--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 53 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/53/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 53 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/52/) **53** [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/54/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **budgerigar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, long-tailed parrot from Australia, usually green and yellow in the wild, kept as a pet in many colours; usually called a budgie.[↗](../../budgerigar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My nan has a blue budgerigar called Joey.[↗](../../budgerigar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our budgie can say "Hello, pretty bird!"[↗](../../budgerigar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wild budgerigars live in big flocks in Australia.[↗](../../budgerigar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Budgies like to look at themselves in a mirror.[↗](../../budgerigar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean the budgie's cage every week.[↗](../../budgerigar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Budgerigars are a kind of small parrot.[↗](../../budgerigar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **budget** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A budget is a plan for how much money you will spend and save.[↗](../../budget/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A budget is the amount of money you have to spend on something.[↗](../../budget/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To budget means to plan carefully how to spend money or time.[↗](../../budget/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Budget as an adjective means cheap, as in a budget hotel.[↗](../../budget/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A budget can also mean a bag or pack that a traveller carries.[↗](../../budget/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have a budget of 20 dollars for the class party.[↗](../../budget/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum makes a budget every month.[↗](../../budget/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip went over budget.[↗](../../budget/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's budget our money so we can buy a gift too.[↗](../../budget/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We stayed in a budget hotel.[↗](../../budget/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If the budget is 50 pounds and the food costs 35, we have 15 left.[↗](../../budget/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Budget your time so you finish your project.[↗](../../budget/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A poor tinker, who was passing by, lifted up the pudding, and, putting it into his budget, he then walked off.[↗](../../budget/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **budgie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, bright green, blue or yellow parrot that people often keep as a pet in a cage; its full name is budgerigar.[↗](../../budgie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In Australia, a wild budgerigar that lives in big flocks in the dry inland.[↗](../../budgie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have a blue budgie called Pip.[↗](../../budgie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our budgie chirps when we come into the room.[↗](../../budgie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Budgies like to look at themselves in a little mirror.[↗](../../budgie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Change the budgie's water every day.[↗](../../budgie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wild budgies fly in huge green flocks in Australia.[↗](../../budgie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma taught her budgie to say «hello».[↗](../../budgie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the window shut when the budgie is out of its cage.[↗](../../budgie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **buff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A buff is a person who knows and loves a lot about one subject: «a film buff», «a history buff».[↗](../../buff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Buff is a pale yellow-brown colour, like light leather.[↗](../../buff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To buff something is to polish it by rubbing with a soft cloth until it shines.[↗](../../buff/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) Buff means having strong, big muscles: «He's really buff».[↗](../../buff/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (UK slang) Buff can mean good-looking.[↗](../../buff/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (informal) In the buff means with no clothes on.[↗](../../buff/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* In games, a buff makes a character stronger; to buff is to make stronger.[↗](../../buff/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* Blindman's buff is a party game in which one player is blindfolded and tries to catch the others.[↗](../../buff/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle is a real train buff.[↗](../../buff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad buffed his shoes until they shone.[↗](../../buff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The envelope was a pale buff colour.[↗](../../buff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After months at the gym, he got really buff.[↗](../../buff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The babies ran around the garden in the buff.[↗](../../buff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new update buffed my favourite character.[↗](../../buff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She's a history buff who knows every king.[↗](../../buff/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some played at blindman’s buff, others at tag.[↗](../../buff/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **buffalo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A buffalo is a large wild or farmed animal of the cattle family with big curved horns, such as the African buffalo (Cape buffalo) or the water buffalo of Asia.[↗](../../buffalo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (North America) People often call the American bison a buffalo, though scientists say bison is the correct name.[↗](../../buffalo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Buffalo is a city in New York State, USA (a name).[↗](../../buffalo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A herd of buffalo crossed the river.[↗](../../buffalo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water buffalo pull ploughs in the rice fields.[↗](../../buffalo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Plains peoples used every part of the buffalo.[↗](../../buffalo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The African buffalo is one of the Big Five animals.[↗](../../buffalo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Real mozzarella is made with buffalo milk.[↗](../../buffalo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bison is often called a buffalo in America.[↗](../../buffalo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate buffalo wings at a party — it's chicken, not buffalo\![↗](../../buffalo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It darted into the skull of the foremost buffalo.[↗](../../buffalo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **buffer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that protects one thing from another or softens a hit or shock.[↗](../../buffer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Springs or pads on the end of a train or at the end of a railway track that soften a crash.[↗](../../buffer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) An area of memory where data is stored for a short time; «buffering» is when a video waits to load.[↗](../../buffer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) A solution that keeps acidity (pH) from changing much.[↗](../../buffer/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (UK, informal) An old-fashioned man, often silly: «an old buffer».[↗](../../buffer/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The video keeps buffering.[↗](../../buffer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The train hit the buffers at the end of the line.[↗](../../buffer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Trees act as a buffer against wind and noise.[↗](../../buffer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The UN keeps a buffer zone between the two armies.