v. t. - To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.
v. t. - To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
v. t. - To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.
v. i. - To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
v. i. - To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.
n. - Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship.