TOWER

Meaning of TOWER in English

Function: intransitive verb

Date: 15th century

1 : to reach or rise to a great height

2 : to exhibit superior qualities : SURPASS <her intellect tower ed over the others'>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TOWER — I Any freestanding or attached structure that is relatively tall in proportion to its base. The Romans, Byzantines, and medieval …
Английский словарь Британика
TOWER — I. ˈtau̇(ə)r, ˈtau̇ə, esp in southern United States ˈtau̇wə(r noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tour, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWER — tower 1 — towerless , adj. — towerlike , adj. /tow"euhr/ , n. 1. a building or structure high in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — vt to soar into. 2. tower ·noun high flight; elevation. 3. tower ·noun a citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. …
Webster English vocab
TOWER — any structure that is relatively tall in proportion to the dimensions of its base. It may be either freestanding or …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOWER — tower, Tower BrE AmE ˈta ʊ ‿ə AmE ˈtaʊ‿ ə r ▷ tower|ed d ▷ towering ˈta ʊ ‿ər ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOWER — / ˈtaʊə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a tall narrow building or part of a building, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWER — I. tow ‧ er 1 S3 W3 /ˈtaʊə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOWER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a tall esp. square or circular structure, often part of a church, castle, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOWER — n. & v. n. 1 a a tall esp. square or circular structure, often part of a church, castle, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOWER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a tall esp. square or circular structure, often part of a church, castle, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
TOWER — ( towers, towering, towered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A tower …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a church tower ▪ I looked at the clock on the church tower. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOWER — n. Babel Tower of Devils Tower National Monument Eiffel Tower Leaning Tower of Pisa Sears Tower Tower of London Tower …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOWER — Synonyms and related words : Texas tower, acropolis, antenna tower, architecture, arise, ascend, barbican, bastion, beachhead, beacon, bedrock, belfry, bell …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOWER — n. 25B6; noun a church tower : STEEPLE, spire; minaret; turret; bell tower, belfry, campanile. See list. 25B6; verb snow-capped …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOWER — n. 1 bell-tower, campanile, minaret, pagoda, obelisk; belfry, spire, turret, steeple, flèche There was a time when the church tower …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOWER — 1. сущ. 1) башня; вышка; крепость bell tower ≈ колокольня; башня conning tower ≈ боевая рубка control tower ≈ диспетчерская …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOWER — tower.ogg _I 1. ʹtaʋə n 1. 1> башня old strong, gloomy tower - старая укреплённая, мрачная башня staged tower - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOWER — 1) башня; вышка; мачта; опора (ЛЭП) 2) горн. башенный копёр 3) пилон 4) высотное здание 5) хим. колонна 6) ж.-д. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TOWER — 1) башня; вышка; мачта; опора (ЛЭП) 2) горн. башенный копёр 3) пилон 4) высотное здание 5) хим. колонна 6) ж.-д. пост • - absorption tower - acid tower - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TOWER — 1) башня 2) вышка 3) колонна 4) мачта 5) машиностр. пост • cell-type cooling tower — секционная градирня chimney-type cooling tower — башенная градирня class field tower — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TOWER — tower сущ.1) башня; вышка bell tower — колокольня; башня control tower — авиац. диспетчерская вышка; контрольно-диспетчерский пункт fire tower — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TOWER — _I 1. ʹtaʋə n 1. 1> башня old strong, gloomy tower - старая укреплённая, мрачная башня staged tower - ступенчатая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TOWER — 1. сущ. 1) башня; вышка bell tower — колокольня; башня control tower — авиа диспетчерская вышка; контрольно-диспетчерский пункт fire tower …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TOWER — 1. сущ. 1) башня; вышка bell tower — колокольня; башня control tower — авиа диспетчерская вышка; контрольно-диспетчерский пункт fire tower — пожарная вышка signal tower …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TOWER — 1) башня; колокольня; вышка; мачта; опора (ЛЭП) 2) небоскрёб; высотное здание (здание выше 10 этажей) 3) ж-д. пост централизации 4) пилон, опора (линии …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
TOWER — 1. башня 2. мачта 3. опора башенного типа tower with coaxial vertical sieves — очистная башня с концентрическими вертикальными перфорированными цилиндрами - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
TOWER — 1) башня; здание башенного типа 2) пилон (напр. висячего моста) ; опора (ЛЭП) 3) вышка 4) колонный аппарат - aeration …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
TOWER — 1) (антенная) мачта 2) корпус ПК (стоячего типа) • - antenna tower - dead-end tower - fixed-radio tower - telescopic tower - television tower - transmission tower
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
TOWER — 1. сущ. 1) башня; вышка; крепость bell tower ≈ колокольня; башня conning tower ≈ боевая рубка control tower ≈ диспетчерская …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOWER — n. turre. LOOK-OUT ~: belvedere; v. turrear, altear
English interlingue dictionary
TOWER — torre
English-Visayan vocabulary
TOWER — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tour, tor, from Old English torr & Anglo-French tur, tour, both from Latin turris, from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOWER — (v. t.) To soar into.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — (n.) High flight; elevation.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; …
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high …
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or …
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not …
Английский словарь Webster
TOWER — ( v. t. ) To soar into.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — ( v. i. ) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — ( n. ) High flight; elevation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — ( n. ) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — ( n. ) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — ( n. ) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — ( n. ) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — ( n. ) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWER — v. rise higher, stand tall, be of great height
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOWER — n. tall structure, turret
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOWER — I. ˈtau̇(-ə)r noun Etymology: Middle English tour, tor, from Old English torr & Anglo-French tur, tour, both from Latin turris, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOWER — n. peel tower bell tower conning tower cooling tower fire tower ivory tower martello tower tower block tower house Tower …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TOWER — n. Pronunciation: ' tau ̇ (- ə )r Function: noun Etymology: Middle English tour, tor, from Old English torr & …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TOWER — ■ noun 1》 a tall, narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of another building such as a church or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOWER — [tow.er] n [ME tour, tor, fr. OE torr & OF tor, tur, both fr. L turris, fr. Gk tyrris, tyrsis] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOWER — Tower, the BrE AmE ⇨ see ↑ Tower of London
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOWER — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOWER — [verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition]Canary Wharf towers over/above (= is very tall in comparison with) the Dockland area …
Cambridge English vocab
TOWER — n. Any freestanding or attached structure that is relatively tall in proportion to its base. The Romans, Byzantines, and medieval …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOWER — To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
Slang English vocab
TOWER — Classification: City Located in: Minnesota (MN) Total Population (2000): 479 Total Housing Units (2000): 295 Land Area (square meters): 7015783 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
TOWER — n. bell tower ivory tower tower above tower over
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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