Built

Definition: Built

Built

Adjective

1. (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents".

2. Formed by fitting or joining components together.

3. (slang) well or attractively formed with respect to physique.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "built" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Built

Base

Adjective: bottom, undermost, nethermost; fundamental; founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.

Danger

Adjective: in danger; Noun: endangered; Verb: fraught with danger; dangerous, hazardous, perilous, parlous, periculous; unsafe, unprotected; (safe, protect; );insecure. untrustworthy; built upon.sand, on a sandy basis; wildcat.

Strength

Stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather;stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather; built like a brick shithouse; like a giant refreshed.

Unsubstantiality

Visionary; (imaginary); immaterial; spectral; dreamy; shadowy; ethereal, airy; cloud built, cloud formed; gossamery, illusory, insubstantial, unreal.

Crosswords: Built

Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air, yet their strength and their speed are still based in a world that is built on rules (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

You think this metal man is fun, but who built it (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird)

With vinyl and stripes and a cup built right in (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.)

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

The entire British empire was built on cups of tea, and if you think I'm going to war without one, mate, you're mistaken (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll (We Built This City; performing artist: Starship)

Im not built that way (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin' (Black Water; performing artist: Doobie Brothers)

She has a built in ability (Invisible Touch; performing artist: Genesis)

And I ain't built like a supermodel (Video; performing artist: India.Arie)

Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark! (references; author: unknown)

An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications. (references; author: unknown)

Those who admire the freedom of birds have never built a nest. (references; author: unknown)

Reputation is made in a moment: Character is built in a lifetime. (references; author: unknown)

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. (references; author: unknown)

The Boat That Ian Built (1974)

Nature's Better Built Homes (1960)

The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)

Bicep Built for Two (1955)

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere (1942)

We Built This City (performing artist: Starship)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Houses That Sears Built; Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sears Catalog Homes (reference)

• The Rickover Effect: The Inside Story of How Adm. Hyman Rickover Built the Nuclear Navy (reference)

• The Effects of Air Pollution on the Built Environment (reference)

• The Semiotics of the Built Environment: An Introduction to Architectonic Analysis (reference)

• Built to Survive: A Comprehensive Guide to the Medical Use of Anabolic Steroids, Nutrition and Exercise for HIV (+) men and women (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Planning : For The Natural And Built Environment (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Avengers '66 - What the Butler Saw / The House That Jack Built (reference)

• How Cars and Trucks Are Built (reference)

• Trolly: The Cars That Built Our City (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Built To Spill & Caustic Resin [EP] (reference)

• Very Best Of-We Built This Cit (reference)

• Jesus Built My Hotrod [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• In a Pasture Built for Lovers (reference)

• World That Screw Built (Screw) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Mad Catz Steering Wheel with Built in Rumble (reference)

• The House That You Built (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Newly built hospital at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. Credit: CDC.

Once a vast carpet of healthy vegetation, the Amazon rain forest is changing rapidly. This image of Bolivia shows dramatic deforestation in the Amazon Basin. Loggers have cut long paths into the forest, while ranchers have cleared large blocks for their herds. Fanning out from these clear-cut areas are settlements built in radial arrangements of fields and farms. Healthy vegetation appears bright red in this image. Credit: NASA.

Nicknamed "Dragon Lake," this body of water is formed by the Bratskove Reservoir, built along the Angara River in southern Siberia, near the city of Bratsk. This image was acquired in winter, when the lake is frozen. Credit: NASA.

Makeshift skiff built for plane table mapping Project from Brunswick, GA, to Jacksonville, FL Combined Operations party of Hubert A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Pole tower built from native timber at Takhini West Base Note signal flag on tree Triangulation party of F. B. Quinn. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Closeup of an osprey nest built amid pound net posts. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Pound net posts are taken over by osprey, who built their home there. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The engineers who built the Marble Point landing strip - the first ground strip in Antartica. Back row - Bill McTigue, Navy Hydro Office; Commander Stephens, USN; __; Dr. Bob Nichols, Tufts University; front row - ___; Father Linehan, Wesson Observatory; ___. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The new Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) replaced the old Clean Air Facility. This was built for NOAA's Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The Fishing Vessel OLD POINT was a Chesapeake Bay blue crab boat built in 1909. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But these two powers, political and paternal, are so perfectly distinct and separate; are built upon so different foundations, and given to so different ends, that every subject that is a father, has as much a paternal power over his children, as the prince has over his: and every prince, that has parents, owes them as much filial duty and obedience, as the meanest of his subjects do to their's; and can therefore contain not any part or degree of that kind of dominion, which a prince or magistrate has over his subject. (Second Treatise of Government)

