tower over
tower over · towers over · towered over · towering over
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To be much taller or higher than somethingTo be much taller or higher than something; to loom over.
» He pointed to the tower over there.
Er zeigte auf den Turm dort drüben.
Он указал на находящуюся там башню.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To be much taller or higher than something; to loom over.
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(figuratively, transitive)To be much greater or more important than.
Examples
11 sentencesHe pointed to the tower over there.
ruОн указал на находящуюся там башню. — fjay69
deEr zeigte auf den Turm dort drüben. — al_ex_an_der
You can see a white tower over there.
Tom towered over Mary.
That tower you see over there is the Eiffel Tower.
ruБашня, которую вы там видите, — это Эйфелева башня. — Hellerick
I see a tower over there.
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
to be considerably taller than:
Русский
By meaning 1
to be considerably taller than:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to be considerably taller than:
Forms
towers over, towering over, towered over, towered over| Base form | tower over · to tower over |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | towers over |
| Present participle | towering over |
| Past simple | towered over |
| Past participle | towered over |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb