Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 91
Build (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. -- Shak.
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.
I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. -- Acts xx. 32.
Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
Build (v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
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.
Build (n.) Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship ; a great build on a man.
Build (n.) Constitution of the human body [syn: physique, build, body-build, habitus].
Build (n.) Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh].
Build (v.) Make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed make].
Build (v.) Form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up, build, progress].
Build (v.) Build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation" [syn: build, establish].
Build (v.) Improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents".
Build (v.) Order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state".
Build (v.) Give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business".
Build (v.) Be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles".
Build (v.) Found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation".
Build (v.) Bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" [syn: build up, work up, build, ramp up].
Build (v.) Develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera".
Build, () To process all of a project's source code and other digital assets or resources in order to produce a deployable product. In the simplest case this might mean compiling one file of C source to produce an executable file. More complex builds would typically involve compiling multiple source files, building library modules, packaging intermediate build products (e.g. Java class files in a jar file), adding or updating version information and other data about the product (e.g. intended deployment platform), running tests and interacting with a source code control system.
The build process is normally automated using tools such as Unix make, Apache ant or as part of an integrated development environment. This is taken one step further by continuous integration set-ups which periodically build the system while you are working on it. (2011-12-16)
Builder (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.
In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. -- Eng. Cyc.
Builder (n.) A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action [syn: builder, detergent builder].
Builder (n.) A person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country; "empire builder".
Builder (n.) Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) [syn: builder, constructor].
Building (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. -- Bp. Hall.
Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.
The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. -- Hosking.
Building (n.) That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.
Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. -- Shak. buildup
Building (n.) 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: building, edifice].
Building (n.) The act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building].
Building (n.) The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building].
Building (n.) The occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise".
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).
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.
Built (n.) Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Built (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
Like the
generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly built.
-- Landor.
Built
(a.) (Used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive
or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid
detergents" [syn: built, reinforced].
Buke muslin () See Book muslin.
Bukshish (n.) See Backsheesh.
Bulau (n.) (Zool.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal ({Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.
Bulb (n.) (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
Bulb (n.) (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Bulbaceous (n.) Bulbous.
Bulbar (a.) Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.
Bulbed (a.) Having a bulb; round-headed.
Bulbel (n.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.
Bulbiferous (n.) Producing bulbs.
Bulblet (n.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aerial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
Bulbose (a.) Bulbous.
Bulbo-tuber (n.) A corm.
Bulbourethral gland (n.) 尿道球腺 Bulbourethral gland, also c alled 考伯氏腺 Cowper’s Gland, either of two pea-shaped glands in the male, located beneath the prostate gland at the beginning of the internal portion of the penis; they add fluids to semen during the process of ejaculation (q.v.). The glands, which measure only about 1 cm (0.4 inch) in diameter, have ducts that empty into the urethra, the tube through which both urine and semen pass. They are composed of a network of small tubes, or tubules, and saclike structures; between the tubules are fibres of muscle and elastic tissue that give the glands structural support. Cells within the tubules and sacs contain droplets of mucus, a thick protein compound. The fluid excreted by these glands is clear and thick and acts as a lubricant; it is also thought to function as a flushing agent that washes out the urethra before the semen is ejaculated; it may also help to make the semen less watery and to provide a suitable living environment for the sperm. See also prostate gland; seminal vesicle.
Bulbous (a.) （有）球根的；球根狀的；由球根生長的 Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
Bulbous (a.) Shaped like a bulb [syn: {bulblike}, {bulbous}, {bulb- shaped}].
Bulbous (a.) Curving outward [syn: {bellied}, {bellying}, {bulbous}, {bulging}, {bulgy}, {protuberant}].
Bulbous (a.) Fat, round, or bulging.
‘A bulbous nose.’
Bulbous (a.) (Of a plant) Growing from a bulb.
‘The bulbous buttercup.’
Bulbul (n.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera.
Bulbule (n.) A small bulb; a bulblet.
Bulchin (n.) A little bull.
Bulgaria (n.) 保加利亞 Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.
Organised prehistoric cultures began developing on current Bulgarian lands during the Neolithic period. Its ancient history saw the presence of the Thracians, Greeks, Persians, Celts, Romans, Goths, Alans and Huns. The emergence of a unified Bulgarian state dates back to the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681 AD, which dominated most of the Balkans and functioned as a cultural hub for Slavs during the Middle Ages. With the downfall of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1396, its territories came under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 led to the formation of the Third Bulgarian State. The following years saw several conflicts with its neighbours, which prompted Bulgaria to align with Germany in both world wars. In 1946 it became a one-party socialist state as part of the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc. In December 1989 the ruling Communist Party allowed multi-party elections, which subsequently led to Bulgaria's transition into a democracy and a market-based economy.
