Definitions for towering

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towering tow·er·ing

Spelling: [tou-er-ing]

IPA: /ˈtaʊ ər ɪŋ/

Towering is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 320 anagrams from letters in towering (eginortw).

Definitions for towering

noun

1. a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
2. such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc.
3. any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building.
4. any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower.
5. a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place.
6. a tall, vertical case with accessible horizontal drive bays, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor. Compare minitower.
7. Aviation. control tower.

Idioms

1. tower of strength, a person who can be relied on for support, aid, or comfort, especially in times of difficulty.

adjective

1. very high or tall; lofty:
2. surpassing others; very great:
3. rising to an extreme degree of violence or intensity:
4. beyond the proper or usual limits; inordinate; excessive:

verb (used without object)

1. to rise or extend far upward, as a tower; reach or stand high:
2. to rise above or surpass others:
3. Falconry. (of a hawk) to rise straight into the air; to ring up.

Origin of towering

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at tower¹, -ing²

Examples for towering

We, in olden days, had towering kooks and colossal villains.

The towering minarets and mountain-tops caught the golden rays.

Nor was Robert Redford for his towering, largely dialogue-less turn as a stoic, shipwrecked badass in All is Lost.

The log cabins he had known were replaced by towering buildings.

Buck would turn on his heel and stand, towering, in the door.

In early 2001 the Afghan Taliban, encouraged by al Qaeda, blew to bits the towering Buddhas of Bamiyan.

At once uproarious, raw, and painfully honest, “Discord” unveils the many virtues and vices of these towering icons.

Professor Sykes pointed to the towering latticework of steel.

The towering figure that stood before him seemed a stranger to his eyes.

Doctors are then on to the next patient, and between patients they are distracted by a towering mountain of non-clinical tasks.