built-up

(verb) enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages. Synonyms: build up. Example: "Build up your savings."

(verb) form or accumulate steadily. Synonyms: build up, work up, build, progress. Examples: "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly." "Pressure is building up at the indian-pakistani border."

(verb) prepare oneself for a military confrontation. Synonyms: arm, build up, fortify, gird. Examples: "The u.s. is girding for a conflict in the middle east." "Troops are building up on the iraqi border."

(verb) bolster or strengthen. Synonyms: build up, work up, build, ramp up. Examples: "We worked up courage." "Build up confidence." "Ramp up security in the airports."

(verb) change the use of and make available or usable. Synonyms: build up, develop. Examples: "Develop land." "The country developed its natural resources." "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up."

(adj) peopled with settlers. Example: "The built-up areas."