tall

[ tawl ]

/ tɔl /

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adjective, tall·er, tall·est.

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.

Tall, (of beverages at Starbucks coffee shops) being of a small size equal to 12 ounces (354 milliliters).Compare Grande, Venti.

Archaic. valiant.

Obsolete.

seemly; proper.
fine; handsome.

adverb

in a proud, confident, or erect manner: to stand tall;to walk tall.

noun

Tall, (at Starbucks coffee shops) a small size of beverage equal to 12 ounces (354 milliliters).Compare Grande, Venti.

OPPOSITES FOR tall

1 short.

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Origin of tall

First recorded before 1000; Middle English: “big, bold, comely, proper, ready,” Old English getæl (plural getale ) “quick, ready, competent”; cognate with Old High German gizal “quick”

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2. See high.

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.
The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
We walked through wheat fields taller than our heads and on raised narrow paths between rice paddies.
A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma|Katya Cengel|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even sitting down, he is perceptibly taller and wider than the older players.
Shaq, Year One|Charles P. Pierce|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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|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 Barnum
Her 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 Hichens
His slight, thin, rather graceless figure seemed suddenly to expand, even to grow taller.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Half an inch taller than Kerry, she fully merited the compliment designed by that trite apothegm, "a fine woman."
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The 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

tall

/ (tɔːl) /

adjective

of more than average height

(postpositive) having a specified heighta woman five feet tall
(in combination)a twenty-foot-tall partition

informal exaggerated or incrediblea tall story

informal difficult to accomplisha tall order

an archaic word for excellent

Derived forms of tall

tallness, noun

Word Origin for tall

C14 (in the sense: big, comely, valiant); related to Old English getæl prompt, Old High German gizal quick, Gothic untals foolish

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