Verb
build up
- To erect; to construct.
- To close up by building.
- to build up a door
- (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
- Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To strengthen.
- They had to build up their fortress to protect against attack.
- (card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)
- (construct) assemble, put together; see also Thesaurus:build
- (close up) close, close off, cover, shut, shut off
- (accumulate) amass, heap up; see also Thesaurus:pile up
- (strengthen) fortify, reinforce; see also Thesaurus:strengthen
- (card games) build down
- French: s'accumuler, s'entasser, s'empiler
- Italian: accumulare
- Russian: накапливаться
- French: renforcer
- Italian: rinforzare
- Russian: усилить
- Misspelling of buildup
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