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1. (adj.) tall
having a relatively great height or stature.
2. tall
having stature or height as specified:
a man six feet tall.
3. tall
large in amount or degree:
a tall price.
4. tall
exaggerated; improbable:
a tall tale.
5. tall
high-flown; grandiloquent:
tall talk.
6. tall
Obs. valiant.
7. (adv.) tall
in a proud, erect manner:
to stand tall.
8. (n.) tall
a garment size for tall persons.
9. tall
a garment in this size.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME: comely, proper, ready, OE getæl quick, ready )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) tall
a garment size for a tall person
2. (adj) tall
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
"tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
3. (adj) grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall
lofty in style
"he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
4. (adj) tall(a)
impressively difficult
"a tall order"
5. (adj) improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)
too improbable to admit of belief
"a tall story"
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1. (adjective) tall
of greater than average height
He's very tall.; a tall tree/building
2. tall
used to give a measurement of height
a woman who is under four feet tall; The building is 40 stories tall.
3. tall
a tall order
sth that will be difficult to achieve
Finding a house under $300,000 around here is a tall order.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. tall
high in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person, tree, or mast
2. tall
brave; bold; courageous
3. tall
fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive
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Sense: (of people and thin or narrow objects such as buildings or trees) higher than normal
a tall man/tree.
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 Afrikaans: lank, hoog |
 Arabic: عالٍ ، مُرْتَفِع |
 Bulgarian: висок |
 Brazilian: alto |
 Czech: vysoký |
 German: groß |
 Danish: høj |
 Greek: ψηλός |
 Spanish: alto |
 Estonian: pikk, kõrge |
 Farsi: بلند |
 Finnish: pitkä |
 French: haut, grand |
 Hebrew: גָבוֹהַ |
 Hindi: लम्बा |
 Croatian: visok, velik |
 Hungarian: magas |
 Indonesian: tinggi |
 Icelandic: hár |
 Italian: alto |
 Japanese: (背が)高い |
 Korean: 큰 |
 Lithuanian: aukštas |
 Latvian: garš; slaids |
 Malay: tinggi |
 Dutch: lang, hoog |
 Norwegian: høy, lang |
 Polish: wysoki |
 Portuguese: alto |
 Romanian: înalt |
 Russian: высокий |
 Slovak: vysoký |
 Slovenian: visok |
 Serbian: visok |
 Swedish: lång, hög |
 Thai: สูงมาก (ของคน, สัตว์, สิ่ |
 Turkish: uzun boylu, yüksek |
 Taiwanese: 高的 |
 Ukrainian: високий |
 Urdu: لمبا، دراز قامت |
 Vietnamese: cao |
 Chinese: 高的 |
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