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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Built} (b[i^]lt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Building}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Builded} is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b[=u]a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.]
1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.
Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton.
2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. --Shak.
3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.
I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.
Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. --Bp. Hall.
2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.
The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. --Hosking.
3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.
Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. --Shak. buildup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: {building}, {edifice}]
2: the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: {construction}, {building}]
3: the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: {construction}, {building}]
4: the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
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