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Roget-categorie 206

2. Words relating to space
2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#206. Height

zelfstandig naamwoord

height, altitude, elevationeminence, pitchloftiness etc. adj. — sublimity.
tallness etc. adj. — stature, procerityprominence etc. 250.
colossus etc. (size) 192giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard.
mount, mountainhill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle, fell, knapcapeheadland, forelandpromontoryridge, hog's back, dunerising ground, vantage grounddownmoor, moorlandAlpuplands, highlandsheights etc. (summit) 210knob, loma, pena [U.S.], picacho, tumpknoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, molesteeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, cloughescarpment, edge, ledge, braedizzy height.
tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupolaskyscraper.
pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstafftop mast, topgallant mast.
ceiling etc. (covering) 223.
high waterhigh tide, flood tide, spring tide.
altimetry etc. (angel) 244batophobia.
satellite, spy-in-the-sky.

werkwoord

be high etc. adj. — tower, soar, commandhover, hover over, fly overorbit, be in orbitcap, culminateoverhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mountperch, surmountcover etc. 223overtop etc. (be superior) 33stand on tiptoe.
become high etc. adj. — grow higher, grow taller upgrowrise etc. (ascend) 305send into orbit.
render high etc. adj. — heighten etc. (elevate) 307.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tallgigantic etc. (big) 192Patagoniantowering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens); elevated etc. 307upperhighest etc. (topmost) 210high reaching, insessorial, perching.
upland, moorlandhilly, knobby [U.S.]mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissingcloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouchingaerial.
overhanging etc. v. — incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposedprominent 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, overheadairwindupstairs, abovestairsin the cloudson tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders ofover head and earsbreast high.
over, upwardsfrom top to bottom etc. (completely) 52.

uitdrukking

e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto [It].

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