built
[ bilt ]
/ bɪlt /
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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Related formswell-built, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for well-built (1 of 2)
well-built
adjective (well built when postpositive)
large or amplea well-built lady
having a good, strong constructionwell-built houses
British Dictionary definitions for well-built (2 of 2)
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Word Origin and History for well-built
built
1560s, "constructed, erected," past participle adjective from build (v.). Meaning "physically well-developed" is by 1940s (well-built in reference to a woman is from 1871); Built-in (adj.) is from 1898.
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Idioms and Phrases with well-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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