tall
having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman;tall grass.
having stature or height as specified: a man six feet tall.
large in amount or degree; considerable: a tall price;Swinging that deal is a tall order.
extravagant; difficult to believe: a tall tale.
high-flown; grandiloquent: He engages in so much tall talk, one never really knows what he's saying.
having more than usual length; long and relatively narrow: He carried a tall walking stick.
(of a drink) consisting of liquor mixed with other ingredients and served in a large glass, as a cocktail: We watched as he put together a Mamie Taylor, a tall drink with Scotch, ginger beer, and lime.
Archaic. valiant.
Obsolete.
seemly; proper.
fine; handsome.
in a proud, confident, or erect manner: to stand tall;to walk tall.
Origin of tall
1synonym study For tall
Opposites for tall
Other words from tall
- tall·ness, noun
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How to use tall in a sentence
He could not have imagined that buildings taller than mountains would one day crowd the island.
Tim Krul, the substitute goalie, seemed a good foot taller than Jasper Cillessen, the man he replaced, and much the more daunting.
Costa Rica vs. the Netherlands: A Tale of Two Goalies | Tunku Varadarajan | July 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe walked through wheat fields taller than our heads and on raised narrow paths between rice paddies.
Even sitting down, he is perceptibly taller and wider than the older players.
She, slightly taller, is arrayed all in white—creamy slacks and a virgin wool sweater.
Neal Schon and Michaele Salahi Are Tying the Knot and You Can Pay to Watch | Lloyd Grove | December 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But just wishing never made anyone larger or taller, not even a pig, and Squinty stayed the same size.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumHer tall figure—she was taller than he by at least three inches—was beautiful in its commanding, yet not vulgar, self-possession.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensHis slight, thin, rather graceless figure seemed suddenly to expand, even to grow taller.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHalf an inch taller than Kerry, she fully merited the compliment designed by that trite apothegm, "a fine woman."
Dope | Sax RohmerThe taller buried her face for a moment in the red Jaqueminots and drank in their fragrance.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smith
British Dictionary definitions for tall
/ (tɔːl) /
of more than average height
(postpositive) having a specified height: a woman five feet tall
(in combination): a twenty-foot-tall partition
informal exaggerated or incredible: a tall story
informal difficult to accomplish: a tall order
an archaic word for excellent
Origin of tall
1Derived forms of tall
- tallness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with tall
In addition to the idioms beginning with tall
- tall order
- tall tale
also see:
- walk tall
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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