build
part of speech
verb (build, builds, built, building); noun (build — body shape)
meaning for a pupil
1) To build is to make something by putting parts together, like a house, a tower or a model. tree →
2) To build up is to make bigger or stronger, little by little. tree →
3) Your build is the shape and size of your body. tree →
sense in the lessons
making something from parts such as blocks or bricks; the parts used are often taken away from what one had; «can build with N if each needs M» is a division; in design and technology we build models; phrases: «build up», «build a tower», «build a sandcastle», «built of»
examples
- He built a tower with 25 blocks. tree →
- They build 3 houses each week. tree →
- How many birdhouses can she build with 18 nails if each needs 6? tree →
- Randy built a castle. tree →
- We built a sandcastle on the beach. tree →
- Birds build nests from twigs. tree →
- Practice builds up your strength. tree →
- Our school was built a hundred years ago. tree →
- Here we will build our habitations. tree →
note
Past: built. The parts used to build are usually subtracted from the store; «can build with N if each needs M» is a division. Trap: the thing built and the parts are different things.
In the corpora
- Families make phone rules so meals are for talking, and adults find them hard to keep because phones are built to grab attention.
- It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.
- People must ask the council for planning permission before building something big, and neighbours can object.
- Scary music is used to build suspense: it tells you something might happen before anything does.
- Picture-making AI learned from millions of pictures with descriptions and builds new pictures that fit the words.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «build» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.