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Bau — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • build verb To make something by putting materials or parts together according to a plan.
  • building noun A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, office, or factory.
  • burrow verb To dig a tunnel or hole, typically as a home or hiding place.
  • construction noun The process or business of building something, especially buildings and infrastructure.
  • den noun A wild animal's shelter, such as a cave or burrow.
  • earth name The planet we live on, third from the Sun.
  • fabric noun Cloth made by weaving or knitting fibres together.
  • lair noun The den or hidden resting place of a wild animal.

Senses

Bau is used for these senses in English:

  • building (uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
  • building (countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.
  • burrow A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
  • construction The process of constructing.
  • construction The trade of building structures.
  • den A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
  • den A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
  • earth The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.

build — full definition

  1. verb To make something by putting materials or parts together according to a plan.
  2. verb To gradually increase or strengthen something over time.
  3. verb To compile a piece of software from its source code into a runnable program.
  4. noun The general shape and size of a person's or animal's body.
  5. noun A particular version of a piece of software released during its development.

building — full definition

  1. noun A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, office, or factory.
  2. noun The activity or process of constructing something.

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