tower

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

towerstowre

1.
A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
an observation tower, an isolated watch tower, a church tower, conning tower
2.
(figuratively)An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
4.
(business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
5.
(cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
6.
(cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
7.
(collective)A group of giraffes.
8.
(glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
9.
(historical)A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
10.
(obsolete)High flight; elevation.
11.
One who tows.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

towers

V_ing/Gerund

towering

V_ed/pp

toweredtowre

1.
(intransitive)To be very tall.
The office block towered into the sky.
2.
(intransitive)To be high or lofty; to soar.
3.
(obsolete, transitive)To soar into.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (a tower), Ancient Greek τύρρις Hesychius, τύρσις. Displaced native Middle English stepel for the general sense of "tower".