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built
  • v  make by combining materials and parts
  • v  form or accumulate steadily
    Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
  • v  build or establish something abstract
  • v  improve the cleansing action of
  • v  order, supervise, or finance the construction of
  • v  give form to, according to a plan
  • v  be engaged in building
  • v  found or ground
  • v  bolster or strengthen
  • v  develop and grow
  • s  (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
    the built liquid detergents
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built-in
  • s  existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
    the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity
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built-up
  • s  peopled with settlers
    the built-up areas
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buirdly
  • s  muscular and heavily built
    `buirdly' is a Scottish term
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bulbar
  • a  involving the medulla oblongata
    bulbar paralysis
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bulbous
  • s  shaped like a bulb
  • s  curving outward
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