Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Arched; concave: as, a vaulted roof.
- Covered with an arch or vault.
- Provided with vaults or underground passages.
- In botany, arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers.
- In zoology, notably arched or convex, as a shell, or the beak of a bird; fornicated.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of vault.
- adj. architecture Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Arched; concave.
- adj. Covered with an arch, or vault.
- adj. (Bot.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a hemispherical vault or dome
Examples
“Having vaulted from the fringes of pop culture into the mainstream after a newly atomic America became obsessed with films about mutants and aliens, SF literature matured and flowered throughout the '60s and beyond, just as rock' n 'roll did the same.”
“Sarah Palin vaulted from unknown to international celebrity, a status she can probably retain as long as she desires.”
“(AP) - Hundreds of jubilant students vaulted from a wall behind the north end zone, ignoring the public address announcer's plea to celebrate in the stands rather than storm the field.”
USATODAY.com - College Football - West Virginia vs. South Florida
“Both benches cleared, and it was at this moment Zimmer, on a mission, vaulted from the Yankees dugout.”
“The win vaulted the Horned Frogs (7-1, 4-1 C-USA) one-half game ahead of Southern Miss (5-3, 3-1), Louisville and UAB in league play.”
NCAA Division I College Football - Southern Mississippi vs. Texas Christian
“The win vaulted the Maple Leafs over Ottawa into second place in the Northeast Division, one point behind Boston.”
“Early-season upsets of Colorado, Oregon State and Wisconsin vaulted Fresno State into the rankings.”
“Batista, who vaulted from the role of long reliever to third starter, opposes 16-game winner Darryl Kile in what would seem to be a mismatch in the Cardinals 'favor.”
“Reader John Wilson alerted us to his blog, WhereIsJohnWilson, which documents his quest to have his self-proclaimed “super common” name vaulted to the top of Google searches.”
The FREAKest Links: John Jermajesty Jingleheimer Smith Edition - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“A winding staircase from the kitchen court leads you at once to that portion of the gallery called the vaulted corridors.”
Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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wreckingball's Words
reprehensible, problematize, crepuscular, deleterious, pestilent, strumpet, draggletail, interrobang, meretricious, systematize, schadenfreude, capricious and 443 more...
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supple, dichotomy, relish, rhapsody, pneumonoultramicr..., embrace, ishmael, ebullient, recalcitrant, elegy, char, lugubrious and 522 more...
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Word List 2
I don't want to have a list that's too large. So i'll make two
coccyx, memorandum, crepuscule, oodles, ambiance, starchy, condemnation, triskaidekaphobia, wreak, grotto, emanate, annul and 38 more...
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