Subjection of Nature's forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and agriculture, steam-navigation, railways, electric telegraphs, clearing of whole continents for cultivation, canalisation of rivers, whole populations conjured out of the ground -- what earlier century had even a presentiment that such productive forces slumbered in the lap of social labour? We see then: the means of production and of exchange, on whose foundation the bourgeoisie built itself up, were generated in feudal society. (reference)

All craft so ceded shall be provided with their fittings and gear, shall be in a good state of repair and in condition to carry goods and shall be selected from among those most recently built. (reference)

Before we cast away the solid assurances of national armaments for self-preservation we must be certain that our temple is built, not upon shifting sands or quagmires, but upon the rock. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Henry of Huntingdon identifies him with the King Coel who first built walls round Colchester, which was named after him.

As a first step, the whole system of society is to be torn down, and built up anew

Guided by this sound he came to a sort of triangular nook built under the stairs, or, rather, formed by the staircase itself

An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications

Is it upon record, or else reported Successively from age to age, he built it

I built it.

We came at length to the house, which was indeed a noble structure, built according to the best rules of ancient architecture

The myriads who built the pyramids to be the tombs of the Pharaohs were fed on garlic, and it may be were not decently buried themselves

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Without these instructions, the body or mind may not be built correctly. (references)

An alteration in that sequence changes how your body and mind are built, which may lead to autism. (references)

Other combinations active in advanced disease, such as 5-FU/interferon have merit for study provided they are built into prospective trial design. (references)

Business

Seven more plants are being built. (references)

The legal import of fully built automobiles continues to drop. (references)

Optical networks, radio networks and VSAT networks have been built. (references)

Children

Denmark

Building regulations require special facilities for the disabled in public buildings built or renovated after 1977 and in older buildings that come into public use. (references)

Malta

The 2000 Persons with Disabilities Act built on provisions in the public employment and accessibility laws and requires the private sector to apply equal employment guarantees already in place in the public sector. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burma

These pagodas often were built on confiscated Muslim land. (references)

Discrimination

Lebanon

The Constitution calls for "social justice and equality of duties and rights among all citizens without prejudice or favoritism;" however, in practice aspects of the law and traditional beliefs discriminate against women, and religious discrimination is built into the political system. (references)

Economic History

Australia

Up to six Collins-class vessels are to be built. (references)

Netherlands

During the past five years, some 250 new marinas have been built. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

Some cells built for fifteen persons hold more than fifty. (references)

Brazil

Facilities built to accommodate 1,700 female inmates held 2,200 at year's end. (references)

Djibouti

Gabode prison, built for 350 persons, at times housed nearly twice that number. (references)

Minorities

Cyprus

The authorities repaired and built a fence around the mosque and pledged to increase protection of Muslim sites. (references)

Mozambique

Previously the Government had refused to grant permission for mosques to be built in the center of major cities. (references)

Czech Republic

In 1974 a pig farm was built on the site of the camp; both Roma and the Human Rights Commission have called for its removal. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Local authorities claim that the school was built without a proper permit. (references)

India

To deal with this, BJP leaders have projected a "swadeshi" or nationalist image, and called for India to be built by Indians. (references)

Sudan

Built before the country's independence, most prisons are maintained poorly, and many lack basic facilities such as toilets or showers. (references)

Trade

Kuwait

A trade center will also be built inside the FTZ to house exhibit and display facilities. (references)

Australia

Importers normally request terms, the cost of which should be built into the export price. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Properties built for investments greater than 2 billion F/CFA are exempt from property tax. (references)

Travel

Nigeria

Traffic congestion in built up areas often causes gridlock. (references)

West Bank

Business in WB/G is personal and family-oriented, built on trust and long-term relationships. (references)

Vietnam

In Hanoi and HCMC, it is generally possible to find housing built and maintained to international standards. (references)

