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construct - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
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build,
make |
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create,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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customise,
customize make according to requirements; "customize a car"
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revet face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain; "face an embankment"
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dry-wall construct with drywall; "dry-wall the basement of the house"
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lock become rigid or immoveable; "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
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wattle interlace to form wattle
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frame,
frame up make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
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rebuild,
reconstruct build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"
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groin build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"
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cantilever construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
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erect,
put up,
raise,
rear,
set up provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
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build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
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corduroy build (a road) from logs laid side by side
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channelise,
channelize cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream"
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construct - draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle" |
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delineate,
describe,
draw,
line,
trace describe in vivid detail
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geometry the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
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construct - create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument" |
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create by mental act,
create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
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construct - create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph" |
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create by mental act,
create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
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