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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
build up
    v 1: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages;
         "build up your savings"
    2: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's
       plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the
       Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up,
       build, progress]
    3: prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is
       girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are
       building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up,
       fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize,
       disarm]
    4: bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up
       confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" [syn: build
       up, work up, build, ramp up]
    5: change the use of and make available or usable; "develop
       land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The
       remote areas of the country were gradually built up" [syn:
       build up, develop]

Thesaurus Results for build up:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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