height
Roget-categorie 206
2. Words relating to space› 2.2. Dimensions
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Height
zelfstandig naamwoord
height,
altitude,
elevation —
eminence,
pitch —
loftiness
etc.
adj. —
sublimity.
tallness
etc.
adj. —
stature,
procerity† —
prominence
etc.
250.
colossus
etc.
(size)
192 —
giant,
grenadier,
giraffe,
camelopard.
mount,
mountain —
hill alto,
butte [U.S.],
monticle†,
fell,
knap† —
cape —
headland,
foreland† —
promontory —
ridge,
hog's back,
dune —
rising ground,
vantage ground —
down —
moor,
moorland —
Alp —
uplands,
highlands —
heights
etc.
(summit)
210 —
knob,
loma†,
pena [U.S.],
picacho†,
tump† —
knoll,
hummock,
hillock,
barrow,
mound,
mole —
steeps,
bluff,
cliff,
craig†,
tor†,
peak,
pike,
clough† —
escarpment,
edge,
ledge,
brae —
dizzy height.
tower,
pillar,
column,
obelisk,
monument,
steeple,
spire,
minaret,
campanile,
turret,
dome,
cupola —
skyscraper.
pole,
pikestaff,
maypole,
flagstaff —
top mast,
topgallant mast.
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
high water —
high tide,
flood tide,
spring tide.
altimetry
etc.
(angel)
244† —
batophobia†.
satellite,
spy-in-the-sky.
werkwoord
be high
etc.
adj. —
tower,
soar,
command —
hover,
hover over,
fly over —
orbit,
be in orbit —
cap,
culminate —
overhang,
hang over,
impend,
beetle,
bestride,
ride,
mount —
perch,
surmount —
cover
etc.
223 —
overtop
etc.
(be superior)
33 —
stand on tiptoe.
become high
etc.
adj. —
grow higher,
grow taller —
upgrow† —
rise
etc.
(ascend)
305 —
send into orbit.
render high
etc.
adj. —
heighten
etc.
(elevate)
307.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
high,
elevated,
eminent,
exalted,
lofty,
tall —
gigantic
etc.
(big)
192 —
Patagonian —
towering,
beetling,
soaring,
hanging
(gardens);
elevated
etc.
307 —
upper —
highest
etc.
(topmost)
210 —
high reaching,
insessorial†,
perching.
upland,
moorland —
hilly,
knobby [U.S.] —
mountainous,
alpine,
subalpine,
heaven kissing —
cloudtopt†,
cloudcapt†,
cloudtouching† —
aerial.
overhanging
etc.
v. —
incumbent,
overlying,
superincumbent†,
supernatant,
superimposed —
prominent
etc.
v.
250.
tall as a maypole,
tall as a poplar,
tall as a steeple,
lanky
etc.
(thin)
203.
bijwoord
on high,
high up,
aloft,
up,
above,
aloof,
overhead —
airwind† —
upstairs,
abovestairs† —
in the clouds —
on tiptoe,
on stilts,
on the shoulders of —
over head and ears —
breast high.
over,
upwards —
from top to bottom
etc.
(completely)
52.
uitdrukking
e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto [It].
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