Found 4 items, similar to Building.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: building
bangunan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: building
bangunan, bina, gedung, pendirian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: building
building
n 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:
edifice]
2: the act of constructing or building something;
“during the
construction we had to take a detour”;
“his hobby was the
building of boats” [syn:
construction]
3: the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings;
“their main business is home construction”;
“workers in
the building trades” [syn:
construction]
4: the occupants of a building;
“the entire building complained
about the noise”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Building
Build
\Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. t. [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.
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Nor aught availed him now
To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton.
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2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or
produce by using appropriate means.
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Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.
--Shak.
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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.
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I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.
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Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
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Building
\Build"ing\, n.
1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
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Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no
faster. --Bp. Hall.
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2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil
architecture.
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The execution of works of architecture necessarily
includes building; but building is frequently
employed when the result is not architectural.
--Hosking.
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3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a
house, a church, etc.
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Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire
Have cost a mass of public treasury. --Shak.
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