Definition of build

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Build (v. i.) To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others..

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Martello Tower :: Martello tower () A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction..
Lazaretto :: Lazaretto (n.) A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases..
Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..
Customhouse :: Customhouse (n.) The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared..
Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..
Build :: Build (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means..
Outhouse :: Outhouse (n.) A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.
Quadrangle :: Quadrangle (n.) A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England..
Frame :: Frame (n.) The bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building..
Hypogeum :: Hypogeum (n.) The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs..
Prop :: Prop (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state..
Art :: Art (n.) A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation..
Burghbote :: Burghbote (n.) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
Pipe :: Pipe (v. t.) To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building..
Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (v. t.) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
Estimate :: Estimate (n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond..
Course :: Course (n.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building.
Scutiger :: Scutiger (n.) Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.
Campus :: Campus (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus..
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