Definition of Built

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

Exact synonyms: Reinforced
Similar to: Improved

Definition of Built

1. n. Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship.

2. a. Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.

Definition of Built

1. Adjective. ¹

2. Verb. (simple past of build) ¹

3. Verb. (past participle of build) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Built

1. build [v] - See also: build

Lexicographical Neighbors of Built

building society
building supply house
building supply store
building up
buildingless
buildings
buildingwide
buildout
buildouts
builds
builds on
builds up
builds upon
buildup
buildups
built (current term)
built(a)
built(p)
built-in
built-in bed
built-in function
built-in functions
built-in type
built-soap powder
built-up
built-up roof
built environment
built in
built in bed

Literary usage of Built

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"Portions of Thanet or Shaftesbury House, which was built by Jones about 1645 on the ... Wimbledon House, in the Strand (built in 1628 and removed in 1782), ..."

2. Transactions by Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society, American philosophical society (1905)
"We found the springer of a flat ardh built into the south aide of the ... half of this doorway had 'been built up. and the other half had been torn out with ..."

3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... they built it i;p on each side, laying it liko lattice-work, ... and built bricks inside it, which they took from tho neighboring house-? ..."

4. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"For all work thus far built, the use of the above equivalent fluid pressure in ... Tables 37 and 38 of cost data of concrete bridges built in 1910 and 1911 ..."

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