built

[ bilt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of build.

adjective

1. Informal.
   1. of sound or sturdy construction:

      These cars are really built.

   2. having a good physique or figure:

      That lifeguard is really built!

2. Nautical. noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces:

   built frame; built spar.

built

/ bɪlt /

verb

1. See build
   the past tense and past participle of build

Other Words From

• well-built adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of built¹

First recorded in 1560–70, for the adjective

Idioms and Phrases

see made (built) to order ; not built that way ; Rome wasn't built in a day . Also see under build .

Example Sentences

So I decided to get the pre-built but very customizable Drop CTRL instead.

From Ars Technica

His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.

From The Daily Beast

The Virologist By Andrew Marantz, New Yorker How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.

From The Daily Beast

They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.

From The Daily Beast

Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.

From The Daily Beast

Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.

From The Daily Beast

I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.

From Project Gutenberg

The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.

From Project Gutenberg

The private chapel, built out from the house on the side next Calne, had not been used for years and years.

From Project Gutenberg

He hardly recognised himself, for, the foundations being shaken, all that was built upon them trembled too.

From Project Gutenberg

Civilisation is built up of the "heresies" of men who thought freely and spoke bravely.

From Project Gutenberg