1. build_up - verb
· enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"
Hypernym(s): increase
2. build_up - verb
· form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
Synonym(s): work_up, build, progress
Hypernym(s): develop
3. build_up - 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"
Synonym(s): arm, fortify, gird
4. build_up - verb
· bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
Synonym(s): work_up, build, ramp_up
Hypernym(s): increase
5. build_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"
Synonym(s): develop
Hypernym(s): better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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