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tower
Noun
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A tower is a tall building or structure.
tower
Verb
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To tower is to be much taller than something.
The basketball players towered over their fans.
span
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verb
(= traverse)
to cover or extend over an area or time period
Rivers traverse the valley floor
The parking lot spans 3 acres
The novel spans three centuries
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noun
the complete duration of something
the job was finished in the span of an hour
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noun
the distance or interval between two points
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noun
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
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noun
(= bridge)
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc
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noun
(= straddle)
the act of sitting or standing astride
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noun
(= couple)
two items of the same kind