vaulting als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
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als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
vaulting
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 vaulting
architecture A vaulted structure.
2 vaulting
A light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down.
synoniem: curvet.
Nederlands: bokkensprong, bokkesprong, capriool
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 vaulting
Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights:
— Vaulting ambition.
synoniem: overreaching.
Roget 33:
superior,
greater,
major,
higher;
exceeding
etc.
v.;
great
etc.
31;
distinguished,
ultra [Lat.];
vaulting;
more than a match for.
supreme,
greatest,
utmost,
paramount,
preeminent,
foremost,
crowning;
first-rate
etc.
(important)
642,
(excellent)
648;
unrivaled peerless,
matchless;
none such,
second to none,
sans pareil [Fr.];
unparagoned†,
unparalleled,
unequalled,
unapproached†,
unsurpassed;
superlative,
inimitable facile princeps [Lat.],
incomparable,
sovereign,
without parallel,
nulli secundus [Lat.],
ne plus ultra [Lat.];
beyond compare,
beyond comparison;
culminating
etc.
(topmost)
210;
transcendent,
transcendental;
plus royaliste que le Roi [Fr.],
more catholic than the Pope increased
etc.
(added to)
35;
enlarged
etc.
(expanded)
194.
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Roget 865:
desirous;
desiring
etc.
v.;
inclined
etc.
(willing)
602;
partial to;
fain,
wishful,
optative†;
anxious,
wistful,
curious;
at a loss for,
sedulous,
solicitous.
craving,
hungry,
sharp-set,
peckish†,
ravening,
with an empty stomach,
esurient†,
lickerish†,
thirsty,
athirst,
parched with thirst,
pinched with hunger,
famished,
dry,
drouthy†;
hungry as a hunter,
hungry as a hawk,
hungry as a horse,
hungry as a church mouse,
hungry as a bear.
[excessively desirous]
greedy
etc.
817.1.
unsatisfied,
unsated,
unslaked;
unsaturated.
eager,
avid,
keen;
burning,
fervent,
ardent;
agog;
all agog;
breathless;
impatient
etc.
(impetuous)
825;
bent on,
intent on,
set on,
bent upon,
intent upon,
set upon;
mad after,
enrage,
rabid,
dying for,
devoured by desire.
aspiring,
ambitious,
vaulting,
skyaspiring,
high-reaching.
desirable;
desired
etc.
v.;
in demand;
pleasing
etc.
(giving pleasure)
829;
appetizing,
appetible†;
tantalizing.
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