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. [1913 Webster] Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means. [1913 Webster] Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32. [1913 Webster] Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame. [1913 Webster] Building \Build"ing\, n. 1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. [1913 Webster] Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. [1913 Webster] The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. --Hosking. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc. [1913 Webster] Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. --Shak. [1913 Webster]