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Vaulting

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Leaning upward or over.
  2. 2
    Exaggerated or overreaching. figuratively

    "Vaulting ambition."

  3. 3
    Performing.
Adjective
  1. 1
    revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down wordnet
  3. 3
    A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group. countable, uncountable

    "Spreading over the high vaultings and walls, the traditional scenes from the life of Christ are depicted on an immense scale."

  4. 4
    (architecture) a vaulted structure wordnet
  5. 5
    The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of vault form-of, gerund, participle, present

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