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towering
(encz) | towering,čnící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
towering
(gcide) | Tower \Tow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. towered; p. pr. & vb. n.
towering.]
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;
hence, to soar.
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On the other side an high rock towered still.
--Spenser.
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My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
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Towering
(gcide) | Towering \Tow"er*ing\, a.
1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
--Pope.
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2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
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A man agitated by a towering passion. --Sir W.
Scott.
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towering
(wn) | towering
adj 1: of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
"an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires
of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs" [syn: eminent,
lofty, soaring, towering] |
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Towering
(gcide) | Tower \Tow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. towered; p. pr. & vb. n.
towering.]
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;
hence, to soar.
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On the other side an high rock towered still.
--Spenser.
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My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Towering \Tow"er*ing\, a.
1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height.
--Pope.
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2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
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A man agitated by a towering passion. --Sir W.
Scott.
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