To develop and strengthen muscles through weight training and structured exercise routines.
Compound verb from 'body' and 'build,' emerging in the 20th century alongside the modern bodybuilding movement. The verb form developed naturally from the noun 'bodybuilding' that became popular in the 1970s fitness revolution.
Bodybuild became a verb when bodybuilding became a major sport and lifestyle—English grammar rules let us turn any noun into a verb when people need to describe doing that activity, which is why we 'text,' 'google,' and 'bodybuild.'
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