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towered Definition

tow·ered (to̵uərd)

adjective

having a tower or towers
towered Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • still: So far he had seen the view of only one side and Everest still towered nearly a thousand feet above him.

Preposition: over

  • city: York Minster is a magnificent gothic cathedral which has towered over the city for over 800 years.

Preposition: into

  • sky: Surrounding them a circle of snow-covered peaks and green ranges towered into a dazzling sky.

Modifies a noun

  • wall: The old town you see today is mostly medieval, located on top of a flat hill and surrounded by a towered city wall.
  • church: This was one of Suffolk's round towered churches.
  • overhead: Soon I was splashing through marshland where huge bulrushes towered overhead.
  • high: The smoke towered high in the sky, leaning on the wind.
  • building: Chillingham Castle is a fourteenth century four corner towered building, constructed around an old pele tower.

Used with adjective complement

  • have: York Minster is a magnificent gothic cathedral which has towered over the city for over 800 years.

Browse dictionary entries near towered

  1. Tower of London
  2. Tower Hamlets
  3. tower block
  4. tower
  5. towelling
  6. towelled
  7. toweling
  8. towelette
  9. toweled
  10. towel
  1. towering
  2. towery
  3. towhead
  4. towheaded
  5. towhee
  6. towline
  7. town
  8. town clerk
  9. town crier
  10. town hall