Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Build \Build\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Built}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Building}. The regular imp. & p. p. {Builded} is
   antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr.
   bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small
   farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel.
   b?a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.]
   1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any
      kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular
      structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

            Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven
            high towers.                          --Milton.

   2. 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.

   3. 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.

Building \Build"ing\, n.
   1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.

            Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no
            faster.                               --Bp. Hall.

   2. 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.

   3. 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.

Source : WordNet®

building
     n 1: 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: {edifice}]
     2: the act of constructing or building something; "during the
        construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the
        building of boats" [syn: {construction}]
     3: the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings;
        "their main business is home construction"; "workers in
        the building trades" [syn: {construction}]
     4: the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained
        about the noise"