Women

Saint Lucia

In September the Government, with foreign assistance, built a shelter for abused persons. (references)

Venezuela

The second is the Women's Shelters Program, a series of centers being built to receive, care for, and rehabilitate women in distress. (references)

Maldives

The Government also has built 15 women's centers in the atolls, which are facilities where family health workers can provide medical services. (references)

Worker Rights

Ukraine

However, the law gives unions a say in labor safety and in the allotment of newly built public housing. (references)

India

As a result of this coordination, Sanlaap has built stronger working relationships with police and other law enforcement officials in Calcutta. (references)

Pakistan

Saga Sports, which also manufactures soccer balls, has built modern community-based facilities in 10 villages with a high percentage of family stitching operations. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "built": be built ♦ built in ♦ built in bed ♦ built on ♦ built on low ground ♦ built on sand ♦ built reinforced ♦ built up ♦ Diagonal built ♦ jerry built ♦ not built up ♦ rome wasn't built in a day ♦ slenderly built ♦ square built. Additional references.

Beginning with "built": built-by, built-cane, built-homes, built-in, built-in bed, built-in microphone, Built-in Self Test, built-in-obsolescence, built-ins, built-it, built-soap powder, built-to-order, built-under, built-up, built-up, built-up area, built-up guns.

Ending with "built": american-built, brick-built, british-built, clyde-built, french-built, fully-built, german-built, half-built, hand-built, heavily-built, home-built, in-built, lightly-built, new-built, newly-built, partly-built, powerfully-built, re-built, self-built, slightly-built, soviet-built, specially-built, stone-built, strongly-built, swindon-built, timber-built, us-built, well-built.

Containing "built": bicycle-built-for-two, custom-built model, design-built-and-operate, jerry-built house, un-built-up.

Afrikaans

beboude gebied (built-up area). (various references)

Albanian

shulak (shout, square built, squat, stump, stumpy, thickset), me takë të lartë (built up), me supe të ngritura (built up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مكتظ بالمباني (built up), ‏مركب (assembled, built up, combination, combined, complex, component, composite, composition, compound, installed, put together, synthesis), ‏مدمج (built in, compact, consolidated). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съставен (built up, complex, component, composite, compositive, constituent, constitutive, elemental, integrate), широкоплещест (square built), построен (built up). (various references)

Chinese 

修造 (Build). (various references)

Czech

zastavìný (built up), vzrùstat (be on the increase, build up, built up, increase, quicken), vestavìný (build in, built in), stavìt na písku (built on sand), na spadnutí (decrepit, jerry built, ramshackle, tumble down), chatrný (broken, coarse, delicate, frail, jerry built, paltry, poorly, shoddy, unsound, weak). (various references)

Danish

bebygget areal (built-up area, built-up surface, covered area, covered surface, ground coverage, site coverage), bebygget område (built-up area, built-up surface, built-upon area, covered area, covered surface, ground coverage, site coverage), built-up beklaedning (built-up lining), bygget op imod (built against), etapevis opbygget køretøj (multi-stage built vehicle), æggehvidestof (albumenous matter, complex organic compounds consisting chiefly of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen and built up by amino acids.They occur in small amounts in wines where they sometimes form precipitates tannins, proteins), instrumenteringener opbygget i moduler (the measurement system is built up on the modular pattern), indbygget traadfremfoering (built-in feed), indbygget kommando (built-in command, inbuilt command, integrated command, intern command), indbygget font (built-in font, font on-line, internal font), indbygget (built-in, embedded, predefined), intern kommando (built-in command, inbuilt command, integrated command, intern command), Gitterspaer af lette vinkelprofiler (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles), klinkebygget baad (clincher built boat, clinker built boat), dobbelt hjertestykke (built-up obtuse crossing, diamond crossing, double frog), der er sig bevidst,at Europa kun kan opbygges ved gennem konkrete handlinger som en begyndelse at skabe en faktisk samhoerighed (recognising that Europe can be built only through practical achievements which will first of all create real solidarity), ikke seriefremstillet (custom built, tailored), protein (protein), udrustet motor (built-up engine), uafhængigt drivsystem (built-in motor drive, fully motorized drive, independent drive, independent motor drive, individual drive, self-contained motor drive), taettere bebygget omraade (built-up area), svejseomformer med sammenbygget motor og generator (monocarcase welding set (motor and one or more generators built into one frame)), specialkonstrueret (custom built, tailored), som sporbaner anses ogsaa baner,der er konstrueret som hoej-eller undergrundsbaner,tovbaner eller baner af saerlig konstruktion (included among tramways are railways which are built as overhead or underground systems, or specially constructed systems(NOTE:this statement is not true of UK), suspension rail conveying systems), intern font (built-in font, font on-line, internal font), resident font (built-in font, font on-line, internal font), vanddamp indbygges i krystalgitteret i form af protoner og OH -ioner, hvorved koncentrationen af vakancer i krystallen aendres (thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions), prædefineret (built-in, predefined), pladejernsdrager (built-up girder, plate girder), pladebjælke (built-up girder, plate girder), opbygget hæl (built heel), moebelplade (built-up board, core-board), løsæg (built-up edge), sammensat søjle (built-up column, compound column). (various references)

