building (verb)

  • 1building — noun 1 house, church, school, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big, high rise, huge, large, massive, tall, towering ▪ low, low rise …

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  • 2build — [c]/bɪld / (say bild) verb (built or, Archaic, builded, building) –verb (t) 1. to construct (something relatively complex) by assembling and combining parts: build a house; build an empire. 2. to establish, increase, and strengthen: to build a… …

  • 3timber — noun 1 trees grown for building VERB + TIMBER ▪ cut, fell, harvest ▪ sell TIMBER + NOUN ▪ company, industry, product …

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  • 4exhaust — /əgˈzɔst / (say uhg zawst), /ɛg / (say eg ) verb (t) 1. to empty by drawing out the contents. 2. to create a vacuum in. 3. to draw out or drain off; draw or drain off completely. 4. to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: *Our… …

  • 5Wortsemantik — Die lexikalische Semantik (auch: Wortsemantik) ist ein Teilbereich der Linguistik. Sie beschäftigt sich mit der Bedeutung der einzelnen lexikalischen Elemente (Wörter, Morpheme[1], Lexeme)[2] und damit unter anderem mit: verschiedenen Verfahren… …

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  • 6reception — noun 1 (esp. BrE) area in a building VERB + RECEPTION ▪ report to ▪ All delegates should report to the reception on arrival. ▪ call, call down to, phone, ring (BrE) …

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  • 7dome — noun 1》 a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure.     ↘the revolving openable hemispherical roof of an observatory. 2》 the rounded summit of a hill or mountain.     ↘Geology a rounded uplifted landform or underground structure …

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  • 8donga — I. /ˈdɒŋə/ (say donguh), /ˈdɒŋgə / (say dongguh) noun 1. a shallow gully or dried out watercourse. 2. the donga, Colloquial the bush; the outback. {South African English: a gully formed by running water, from Zulu and Xhosa udonga; military use… …

  • 9Lexikalische Semantik — Die lexikalische Semantik (auch: Wortsemantik) ist ein Teilbereich der Linguistik. Sie beschäftigt sich mit der Bedeutung der einzelnen lexikalischen Elemente (Wörter, Morpheme[1], Lexeme)[2] und damit unter anderem mit: verschiedenen Verfahren… …

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  • 10wrangle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter ▪ lengthy, long running ▪ legal, planning (BrE) ▪ a lengthy planning wrangle over the height of the building …

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