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Definition of Build in
1. Verb. Make something an integral part of something else. "We can build in a special clause to make the contract better for you"
Definition of Build in
1. Verb. (transitive) to add components to a larger entity without interfering with the purpose or functionality of the larger entity ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to build something in the interior of an entity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Build In
Literary usage of Build in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1909)
"In regard to birds which build in holes or construct domed nests, other advantages,
as Mr. Wallace remarks, besides concealment are gained, such as shelter ..."
2. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"And he began to build S.for the building of the house 6: n. to build an house in, 8.
to build an house for my name, 8: 6. desired to build in Jerusalem, 7. ..."
3. A Discourse on the Studies of the University by Adam Sedgwick (1835)
"... so that those who begin their moral studies here may be enabled to lay a good
foundation, whereon, in maturer manhood, they may build in safety. ..."
4. Intellectual Arithmetic: Intellectual Arithmetic, Upon the Inductive Method by Warren Colburn (1884)
"A and В together can build a boat in 8 days, and with the assistance of С they
can do it in 5 days ; how much of it can A and В build in 1 day ? ..."
5. Instinct: Its Office in the Animal Kingdom, and Its Relation to the Higher by Paul Ansel Chadbourne (1883)
"But the impulse to build in the large majority of cases is one that has so remote
a relation to the structure of the animal or his wants, and his ability to ..."
6. Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c.: And of a Cruise in the Black Sea by Sir Adolphus Slade (1833)
"To find himself, on leaving Palmyra, at once in a sandy desert, would only excite
his surprise at the individual folly which could build in such a spot; ..."
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