[↗](../../buffer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Savings are a buffer against hard times.[↗](../../buffer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old buffer next door tells long stories.[↗](../../buffer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **buffet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A buffet (said «BUFF-ay» or «boo-FAY») is a meal where food is set out on a table and people serve themselves.[↗](../../buffet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A buffet is a café or carriage on a train or at a station where you can buy food.[↗](../../buffet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To buffet (said «BUFF-it») is to hit or push something again and again, like strong wind or waves.[↗](../../buffet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old) A buffet is a side cabinet for dishes.[↗](../../buffet/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* At the party there was a buffet with sandwiches and cake.[↗](../../buffet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We helped ourselves from the buffet.[↗](../../buffet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel serves a breakfast buffet.[↗](../../buffet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad bought tea from the buffet car on the train.[↗](../../buffet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boat was buffeted by the waves.[↗](../../buffet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Strong winds buffeted the tent all night.[↗](../../buffet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was an all-you-can-eat buffet, so my brother had four plates.[↗](../../buffet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The infuriated pirates buffeted them in the mouth; and Hook roared out, “That seals your doom.[↗](../../buffet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **buffeting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hitting or pushing again and again, as wind or waves do; knocking about roughly.[↗](../../buffeting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship was buffeting in the storm.[↗](../../buffeting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind kept buffeting the tent.[↗](../../buffeting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After his buffetings with the deep, he slept.[↗](../../buffeting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **buffoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who acts silly or clownish to make others laugh; a clown or fool.[↗](../../buffoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The buffoon grunted and squeaked.[↗](../../buffoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The buffoon stood alone on the platform.[↗](../../buffoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd laughed at the buffoon.[↗](../../buffoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bug** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small insect or other tiny crawling creature, like a beetle or an ant.[↗](../../bug/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A germ that makes you mildly ill, like a cold or stomach bug.[↗](../../bug/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mistake in a computer program that makes it go wrong.[↗](../../bug/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To annoy someone again and again.[↗](../../bug/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A tiny hidden microphone used to listen secretly; (verb) to hide one.[↗](../../bug/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A sudden strong interest: «the reading bug».[↗](../../bug/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* Bug juice is slang for a weak, nasty drink that is not worth much.[↗](../../bug/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found a green bug on the leaf.[↗](../../bug/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladybugs are bugs that eat aphids.[↗](../../bug/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I stayed home with a stomach bug.[↗](../../bug/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands so you don't catch a bug.[↗](../../bug/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a bug in my game, so it kept crashing.[↗](../../bug/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother keeps bugging me while I read.[↗](../../bug/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After the trip, Sam caught the travel bug.[↗](../../bug/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't pick up bugs you don't know; some can sting.[↗](../../bug/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Spider came, and there he found a cricket, a beetle, and a bug.[↗](../../bug/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bugbear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bogey or imaginary monster that frightens children (old use).[↗](../../bugbear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something or someone you dread or are annoyed by.[↗](../../bugbear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Yes, you bugbear, I shall go!»[↗](../../bugbear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spiders are my bugbear.[↗](../../bugbear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Homework is a bugbear for many children.[↗](../../bugbear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bugger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (rude, UK, Australia, Ireland) A swear word said when something goes wrong ("Bugger\![↗](../../bugger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") I missed the bus").[↗](../../bugger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude) An annoying or difficult person or thing ("This lid is a bugger to open").[↗](../../bugger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, UK, Australia, affectionate) A cheeky person, often a child ("You little bugger!").[↗](../../bugger/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (rude, UK) "Bugger off" means go away; "bugger all" means nothing; "bugger up" means spoil.[↗](../../bugger/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Bugger!"[↗](../../bugger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Dad said when he dropped the plate.[↗](../../bugger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../bugger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This jar is a bugger to open.[↗](../../bugger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../bugger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Bugger off and leave me alone!" the old man shouted.[↗](../../bugger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../bugger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We got bugger all done today.[↗](../../bugger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../bugger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "You cheeky little bugger," Grandad laughed.[↗](../../bugger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (affectionate, rude)[↗](../../bugger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't say "bugger" at school; it is a swear word.[↗](../../bugger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Lucky bugger won the raffle again," said Uncle Pete.[↗](../../bugger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../bugger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bugle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bugle is a brass instrument like a small, simple trumpet with no valves, used to play short tunes and signals.[↗](../../bugle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the past, armies used bugles to give signals such as wake up, march or attack.[↗](../../bugle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bugle woke the soldiers in the morning.[↗](../../bugle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A lone bugle played at the war memorial.[↗](../../bugle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He blew a loud note on the bugle.[↗](../../bugle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A bugle has no valves, unlike a trumpet.[↗](../../bugle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bugler marched at the front of the band.[↗](../../bugle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · At camp, a bugle call told us it was time for breakfast.[↗](../../bugle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Childe of Lambton swam ashore, and raising his bugle to his lips, sounded its note thrice.[↗](../../bugle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **build** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To build is to make something by putting parts together, like a house, a tower or a model.[↗](../../build/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To build up is to make bigger or stronger, little by little.