build up

Verb
  1. Enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages (synset 200154416)
    "build up your savings"
    is a type of: increase - make bigger or more
  2. Form or accumulate steadily (synset 200253876)
    "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
    is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
    same as: build, progress, work up
    verb group:
  3. Prepare oneself for a military confrontation (synset 201089608)
    "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
    subtypes:
    same as: arm, fortify, gird
  4. Bolster or strengthen (synset 200254163)
    "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
    is a type of: increase - make bigger or more
    same as: build, ramp up, work up
    verb group: build, build up, progress, work up - form or accumulate steadily
  5. Change the use of and make available or usable (synset 200171865)
    "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
    is a type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate - to make better
    subtypes:
    • redevelop - change the plans for the use of (land)
    • settle - establish or develop as a residence
    same as: develop
    verb group:

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