To frame or construct, as an edifice; form by uniting materials into a regular structure; erect.Figuratively— To form by art in any way; construct.To raise as on a support or foundation; rear.To establish, increase, and strengthen: generally with up: as, to build up a fine business; to build up a character.To exercise the art or practise the business of building; construct.Figuratively, to rear, erect, or construct anything, as a plan or a system of thought.To rest or depend, as on a foundation; base; rely: with on or upon.n. Manner of construction; make; form: as, the build of a ship.In casino, to combine certain cards so that their total pip-value equals that of a single card in the player's hand.