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physique, build, body-build, habitus

n. constitution of the human body

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

build

v. develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

build

v. improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"

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size

n. a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"

manufacture

v. create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

schedule

v. make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I scheduled an exam for this afternoon"

raise, erect, rear, set up, put up

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

manufacture

v. produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"

establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

v. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

install, instal, put in, set up

v. set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

set

v. put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"

situate, fix, posit, deposit

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge

v. make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

reenact

v. enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"

station, post, send, place

v. assign to a station

grow

v. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"

diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out

v. move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

boom, thrive, flourish, expand

v. grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

rise, prove

v. increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"

rise

v. of substances

rise, go up, climb

v. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

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destroy, destruct

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

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