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Definition of "upbuild" [upbuild]

  • To build up; increase or enlarge: sand dunes that were upbuilt by the wind. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "upbuild" in a sentence
  • "He had not yet seen anything of the upbuild or the underneath of the Shu."
  • "The upbuild was supposed to be a wonder if you saw it from the sea or some eminence where you could view it as a whole."
  • "In a word, the final thought is that we labor to upbuild the being which we are, and not merely to build round our real self with marble and gold and precious stones."