The magnetism builds up, in spite of the intermittent character of the currents. 1936 Discovery July 222/2 The sound builds up from silence to strength. 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills ii. 22 Such was the spirit that was building up on either side in this deplorable war. 1968 Listener 5 Dec. 774/2 A further tension builds up between the desire to create space and the desire to fill it. 2014 Observer 23 Mar. 46/3 A large debt has built up as a result. (b) intransitive. With to. Of a sequence of events, performance, etc.: to lead up to a climactic or exciting point with increasing intensity. Of a person or group: to prepare gradually for a significant action or event; to work up to doing something. Cf. build-up n. 2b. Π 1876 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 18 Apr. 4/3 The second act is much better, the comic element introduced into it adding to its interest, and the third act builds up to a climax, both musical and dramatic. 1932 Alpha Phi Q. Sept. 396/2 It is all building up to those wonderful three days in September which are Washburn's rush week. 1942 R. Haig-Brown Timber (1993) xxiii. 345 You acted kind of simple, calling a meeting cold that way. You should have built up to it gradual with meetings on the quiet. 2004 Independent 21 June (Review section) 4/1 Now that he'd started, he could not stop. He was either building up to a big confession or having me on. 2006 New Yorker 11 Dec. 94/3 The documentary verisimilitude also allowed scenes to peter out with a blank look or a sigh rather than build up to the American joke-joke-joke crescendo. c. transitive. Originally U.S. To create or develop a positive public image for (a person); to bolster the reputation of, to promote. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > gain credit by [verb (transitive)] > establish or enhance a person's reputation to build up1935 1839 Columbus (Georgia) Sentinel & Herald 3 Oct. 2/3 It is not, nor has it been our purpose, by slander and detraction, to pull down Mr. Smith that we may build up our candidate, Col. Lewis. 1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here ix. 88 Sarason had, as it was scientifically called, been ‘building up’ Senator Windrip for seven years before his nomination as President. 1944 A. Jacob Traveller's War xii. 213 He set out to build himself up in the eyes of an army that had tasted defeat. 2015 Swimming Times Apr. 78/1 The British press..were waiting for me to fail. In this country we are fantastic at building up our athletes or film stars or whoever—but building them up and building them up and waiting until something goes wrong and then we pull their wings off. 3. transitive. To strengthen (a person, a soul, etc.) in faith or virtue; to be of spiritual benefit to; = edify v. 3a. Cf. main sense 8. ΘΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > instruct or improve bindc975 confirma1300 enhancec1325 edify1340 exhancea1450 enlightena1500 build1526 mounta1546 spiritualize1596 sanctify1597 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere i. p. xxxv Yt wyll be great besynes and mych a do to edyfye and buyld vp the soules of such a sorte, which the deuyll hathe by the blaste of his mouth throwen downe so depe and frusshed all to fytters. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xx. 32 I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you vp, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. a1633 W. Ames Substance Christian Relig. (1659) xxxi. 197 This servantship or Ministry is a moral meanes of building up and confirming the faithfull. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence v. 202 To build up men in Faith and Holiness of Life, that which we properly mean by Edification. 1853 Edinb. Christian Mag. 4 327/2 Family worship..builds up in the faith, and refreshes the spirit of those who are well-informed. 2015 R. Graham & M. L. Graham Raising God's Girl (e-book ed.) I know that my parent's correction is meant to build me up in Christ, not tear me down. 4. transitive. With into. To assemble or put together (parts or materials) in order to construct something; to work up or make (raw materials or a basic component) into a finished form or product. Cf. to build into —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2.In quot. a1626 in figurative context. Π a1626 A. Lake Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 127 in Sermons (1629) Know you not (saith he) that your bodyes are the Temples of the Holy Ghost? So that no question can be made of either part of our person, both are liuing stones, and built vp into a Spirituall House. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall viii. 88 We make all our corn into arrish-mows, the sheaves being built up into a regular, solid cone. 1851 Knight's Excursion Compan. ix. 9 The immensely long pieces of timber destined to be built up into the form of a mast. 1982 JET Joint Undertaking (ECSC/EEC/EURATOM) 8 The eight inner poloidal field coils were built up into a stack. 2013 Financial Times 13 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 48/3 I was back in the studio with Marr, to lacquer the frame and build it up into a complete bicycle. 5. a. transitive. To compose or form (a natural structure or organism); to cause (such a structure) to develop or grow. Cf. sense 5c. Π 1697 ‘Philaret’ Challenge iii. 29 That which is Redundant, or Deficient, is said to be Monstrous or deform'd, not that 'tis so in it self, but in respect of its deviation from the common Standard, that nature proposes to its self to build up the Body of Man in. 1843 J. A. Smith Product. Farming 137 Hence the reason why bodies can be nourished and built up upon food comparatively poor in nitrogen. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §1. 2 An amethyst is a crystal built up from particles of silica. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxi. 550 His theory that atoms are built up of electrons arranged in shells around a central nucleus. 2022 Daily Monitor (Nexis) 21 Mar. Stretching builds up muscle, increases flexibility, and promotes circulation. b. intransitive. Of a substance, deposit, etc.: to accumulate, collect; to increase in amount or extent. Π 1863 Notes & Queries 19 Dec. (end matter) (advt.) Holloway's Ointment..builds up from the bottom of the wound with sound and healthy granulations. 1895 Proc. 4th Ann. Meeting Amer. Internat. Assoc. Railway Superintendents 62 Thick paints..should be avoided, as they scale up from the iron, and rust underneath builds up. 1910 S. G. Camp Fishing Kits & Equipm. v. 59 See that the spool is narrow so that, when reeling in, the line will build up on the reel rapidly. 1991 S. Gibson & R. Gibson Homoeopathy for Everyone (new ed.) viii. 120 These chemicals tend to build up in the soil and are absorbed by our food plants. 2022 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 11 Apr. Vacuuming frequently on areas that receive more footfall will help to stop dirt building up and getting trodden into your floor. 6. transitive. To obstruct or block (a doorway, window, etc.) by building.Cf. to board up at board v. 7a, to brick up 2 at brick v. Phrasal verbs. Π 1700 Flying Post 19 Sept. Our Magistrates have built up the Gate on the North-side of the City, called, The New Port. 1850 Amer. Whig. Rev. Dec. 646/2 Individual Irish families have built up the doors and windows of their houses, converted them into overground vaults, and died therein of want and cold. 2015 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 69 123 Orders were given for the ‘iron stenchers’ to be removed from the windows of the lower storey and the windows built up with stone and lime. 7. intransitive. U.S. Cards. Esp. in games of patience: to place a card on one of the next lowest denomination, e.g. a six on a five. Cf. to build down 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics pass1599 pluck1606 pulla1625 to play high1640 to follow suit1643 to play at forsat1674 lead1677 overdrawc1805 stand1813 retract1823 underplay1850 to hold up1879 to throw in one's hand1893 build1901 build-down1983 1868 W. B. Dick Mod. Pocket Hoyle 179 When a player cannot, or does not choose to pair, combine, or build up, he must place a card upon the board face upwards. 1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 871/2 To build down..is to place a card upon one of the next higher denomination... To build up..is to do just the opposite—that is, to place an eight on a seven. 2004 F. Parodi Big Bk. Solitaire 184 Build up on the Ace regardless of suit, placing another Ace on top after you reach the King. extracted from buildv. < as lemmas
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