[↗](../../build/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Your build is the shape and size of your body.[↗](../../build/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He built a tower with 25 blocks.[↗](../../build/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They build 3 houses each week.[↗](../../build/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many birdhouses can she build with 18 nails if each needs 6?[↗](../../build/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Randy built a castle.[↗](../../build/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a sandcastle on the beach.[↗](../../build/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds build nests from twigs.[↗](../../build/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Practice builds up your strength.[↗](../../build/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school was built a hundred years ago.[↗](../../build/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Here we will build our habitations.[↗](../../build/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.[↗](../../build/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../build/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer; (Torah NUM.32.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../build/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim; (Torah NUM.32.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../build/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they built the city, and dwelt therein.[↗](../../build/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.18.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../build/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So Solomon built the house, and finished it.[↗](../../build/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../build/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, (Prophets 1KI.9.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../build/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **builded** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Put up or made something from stone or wood.[↗](../../builded/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,[↗](../../builded/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.10.11, JPS 1917) · And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.[↗](../../builded/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.5, JPS 1917) · and Nebo, and Baal-meon — their names being changed — and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.[↗](../../builded/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.32.38, JPS 1917) **builder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings.[↗](../../builder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A builder is anyone or anything that builds something, like a nest builder or a Lego builder.[↗](../../builder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The builders are putting a new roof on the school.[↗](../../builder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a builder.[↗](../../builder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Builders wear hard hats to protect their heads.[↗](../../builder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never play on a building site.[↗](../../builder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Beavers are great builders of dams.[↗](../../builder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builder mixed cement for the wall.[↗](../../builder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a brilliant Lego builder.[↗](../../builder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sports can be a good confidence builder.[↗](../../builder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I should prefer to be a builder at once, there is something real in that.[↗](../../builder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · man's secret and method, they began to irritate liim with their words, and tinally left liim, t;iking his science with them and became builders like him.[↗](../../builder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../builder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.[↗](../../builder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.118.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../builder/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.[↗](../../builder/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.4.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../builder/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.[↗](../../builder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../builder/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **buildest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «buildest» means «you build», a form of «build».[↗](../../buildest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To build is to make something by putting parts together, like a house, a tower or a model.[↗](../../buildest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.[↗](../../buildest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.8, JPS 1917) **building** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, school, shop or church.[↗](../../building/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The work of making houses and other structures: «building is hard work».[↗](../../building/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb form) Making something by putting parts together: «we are building a den».[↗](../../building/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school is a big brick building.[↗](../../building/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tallest building in town has twenty floors.[↗](../../building/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In a fire drill, we leave the building quietly.[↗](../../building/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We are building a tower with blocks.[↗](../../building/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep out of building sites; they are dangerous.[↗](../../building/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The library is the oldest building on our street.[↗](../../building/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The building has 6 floors with 4 flats on each, so 24 flats in all.[↗](../../building/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The building is the Warton Almshouse.[↗](../../building/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../building/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · So was he seven years in building it.[↗](../../building/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.6.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../building/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 'The day for building thy walls, even that day, shall be far removed.'[↗](../../building/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../building/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.[↗](../../building/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../building/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **bulb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bulb (light bulb) is the glass part of a lamp that gives out light when electricity flows through it.[↗](../../bulb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bulb is the round underground part of some plants, like tulips, onions and daffodils, from which a new plant grows.[↗](../../bulb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A bulb is any round, swollen part, like the bulb of a thermometer.[↗](../../bulb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bulb lit up when we closed the switch.[↗](../../bulb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad changed the bulb in the kitchen.[↗](../../bulb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted tulip bulbs in the autumn.[↗](../../bulb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An onion is a bulb.[↗](../../bulb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The red liquid rose from the bulb of the thermometer.[↗](../../bulb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a light-bulb moment and solved the puzzle.[↗](../../bulb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The drops penetrated through the snowy covering down into the earth, and touched the flower-bulb, and talked of the bright world above.[↗](../../bulb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/52/) **53** [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/54/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/52/) - next →: [page 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/54/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)