[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

build \build\ bi^ld, v. t. imp.  p. p. built bi^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=ol farm, abode, dan. bol
   small farm, osw. bol, b"ole, house, dwelling, fr. root of
   icel. b=ua to dwell; akin to e. be, bower, boor. root97.
   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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see also:
built building builded 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster buildup

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"
see also:
edifice construction 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

130 moby thesaurus words for "building":
   dymaxion house, white house, adobe house, anatomy, architectonics,
   architecture, arrangement, assemblage, assembly, build, buildup,
   casa, casting, cliff dwelling, combination, composition, compound,
   conformation, constitution, construct, construction, consulate,
   conversion, country house, country seat, crafting, craftsmanship,
   creation, cultivation, dacha, deanery, devising, dwelling house,
   edifice, elaboration, embassy, embodiment, erection, establishment,
   extraction, fabric, fabrication, farm, farmhouse, fashion,
   fashioning, forging, form, format, formation, forming, formulation,
   frame, framing, getup, growing, hall, handicraft, handiwork,
   harvesting, house, houseboat, hut, incorporation, junction,
   lake dwelling, living machine, lodge, machining, make, makeup,
   making, manor house, manse, manufacture, manufacturing, milling,
   mining, mixture, mold, molding, organic structure, organism,
   organization, packaged house, parsonage, pattern, patterning,
   penthouse, physique, piecing together, pile, plan, prefab,
   prefabricated house, prefabrication, preparation,
   presidential palace, processing, producing, production,
   putting together, pyramid, raising, ranch house, rectory, refining,
   roof, setup, shape, shaping, skyscraper, smelting, sod house,
   split-level, structure, structuring, superstructure, syneresis,
   synthesis, tectonics, texture, tissue, tower, town house, vicarage,
   warp and woof, weave, web, workmanship

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

building
   among the jews was suited to the climate and conditions of the
   country. they probably adopted the kind of architecture for
   their dwellings which they found already existing when they
   entered canaan deut. 6:10; num. 13:19. phoenician artists 2
   sam. 5:11; 1 kings 5:6, 18 assisted at the erection of the
   royal palace and the temple at jerusalem. foreigners also
   assisted at the restoration of the temple after the exile ezra
   3:7.
   
     in gen. 11:3, 9, we have the first recorded instance of the
   erection of buildings. the cities of the plain of shinar were
   founded by the descendants of shem 10:11, 12, 22.
   
     the israelites were by occupation shepherds and dwellers in
   tents gen. 47:3; but from the time of their entering canaan
   they became dwellers in towns, and in houses built of the native
   limestone of palestine. much building was carried on in
   solomon's time. besides the buildings he completed at jerusalem,
   he also built baalath and tadmor 1 kings 9:15, 24. many of the
   kings of israel and judah were engaged in erecting various
   buildings.
   
     herod and his sons and successors restored the temple, and
   built fortifications and other structures of great magnificence
   in jerusalem luke 21:5.
   
     the instruments used in building are mentioned as the
   plumb-line amos 7:7, the measuring-reed ezek. 40:3, and the
   saw 1 kings 7:9.
   
     believers are "god's building" 1 cor. 3:9; and heaven is
   called "a building of god" 2 cor. 5:1. christ is the only
   foundation of his church 1 cor. 3:10-12, of which he also is
   the builder matt. 16:18.
   

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

building, estates. an edifice erected by art, and fixed upon or over the 
soil, composed of stone, brick, marble, wood, or other proper substance, 
'connected together, and designed for use in the position in which it is so 
fixed. every building is an accessory to the soil, and is, therefore, real 
estate: it belongs to the owner of the soil. cruise, tit. 1, s. 46. vide 1 
chit. pr. 148, 171; salk. 459; hob. 131; 1 mete. 258; broom's  max. 172. 

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