Meaning of tower | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who tows.
2. The Tower of London, especially seen as a place of imprisonment or punishment.
   UK, countable, uncountable
3. Denoting the system of weights used by the Saxon and Norman English kings in their minting of coins.
   attributive
4. A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.
5. A very tall structure, usually square or circular, designed for observation, communication, and defense.
6. rook
7. A habitational surname.; Alternative form of Towers.
   countable
8. A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.
9. a tall, narrow (part of a) building, especially (of) a castle. the Tower of London; a church-tower. toring بُرْج кула torre věž der Turm tårn, -tårn πύργοςtorre torn برج torni tourמגדל मीनार toranj, kula torony menara turn torre 塔 탑 bokštas tornis menara torentårnwieża كلا، برج، څلى، مناره torre turn башня veža stolp kula torn ตึกสูง; หอคอย kule 塔 башта, вежа برج، مينار tháp 塔
   especially
10. skyscraper (high building)
11. A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
    countable, uncountable
12. A water tower.
13. to rise high. She is so small that he towers above her. toring, rys يَعْلو فَوْقَ، يَرْتَفِع извисявам се elevar-se muito alto tyčit se hochragen rage op υψώνομαι, ορθώνομαι, δεσπόζω sacar varias cabezas/varios centímetros; destacar , destacar; elevarse kõrguma بلند بودن kohota dominer de toute sa hauteur לְהִתנַשֵא ऊंचा होना stršiti, nadviti se (magasba) emelkedik menjulang gnæfa yfir sovrastare そびえる 높이 솟다 kyšoti, stūksoti pacelties/slieties pāri, virs mencuar tinggi melampaui uitsteken bove...
14. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
15. A control tower.
16. a very high block of flats, offices etc. They live in a tower-block. wolkekrabber عَمارَة شُقَق عالِيَه висока сграда torre výšková budova der Hochhausblock højhus πύργος, ψηλή πολυκατοικία edificio tipo torre tornmaja ساختمان بلند؛ برج tornitalo tour בִּנייָן רַב קוֹמוֹת ऊंचा भवन खण्ड neboder toronyház pencakar langit háhÿsi, blokk (grattacielo) 高層建築 고층빌딩 daugiaaukštis pastatas augstceltne blok menara torengebouwhøyblokkwieżowiec برج torre bloc‑turn высотный дом výšková budova stolpnica soli...
    etc
17. third-person singular imperative
18. Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
19. A building or part of a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length.
20. An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
    figuratively
21. A tall, slender structure used for observation, signaling, or pumping.
22. Ellipsis of interlocking tower.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
23. One that conspicuously embodies strength, firmness, or another virtue.
24. A strong refuge; a defence.
    figuratively
25. Computers A computer system whose components are arranged in a vertical stack and housed in a tall, narrow cabinet.
    Computers
26. A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
    historical
27. To appear at or rise to a conspicuous height; loom: "There he stood, grown suddenly tall, towering above them" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
28. High flight; elevation.
    obsolete
29. To fly directly upward before swooping or falling. Used of certain birds.
30. The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
31. The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
32. A group of giraffes.
    collective
33. Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
34. A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Sears Tower”

“Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.”

“Lay trains of amorous intrigues / In towers, and curls, and periwigs.”

“Nigh in her sight The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour, Two Birds of gayest plume before him drove.”

“A group of giraffes is called a tower.”

“Suppliers compete separately for the towers and service integrator and management contract, which assists the government in the integration and operation of its services.”

“Service towers are significant IT functional areas, such as infrastructure, applications, security, etc., each possibly managed by a different service provider. The service integrator role is crucial for coordinating and integrating these service towers.”

“But as the tower and towee reached the cross-roads again, another car, negligently driven, came round the corner, hit the Morris, and severed the tow rope, sending the unfortunate car back again into the shop window[…]”

“Traitors should be sent to the Tower!”

CEFR level