Quick definitions from WordNet (build up)
▸ verb: form or accumulate steadily
▸ verb: bolster or strengthen ("Build up confidence")
▸ verb: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages ("Build up your savings")
▸ verb: change the use of and make available or usable
▸ verb: prepare oneself for a military confrontation
▸ Also see build_ups
▸ Words similar to build up
▸ Usage examples for build up
▸ Words that often appear near build up
▸ Rhymes of build up
▸ Invented words related to build up
▸ verb: form or accumulate steadily
▸ verb: bolster or strengthen ("Build up confidence")
▸ verb: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages ("Build up your savings")
▸ verb: change the use of and make available or usable
▸ verb: prepare oneself for a military confrontation
▸ Also see build_ups
▸ Words similar to build up
▸ Usage examples for build up
▸ Words that often appear near build up
▸ Rhymes of build up
▸ Invented words related to build up