The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The act of plunging or submerging.
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
To remove a blockage by suction.
To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.