Dutch

bebouwde kom (built-up area). (various references)

Esperanto

surkonstruita areo (built-up area). (various references)

Finnish

rimalevy (built-up board, core-board), asennusvalmiiksi varusteltu moottori (built-up engine), etukäteen määritelty (built-in, predefined), hienorakenteinen (finely built), hila (grid, grid of an X-ray tube, lattice, raster, thereby changing the concentration of gaps in the actual crystal, water vapour is built into the lattice in the form of protons and oh ions), irtosärmä (built-up edge), komero (alcove, built-in cupboard closet, recess), lujarakenteinen (solid, strongly built, sturdy), proteiini (albumenous matter, albumin, complex organic compounds consisting chiefly of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen and built up by amino acids.They occur in small amounts in wines where they sometimes form precipitates tannins, protein, proteins), rakennettu ala (built-up area, covered area), rakennettu korko (built heel), rakennetut alueet (built-up areas), albumiini (albumen, albumenous matter, complex organic compounds consisting chiefly of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen and built up by amino acids.They occur in small amounts in wines where they sometimes form precipitates tannins, proteins), rakennuttaa (have built), yksittäiskäyttö (built-in motor drive, fully motorized drive, independent drive, independent motor drive, individual drive, self-contained drive, self-contained motor drive), sirorakenteinen (neatly built, of graceful lines, shapely), sisäänrakennettu (built-in, predefined), sisäänrakennettu kirjasin (built-in font, font on-line, internal font), sisäänrakennettu komento (built-in command, inbuilt command, integrated command, intern command), sisäänrakennettu syöttölaite (built-in feed), vahvarakenteinen (strongly built), vankkatekoinen (strongly built), yhdistelmäpäällyste (built-up lining), yhdistetty palkki (built-up girder, plate girder), yhdistetty pilari (built-up column, compound column), yhdistetty pylväs (built-up column, compound column), yhdistetty tuki (built-up column, compound column), rakennusala (built-up area, covered area). (various references)

French

bâti, édifiés, édifiées, édifiée, édifié. (various references)

German

gebaut (bodied), aufgebaut. (various references)

Greek 

χτισμένος, αόρ. του build. (various references)

Hebrew 

מבונה (built in), להבנות (be built), בנוי (built up, construction, reconstruction), רחב כתפים (square built, square shouldered). (various references)

Hungarian

épít (build, construct, to build, to engineer, to put up, to raise, to throw out, to wattle). (various references)

