built

[ bilt ]

/ bɪlt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of build.

adjective

Informal.

of sound or sturdy construction: These cars are really built.
having a good physique or figure: That lifeguard is really built!

Nautical. noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces: built frame; built spar.

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OTHER WORDS FROM built

well-built, adjective

Words nearby built

build into, build on, build on sand, buildout, buildup, built, built cane, built-in, built-in obsolescence, built-up, built-up roof

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How to use built in a sentence

So I decided to get the pre-built but very customizable Drop CTRL instead.
Typing my way down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole with the Drop CTRL|Iljitsch van Beijnum|March 5, 2021|Ars Technica
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Virologist By Andrew Marantz, New Yorker How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 29-Jan 4, 2014|William Boot|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The private chapel, built out from the house on the side next Calne, had not been used for years and years.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
He hardly recognised himself, for, the foundations being shaken, all that was built upon them trembled too.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Civilisation is built up of the "heresies" of men who thought freely and spoke bravely.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford

British Dictionary definitions for built

built

/ (bɪlt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of build

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with built

built

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

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