builds up
Amasses over time
Builds up means to accumulate or increase gradually over time: Pressure builds up in the tank, Traffic builds up during rush hour.
It can describe physical accumulation—Plaque builds up on teeth—or emotional intensity: Tension builds up before the confrontation.
To build someone up is to strengthen or encourage them, or sometimes to praise them excessively: The coach really built up her confidence.
Build-up as a noun refers to the accumulation itself or the period of increasing anticipation.
Arrange in layers
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- coatOuter garment or layer
- encrustCover with hard layer
accumulate · accrete · overlay · laminate · plate
Collect in quantity
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- gatherBring or come together
- collectBring items together
hoard · aggregate · store · stash · accrue · compile · assemble · heap
Make stronger against threat
- reinforceAdd strength to something
- bolsterStrengthen or buttress
- solidifyMake or become hard
- consolidateUnite separate things
cement · buttress · shore up · underpin · stabilize · secure · harden · toughen
stratify
Arrange in layers
amass
Collect in quantity
collect · hoard · aggregate · store · stash · accrue · compile · assemble · heap · cache
fortify
Make stronger against threat
consolidate · cement · buttress · shore up · underpin · stabilize · secure · harden · toughen · brace
intensify
Increase in degree
multiply · swell · increase · amplify · heighten · rise · mount · soar · spiral · accelerate
grow
Increase in size
- cultivateGrow or develop purposefully
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- matureFully grown or developed
evolve · progress · advance · expand · flourish · blossom · germinate · ripen · incubate · foster
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
builds updepletes
Uses until gone
runs down · drains · uses up · exhausts · diminishes
builds uptears down
Destroys systematically
breaks down · demolishes · knocks down · dismantles · destroys
builds upweakens
Reduces strength or power
undermines · saps · wears down · enfeebles · debilitates
build, building, built, builder, rebuild, rebuilt, buildup, builds, rebuilding