Italian

eretto (erect, erected, founded, standing, upright, upstanding), di corporatura, costruii. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ビラン剤 (bill, bill broker, billboard, billiards, billionaire, blister agent, builder, building, building highjack, building maintenance, built-in, Burma), 一夜造り (built in a night, hastily written, stopgap), 上家 (storage shed, temporary covering of a building being built), 勅願寺 (temple built at the order of the emperor), か弱い (be dejected, body trembling, calculating, chattering, Cheer up!, chipping, clash, clatter, crash, dry or rough feeling, feeble, feel disappointed, feel emotionally drained, feel let down, firmly, frail, frozen solid, heartbroken, lose heart, overly serious, peanut brittle, rattle, rummage, rustling, shrewd, slam, solidly, solidly built, something come loose, tick-tock, tightly, tough, with a bang, with a clank), 建つ (to be built, to be erected, to erect), 公住 (apartment house built by the Japan Housing Corporation), 堅太り (solidly built person), 氏寺 (shrine built to a guardian deity), 辻社 (small shrine built at a crossroads), 立つ　 (to be built, to be erected, to erect, to rise, to stand), 行宮 (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit), 行在所 (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit), 若宮 (newly built shrine, shrine dedicated to the son of the god of the main shrine, young prince), 造り付け (built in, fixed, fixture), 門前町 (town originally built around a temple or shrine), 民衆駅 (railway station built with government and popular support). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かたぶとり (solidly built person), みんしゅうえき (railway station built with government and popular support), もんぜんちょう (town originally built around a temple or shrine), もんぜんまち (town originally built around a temple or shrine), あんざいしょ (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit), あんぐう (temporary lodging built to accomodate an Imperial visit), わかみや (newly built shrine, shrine dedicated to the son of the god of the main shrine, young prince), ちょくがんじ (temple built at the order of the emperor), いちやずくり (built in a night, hastily written, stopgap), たつ (dragon, fifth sign of Chinese zodiac, promoted rook, to abstain, to be built, to be erected, to cut, to cut off, to depart, to erect, to initiateaction, to lapse, to pass, to rise up, to sever, to stand, to suppress), つじやしろ (small shrine built at a crossroads), つくりつけ (built in, fixed, fixture), うじでら (shrine built to a guardian deity), うわや (a shed, storage shed, temporary covering of a building being built), ビルトイン (built-in), がっちり (calculating, shrewd, solidly built, tightly), こうじゅう (apartment house built by the Japan Housing Corporation, religious association). (various references)

Korean 

건축하는. (various references)

Manx

troggit (blistered, bred, contracted, elevated, lifted, lofted, raised, reared, trained). (various references)

Pig Latin

uiltbay.(various references)

Portuguese

construído. (various references)

Romanian

zidit, trecut şi participiu trecut de la build, construcţie (architecture, build, building, construction, design, edifice, fabric, frame, framework, make up, pile, structure, style, texture). (various references)

Russian 

строить;;инф)создавать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ugrađen (built in, embedded), plećat (square built, square shouldered), nabildovan (built up), četvrtasto sagrađen (square built). (various references)

Spanish

pret y pp de build. (various references)

Swedish

byggd. (various references)

Thai

กริยาช่องที่ 2 และ 3 ของ build. (various references)

Turkish

yapılı (bodied, portly, sturdy, well knit, well-made). (various references)

Ukrainian

рознімний (built up, divided, separable), властивий (appropriate, built in, congenial, facultative, immanent, incident, incidental, inherent, innate, native, proper, resident), вбудований (built in), збірний (built up, collective, hotchpotch, made up, prefabricated), збудований нашвидку (jerry built), добре збудований (buirdly, well-built). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự xây dựng kiểu kiến trúc khổ người tầm vóc (build). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "built": homebuilt, inbuilt, misbuilt, outbuilt, overbuilt, rebuilt, unbuilt, upbuilt. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Built" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bagillt, bealt, belit, Beult, biliti, bilt, biul, Biut, Bluiett, boilt, Bouiali, Bueil, buel, buile, buist, buit, Bulith, bulot, bult, kuilt, kulit, muilt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: litu.

-2 letters: bit, but, lib, lit, til, tub, tui.

-3 letters: bi, it, li, ti, ut.

+1 letter: tabuli.

+2 letters: bailout, botulin, butling, cubital, halibut, holibut, inbuilt, rebuilt, subtile, tabouli, tabulis, tilbury, tublike, tubulin, tumbril, unbuilt, upbuilt.

+3 letters: ablution, abutilon, bailouts, bedquilt, bluetick, blunting, blurting, botulins, botulism, bucktail, bulgiest, bulkiest, bulletin, bulliest, buntline, burliest, bustline, bustling, dutiable, fabulist, gumbotil, habitual, halibuts, holibuts, jubilant, jubilate, misbuilt, nubility, outbuild, outbuilt, outclimb, stubbily, subtiler, subtilin, subtilty, subtitle, suitable, suitably, taboulis, thurible, tribunal, tubelike, tubulins, tullibee, tumbling, tumbrils, turbidly, turbinal.