N. height, altitude, elevation, eminence, pitch,
loftiness,
sublimity, tallness,
stature,
procerity, prominence,
colossus,
giant,
grenadier,
giraffe,
camelopard, mount, mountain, hill alto,
butte,
monticle, fell,
knap, cape,
headland,
foreland,
promontory, ridge, hog's back,
dune, rising ground, vantage ground, down,
moor,
moorland,
alp, uplands, highlands, heights &c. (summit), 210,
knob,
loma, pena, 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, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide,
altimetry, batophobia,
satellite, spy-in-the-sky
V. be high, 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, overtop, stand on tiptoe, become high, grow higher, grow taller,
upgrow, rise, send into orbit, render high,
heighten Adj. high, elevated, eminent,
exalted, lofty, tall, gigantic,
patagonian, towering,
beetling,
soaring, hanging, elevated, upper, highest, high reaching,
insessorial,
perching,
upland,
moorland, hilly,
knobby, mountainous, alpine,
subalpine, heaven kissing, cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching,
aerial, overhanging,
incumbent, overlying,
superincumbent,
supernatant,
superimposed, prominent &c. c, 250, tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple,
lanky Adv. 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
Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto
N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing,
fulcrum,
bait, caudex crib, point d’appui, ποῦ στῶ, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place,
groundwork,
substratum,
riprap,
sustentation,
subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand,
anvil, fulciment|, cue rest,
jigger,
monkey, stay, shore,
skid, rib,
truss,
bandage, sleeper,
stirrup, stilts,
shoe, sole,
heel,
splint,
lap, bar, rod,
boom,
sprit,
outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick,
crutch,
alpenstock,
baton,
staddle,
bourdon,
cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post,
pillar, shaft,
thill, column,
pilaster,
pediment,
pedicle,
pedestal,
plinth,
shank, leg,
socle,
zocle,
buttress,
jamb,
mullion,
abutment,
baluster,
banister,
stanchion,
balustrade,
headstone, upright, door post,
jamb, door jamb, frame,
framework,
scaffold, skeleton, beam,
rafter, girder,
lintel,
joist,
travis,
trave, corner stone, summer,
transom,
rung, round, step,
sill, angle rafter, hip rafter,
cantilever,
modillion, crown post, king post,
vertebra,
columella,
backbone,
keystone,
axle,
axletree, axis, arch,
mainstay,
trunnion,
pivot,
rowlock,
peg,
tiebeam, thole pin, board,
ledge,
shelf,
hob,
bracket,
trevet,
trivet,
arbor,
rack,
mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf,
slab,
console, counter, dresser,
flange,
corbel, table,
trestle, shoulder,
perch, horse,
easel,
desk,
clotheshorse,
hatrack, retable,
teapoy, seat, throne,
dais,
divan, musnud, chair,
bench, form,
stool,
sofa,
settee,
stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair,
couch,
fauteuil,
woolsack,
ottoman, settle,
squab,
bench,
aparejo,
faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi,
saddle,
pannel,
pillion, side saddle,
pack saddle,
pommel, bed,
berth,
pallet, tester,
crib,
cot,
hammock,
shakedown, trucklebed,
cradle,
litter, stretcher,
bedstead, four poster, french bed,
bunk,
kip, palang,
bedding, bichhona,
mattress,
paillasse,
pillow,
bolster, mat,
rug,
cushion,
footstool,
hassock,
tabouret,
tripod, monopod,
atlas, persides,
atlantes,
caryatides,
hercules V. be supported &c, lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c, have at one's back,
bestride,
bestraddle, support, bear, carry, hold,
sustain, shoulder, hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up,
uphold,
upbear, prop, under prop, under pin, under set,
riprap,
bandage, give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations, bottom, found, base, ground, imbed,
embed, maintain, keep on foot, aid
Adj. supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous