Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
BUILD
I. verb (built; building) see: bower Date: before 12th century transitive verb to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole ; construct , to cause to be constructed, to develop according to a systematic plan, by a definite process, or on a particular base, increase , enlarge , intransitive verb to engage in building,
2. to progress toward a peak (as of intensity) , to develop in extent ,
II. noun
Date: 1667
form or mode of structure ; make