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},
{
"form": "towering over",
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},
{
"form": "towered over",
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{
"ref": "1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754",
"text": "It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.",
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"(transitive) To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over."
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "torrejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "bovenuittorenen"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "kohota korkealle"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "surplomber"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "überragen"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "tornyosul"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "gnæfa"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "elevar se"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "torreggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "innalzarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "sovrastare"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "dominare"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sobie tatsu",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "そびえ立つ"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se izvišuva",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "се извишува"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nadrasnuva",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "надраснува"
},
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"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "hlifian"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "elevar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvyšátʹsja",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возвыша́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "sobresalir"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vysočity",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "височіти"
}
]
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{
"ref": "2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 87",
"text": "There are three phyla of worms that, in terms of diversity and abundance, tower over the rest: the Roundworms (nematodes), the Annelids and the Flatworms.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To be much greater or more important than."
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"(transitive, figurative) To be much greater or more important than."
],
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"word": "tower over"
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{
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{
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"ref": "1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754",
"text": "It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.",
"type": "quotation"
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"high"
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"(transitive) To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over."
],
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"English transitive verbs"
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"ref": "2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 87",
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],
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],
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"(transitive, figurative) To be much greater or more important than."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "torrejar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "bovenuittorenen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "kohota korkealle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "surplomber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "überragen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "tornyosul"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "gnæfa"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "elevar se"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "torreggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "innalzarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "sovrastare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "dominare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sobie tatsu",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "そびえ立つ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se izvišuva",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "се извишува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nadrasnuva",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "надраснува"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "hlifian"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "elevar-se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvyšátʹsja",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возвыша́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "sobresalir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vysočity",
"sense": "to be considerably taller than",
"word": "височіти"
}
],
"word": "tower over"
}
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