build up
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Sense: Verb: grow larger or stronger
Synonyms:
accumulate, gather Collocations, mass Collocations, amass, concentrate Collocations, pile up, collect Collocations, grow Collocations, increase Collocations, inflate, grow bigger, grow larger, grow stronger, strengthen Collocations, become stronger, balloon Collocations, swell Collocations, proliferate, snowball, mushroom Collocations, develop Collocations, expand Collocations, enlarge Collocations, spread Collocations
Sense: Verb: make larger or stronger
Synonyms:
augment, add to, extend Collocations, expand Collocations, enlarge Collocations, increase Collocations, inflate, raise Collocations, compound Collocations, pump up, boost, amplify, strengthen Collocations, make sth stronger, reinforce Collocations, develop Collocations, grow Collocations
Sense: Verb: grow more intense, louder, etc.
Synonyms:
intensify, heighten, increase Collocations, rise Collocations, build Collocations, be amplified, be magnified, mount Collocations, strengthen Collocations, swell Collocations, climb Collocations, enlarge Collocations, be heightened, grow louder, get louder, grow stronger
Sense: Verb: make more intense, louder, etc.
Synonyms:
build Collocations, intensify, heighten, raise Collocations, amplify, magnify, strengthen Collocations, make sth more intense, increase Collocations, swell Collocations, make sth louder, crank up , ramp up, grow Collocations
Sense: Verb: gain
Synonyms:
gain Collocations, pick up, gather Collocations, amass, collect Collocations, assemble Collocations, pull together, bring together, grow Collocations, accumulate
Sense: Verb: make more desirable or attractive
Synonyms:
talk up , promote Collocations, exaggerate, hype Collocations, hype up, plug Collocations , boost, praise Collocations, oversell, overdo