ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky &c (thin) 203.
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 &c (completely) 52.
Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto [It].
207. Lowness -- N. lowness &c adj.; debasement, depression, prostration &c (horizontal)
213; depression &c (concave) 252.
molehill; lowlands; basement floor, ground floor; rez de chaussee [Fr.]; cellar; hold,
bilge; feet, heels.
low water; low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide.
V. be low &c adj.; lie low, lie flat; underlie; crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel; lower &c
(depress) 308.
Adj. low, neap, debased; nether, nether most; flat, level with the ground; lying low &c v.;
crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate &c (horizontal) 213.
Adv. under; beneath, underneath; below; downwards; adown † , at the foot of; under foot,
under ground; down stairs, below stairs; at a low ebb; below par.
208. Depth -- N. depth; deepness &c adj.; profundity, depression &c (concavity) 252.
hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf &c 198; bowels of the earth, botttomless pit † , hell.
soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion; plummet, sound, probe;
sounding rod, sounding line; lead.
bathymetry.
[instrument to measure depth] sonar, side-looking sonar; bathometer † .
V. be deep &c adj.; render deep &c adj.; deepen.
plunge &c 310; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead, take soundings,
make soundings; dig &c (excavate) 252.
Adj. deep, deep seated; profound, sunk, buried; submerged &c 310; subaqueous,
submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene † ; underground.
bottomless, soundless, fathomless; unfathomed, unfathomable; abysmal; deep as a
well; bathycolpian † ; benthal † , benthopelagic † ; downreaching † , yawning.
knee deep, ankle deep.
Adv. beyond one's depth, out of one's depth; over head and ears; mark twine, mark twain.
209. Shallowness -- N. shallowness &c adj.; shoals; mere scratch.
Adj. shallow, slight, superficial; skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep; just enough to wet
one's feet; shoal, shoaly † .
210. Summit -- N. summit, summity † ; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme,
culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax,
culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; water
shed, water parting; sky, pole.
tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib; end &c 67; crown, brow; head, nob † ,
noddle † , pate; capsheaf † .
high places, heights.
topgallant mast, sky scraper; quarter deck, hurricane deck.