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tower over en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over.
   • 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. 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754:
2. (figuratively, transitive) To be much greater or more important than.
   • 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. 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 87:

Forms

Translations (22)

mk се извишува (to be considerably taller than) · uk височіти (to be considerably taller than) · mk надраснува (to be considerably taller than) · ia elevar se (to be considerably taller than) · fi kohota korkealle (to be considerably taller than) · pl wznośić się nad (to be considerably taller than) · it innalzarsi (to be considerably taller than) · es sobresalir (to be considerably taller than) · fr surplomber (to be considerably taller than) · nl bovenuittorenen (to be considerably taller than) · it sovrastare (to be considerably taller than) · hu tornyosul (to be considerably taller than) · pt elevar-se (to be considerably taller than) · ca torrejar (to be considerably taller than) · pl górować nad (to be considerably taller than) · is gnæfa (to be considerably taller than) · it dominare (to be considerably taller than) · ja そびえ立つ (to be considerably taller than) · ang hlifian (to be considerably taller than) · it torreggiare (to be considerably taller than) · ru возвыша́ться (to be considerably taller than) · de überragen (to be considerably taller than)