abuilding
UK/əˈbɪl.dɪŋ/US/əˈbɪl.dɪŋ/
abuilding adjective: being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
Adjective
abuilding (not comparable)
- Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
- Heere we made a double floore in the hall where the shippe was abuilding, so that the wild men, being ignorant of our way of building, could not take any notice of our cuningnesse, which proved to our desire.c. 1658, Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson
- It [the monastery of St. Lawrence in Escorial] cost eight millions; it was twenty-four years abuilding, and the founder himself saw it furnished and enjoyed it twelve years after, […]1913, William Dean Howells, Familiar Spanish Travels
- Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
- This may signify much; among other things that the courtesan is creeping into social favor—even that a new code of morals is now abuilding, in which she will be the grand exemplar.a. 1898, William Cowper Brann, Woman's Wickedness
abuilding meaning in Tamil
Origin of abuilding
From a- (“in, on”) + building (“the act or process of building”).
Questions about abuilding
- What does abuilding mean?
- Abuilding means being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
- What is abuilding in Tamil?
- Abuilding in Tamil is கூ. See Abuilding meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abuilding?
- Abuilding is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abuilding?
- Abuilding is pronounced /əˈbɪl.dɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near abuilding in the dictionary
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