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towering |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Towering \Tow"er*ing\, a. 1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as a towering height. --Pope. 2. Hence extreme; violent; surpassing. A man agitated by a towering passion. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. On the other side an high rock towered still --Spenser. My lord protector's hawks do tower so well --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: towering adj : of imposing height; especially standing out above others "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" [syn: {eminent}, {lofty}, {soaring}]
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