built

[bilt]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of build.

adjective

1. Informal.

   1. of sound or sturdy construction.

      These cars are really built.

   2. having a good physique or figure.

      That lifeguard is really built!

2. Nautical.,  noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces.

   built frame; built spar.

built

/ bɪlt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of build

Other Word Forms

• well-built adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of built¹

First recorded in 1560–70, for the adjective

Idioms and Phrases

see made (built) to order; not built that way; Rome wasn't built in a day. Also see under build.

Example Sentences

“It’s one person’s life’s work. She’s an artist, not a corporation. She’s built it up entirely from a box of Victorian clothes. She worked 20-hour days for decades and decades,” McQuown says.

From Los Angeles Times

He said she built models to understand the composition of the ocean floor, using sound.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, the first such condo has been built.

From Los Angeles Times

They could have built search tools to help staff navigate the agency’s 60,000 pages of policies.

From Salon

The tunnel is largely unchanged from when it was built in 1963, emerging from behind the goal where Red Star's 'ultras' congregate for club games.

From BBC