Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hand-build

1 sense of hand-build

Sense 1
handbuild, hand-build, coil -- (make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels")
       => shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge -- (make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword")