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- enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"
- 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"
- form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager''s plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
- bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
Similar Words: develop,
work up,
build,
progress,
ramp up,
arm,
fortify,
gird
Hyponyms: redevelop,
settle,
rearm,
re-arm,
forearm
Grouped Verbs: train,
develop,
prepare,
educate,
modernize,
modernise,
make grow,
build,
work up,
ramp up,
progress
Derivational Morphology:
buildup,
development,
exploitation,
developer,
advancement,
progress,
fortification,
garrison,
fort,
armor,
armour,
arming,
armament,
equipping,
weapon,
arm,
weapon system
Anagrams:
buildup
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