Definition of built-up

Overview of verb build-up

The verb build up has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (7) build up

(enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings")

2. (6) build up, work up, build, progress

(form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border")

3. (2) arm, build up, fortify, gird

(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")

4. build up, work up, build, ramp up

(bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports")

5. build up, develop

(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")

Overview of adj built-up

The adj built-up has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. built-up

(peopled with settlers; "the built-up areas")