vverb.changeform or accumulate steadilySynset:build build up progress
Examples:- Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
- Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
Derivationally Related Form:progress
Hypernyms:develop
Inherited Hypernyms:build updevelopgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.bodydevelopSynset:get up
Examples:- we worked up an as of an appetite
Hypernyms:acquire develop get grow produce
Inherited Hypernyms:work upgrowchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changebolster or strengthenSynset:build build up ramp up
Examples:- We worked up courage
- build up confidence
- ramp up security in the airports
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:build upincreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changecome up withSynset:work out
Examples:- His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
- We worked up an ad for our client
Hypernyms:develop make grow
Inherited Hypernyms:work outdevelopchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something