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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust, design, create |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, build, carve, construct, contrive, cook up, cut, devise, dream up, erect, fabricate, fit, forge, form, frame*, knock together, make, manufacture, model, mold, plan, plot, produce, sculpture, shape, suit, tailor, throw together, turn out, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make something from scratch |
| Synonyms: | beat, build, construct, contrive, create, devise, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, hammer out, invent, manufacture, mold, pound, put together, shape, turn out, work |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animate body and its condition |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, being, build, condition, fettle, figure, fitness, frame, health, object, outline, person, phenomenon, physique, shape, silhouette, thing, torso, trim* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into existence; make, produce |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assemble, block out, bring about, build, cast, complete, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, consummate, contrive, cook up, create, cultivate, cut, design, develop, devise, dream up, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, finish, fix, forge, found, frame, hammer out, invent, knock off, make up, manufacture, model, mold, organize, outline, pattern, perfect, plan, plot, project, put together, scheme, set, set up, shape, structure, throw together, trace, turn out, work |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, hurt, ruin |
| Main Entry: | found |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on a base |
| Synonyms: | bottom, build, erect, establish, ground, predicate, raise, rear, rest, root, stay, support, sustain |
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, casing |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, architecture, body, build, cage, carcass, construction, enclosure, fabric, flounce, form, framework, fringe, groundwork, hem, mount, mounting, outline, physique, scaffold, scaffolding, scheme, setting, shell, stage, structure, support, system, trim, trimming, truss, valance |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain, increase |
| Synonyms: | build, deepen, enlarge, expand, grow, heighten, intensify, rise, swell, thicken, wax |
| Notes: | garner means to amass or acquire or reap; gather means to assemble or get together |
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
| Synonyms: | abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, come to be, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hammer out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to a conclusion |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, bring about, build, complete, construct, erect, establish, excogitate, fight through, finish, form, make, negotiate, produce, set up, settle, sort out, thrash out, work out |
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