adj
Meaning 1
Leaning upward or over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
vaulting
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adj
Meaning 2
Exaggerated or overreaching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Vaulting ambition.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Performing.
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noun
Meaning 4
The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of vault
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- vaulting ambition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overreaching
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curvet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dressage
noun
Meaning 10
(architecture) a vaulted structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- arches and vaulting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
Narrower terms: fan vaulting
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: holvaus — practice of constructing vaults
- Georgian: კამარის აღმართვა (ḳamaris aɣmartva) — practice of constructing vaults
- Bulgarian: свод (svod) — vaulted structure
- Finnish: holvaus — vaulted structure
- Georgian: კამარა (ḳamara) — vaulted structure
- Welsh: fowtio — vaulted structure
- Bulgarian: кон с гривни (kon s grivni) — gymnastics on horseback
- Dutch: voltige — gymnastics on horseback
- Finnish: vikellys — gymnastics on horseback
- Polish: woltyżerka — gymnastics on horseback
- Turkish: atlı cimnastik — gymnastics on horseback