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built

UK/ˈbɪlt/

built adjective: well-built, muscular or toned. Also the simple past and past participle of build.

Adjective

built (not comparable)

  1. (informal) well-built, muscular or toned.
    • Wow! Your new boyfriend's really built.
    Synonyms:
    voluptuous

Noun

built (plural builts)

  1. (obsolete) Shape; build; form of structure.
    • the built of a ship
    • The sailor sees the burthen, the built, and the distance of a ship at sea, while she is a great way off.1764, Thomas Reid, Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense

Also used as

built is also the simple past and past participle of build.

built meaning in Marathi, Kannada and Gujarati

built in Marathi

बांधले, बांधलेले

built in Kannada

ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ

built in Gujarati

બાંધવામાં આવેલ, બાંધવામાં આવ્યું

Examples of built in a sentence

  • The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.
  • Since I started doing squats, I've built up some serious cake.
  • He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.

All 40 example sentences with built

Synonyms of built

Antonyms

Forms of built

pluralbuilts

Phrases with built

11 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with built

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about built

What does built mean?
Built means well-built, muscular or toned.
What is built in Marathi?
Built in Marathi is बांधले, बांधलेले. See Built meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is built?
Built can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce built?
Built is pronounced /ˈbɪlt/ (UK).

Words near built in the dictionary

  1. builds up
  2. builds upon
  3. buildup
  4. buildups
  5. Buildwas
  6. built
  7. built a better mousetrap
  8. built a case
  9. built air castles
  10. built bridges
  11. built castles in the air

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Adapted from Wiktionary: built (page history and authors); built (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); built (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); built (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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