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towered

towered is the simple past and past participle of tower.

Meaning of tower

Verb

tower (third-person singular simple present towers, present participle towering, simple past and past participle towered)

  1. (intransitive) To be very tall; to reach a high height.
    • The office block towered into the sky.
  2. (intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar.
    • My lord protector's hawks do tower so well.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To soar into.
    • Her state with oary feet; yet oft they quit
      The dank, and, rising on stiff pennons, tower
      The mid aerial sky1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...

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Adjective

towered (not comparable)

  1. Equipped with a tower.

Antonyms of towered

Words formed from towered

Phrases with towered

Questions about towered

What does towered mean?
Towered means equipped with a tower.
What is towered the simple past and past participle of?
Towered is the simple past and past participle of tower.
What part of speech is towered?
Towered is an adjective.

Words near towered in the dictionary

  1. tower shield
  2. tower shields
  3. tower-like
  4. towerblock
  5. towerblocks
  6. towered
  7. towered over
  8. towerer
  9. towerers
  10. Towerhead
  11. Towerheads

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