Definition of tower

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Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar..

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Conning Tower :: Conning tower (n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
Overtop :: Overtop (v. t.) To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress..
Daw :: Daw (n.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw..
Babel :: Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place..
Towering :: towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Towe.
Disposer :: Disposer (n.) One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower..
Starling :: Starling (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra..
Rondel :: Rondel (n.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
Towering :: Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense..
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..
Phare :: Phare (n.) A beacon tower; a lighthouse.
Dispart :: Dispart (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers..
Eminent :: Eminent (a.) High; lofty; towering; prominent.
Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
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