(Homonym: billed).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: built).
1. To be engaged in building.
2. To build or establish something abstract; SYN. establish.
3. To develop and grow.
4. To found or ground.
5. To give form to, according to a plan.
6. To order, supervise, or finance the construction of.
1. To give shape to.
2. To compose or represent; SYN. constitute, make.
3. To develop into a distinctive entity; SYN. take form, take shape, spring.
4. To create, as of a social group or a company, for example; SYN. organize.
1. To draw up the plans or basic details for; SYN. outline, compose, draw up.
2. To enclose in a frame, as of a picture.
3. To enclose in or as if in a frame; SYN. frame in, border.
4. To formulate in a particular style or language; SYN. redact, cast, put, couch.
5. To construct by fitting or uniting parts together; SYN. frame up.
1. To form a pattern
2. To make, adapt, or fashion according to a pattern
3. To furnish, adorn, or mark with a design