building up (verb)

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

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  • 2evacuate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Middle English, to draw off morbid humors, from Latin evacuatus, past participle of evacuare to empty, from e + vacuus empty Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to remove the contents of ; empty 2. to discharge… …

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  • 3plan — /plæn / (say plan) noun 1. a scheme of action or procedure: a plan of operations. 2. a design or scheme of arrangement. 3. a project or definite purpose: plans for the future. 4. a drawing made to scale to represent the top view or a horizontal… …

  • 4plot — I. /plɒt / (say plot) noun 1. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose. 2. the plan, scheme, or main story of a play, novel, poem, or the like. 3. Gunnery the position of a target and the …

  • 5squat — I. verb (squatted; squatting) Etymology: Middle English squatten to crush, crouch in hiding, from Middle French (Picard dialect) esquatir, escuater, from Old French es ex + quatir to hide, from Vulgar Latin *coactire to squeeze, alteration of… …

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  • 6mat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew miṭṭāh bed Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor… …

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  • 7design — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, to outline, indicate, mean, from Anglo French & Medieval Latin; Anglo French designer to designate, from Medieval Latin designare, from Latin, to mark out, from de + signare to mark more at sign Date: 14th… …

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  • 8printer — noun 1 person/company that prints books, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ book ▪ commercial ▪ master ▪ jobbing (BrE) PRINTER + VERB ▪ …

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  • 9lump — lump1 noun 1》 a compact mass, especially one without a definite or regular shape.     ↘a swelling under the skin. 2》 informal a heavy, ungainly, or slow witted person. 3》 (the lump) Brit. informal casual employment in the building trade. verb 1》… …

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  • 10lump — Ⅰ. lump [1] ► NOUN 1) a compact mass, especially one without a definite or regular shape. 2) a swelling under the skin. 3) informal a heavy, ungainly, or slow witted person. 4) (the lump) Brit. informal casual employment in the building trade …

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