Bulgaria's population of 7.2 million people is predominantly urbanised and mainly concentrated in the administrative centres of its 28 provinces. Most commercial and cultural activities are centred on the capital and largest city, Sofia. The strongest sectors of the economy are heavy industry, power engineering, and agriculture, all of which rely on local natural resources.
The country's current political structure dates to the adoption of a democratic constitution in 1991. Bulgaria is a unitary parliamentary republic with a high degree of political, administrative, and economic centralisation. It is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the Council of Europe; a founding state of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); and has taken a seat at the UN Security Council three times.
Bulge (n.) [C] 腫脹，凸塊；船腹；（突然或暫時的）增長，增多；上漲 The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
Bulge (n.) (Natu.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2.
{Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.
Bulged (imp. & p. p.) of Bulge.
Bulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulge.
Bulge (v. i.) 膨脹，凸起 [（+with）]；裝滿 [（+with）] To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
Bulge (v. i.) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. -- Broome.
Bulge (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {swelling}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}].
Bulge (v.) Swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" [syn: {bulge}, {pouch}, {protrude}].
Bulge (v.) Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge [syn: {bulge}, {bag}].
Bulge (v.) Bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: {start}, {protrude}, {pop}, {pop out}, {bulge}, {bulge out}, {bug out}, {come out}].
Bulge (v.) Cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: {bulge}, {bulk}].
Bulgy (a.) Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.
Bulimia (n.) Alt. of Bulimy.
Bulimy (n.) (Med.) （病理學）不正常的飢餓或食慾過旺；（心理醫學、精神病學）影響體重正常女子的一種飲食規律的紊亂 A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.
Bulimy (n.) A disordered eating habit characterized by occasional episodes of excessive eating, followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives, to avoid gaining weight; it is often accompanied by feelings of guilt; -- called also bulimia nervosa and binge-purge syndrome. It is observed mainly in young women of normal weight.
Bulimia (n.) A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation [syn: bulimia, binge-eating syndrome].
Bulimia (n.) Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions).
Bulimus (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America.
Bulk (n.) Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Bulk (n.) The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
Bulk (n.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
Bulk (n.) The body.
Bulked (imp. & p. p.) of Bulk.
Bulking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulk.
Bulk (v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
Bulk (v.) A projecting part of a building.
Bulker (n.) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
Bulkhead (n.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
Bulkhead (n.) A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
Bulkiness (n.) Greatness in bulk; size.
Bulky (a.) Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.
Bull (n.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
Bull (n.) One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action.
Bull (n.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
Bull (n.) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.
Bull (a.) Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
Bull (v. i.) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
Bull (v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
Bull (v. i.) A seal. See Bulla.
Bull (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.
Bull (v. i.) A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.
Bullae (n. pl. ) of Bulla.
Bulla (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
Bulla (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
Bulla (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
Bulla (n.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
Bullace (n.) A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum.
Bullace (n.) The bully tree.
Bullantic (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls.
Bullary (n.) A collection of papal bulls.
Bullaries (n. pl. ) of Bullary.
Bullary (n.) A place for boiling or preparing salt; a boilery.
Bullate (a.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.
Bullbeggar (n.) Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear.
Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.
Bullcomber (n.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhaeus vulgaris of Europe.
Bulldog (n.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.
Bulldog (n.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
Bulldog (a.) Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.
Bulldozed (imp. & p. p.) of Bulldoze.
Bulldozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulldoze.
Bulldoze (v. t.) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.
Bulldozer (n.) One who bulldozes.
Bulled (a.) Swollen.
Bullen-bullen (n.) The lyre bird.
Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.
Bullet (n.) A small ball.
Bullet (n.) A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
Bullet (n.) A cannon ball.
Bullet (n.) The fetlock of a horse.
Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.
Bulletin (n.) A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.
Bulletin (n.) Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.
Bulletin (n.) A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society.
Bulletin board, A board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc. bullet-proof
Bulletin (n.) A brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast).
Bulletin (v.) Make public by bulletin.
Bullfaced (a.) Having a large face.
Bullfeast (n.) See Bullfight. [Obs.] Bullfight