Definition of build

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Build (v. t.) 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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Fencing :: Fencing (v. i.) The act of building a fence.
Locate :: Locate (v. t.) To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant..
Floor :: Floor (n.) A story of a building. See Story.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..
Magnificent :: Magnificent (a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A piece of timber used in building.
In Antis :: In antis () Between antae; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, forming the angles of the building. See Anta..
Architectonical :: Architectonical (a.) Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive..
Hammer-dressed :: Hammer-dressed (a.) Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.
Crippling :: Crippling (n.) Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.
Palmyra :: Palmyra (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
Nigged :: nigged (n.) Hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building..
Erection :: Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings..
Townhall :: Townhall (n.) A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc..
Shanty :: Shanty (n.) A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut..
Builded :: Builded (imp. & p. p.) of Buil.
Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..
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