Definition of tall in English:

tall

adjective tɔːltɔl

1Of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width.
a tall, broad-shouldered man
a tall glass of iced tea
Example sentencesExamples
- In his right hand was a plate of food and in the other a tall glass of orange juice.
- They all looked to see a tall pillar of smoke rising in the not-too distant distance.
- Climbing to the top of a tall building, a hill, or a church tower is a great way to get a feel for a place.
- The grass was tall enough to hide a horse and waved in the breeze like a wind-roiled sea.
- Nearby will be a tall transparent wall of glass sited in a reflecting pool and illuminated with blue light.
- Add the juice of an orange if you like and serve in tall glasses with ice cubes.
- Mychael found herself in a tall tower - one of many in the castle.
- He stood up to offer a handshake, revealing that he was a tall man, of average but sufficient build.
- He saw a tall willow tree, and decided to rest in its shade.
- Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
- Apart from Damian, there is no one I would not trust to hold the bottom of a tall ladder or to own a weapon.
- The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open, revealing the sixth floor of the tall building.
- He looked like he needed a nap and a tall glass of ice water, but that would have to wait.
- Water will trickle audibly here and there, and there'll be the gentle swish of bamboo and tall grasses.
- There was no one there, except for a tall figure standing by in the distance.
- The bar, just big enough for four or five people, was in a tall, thin building at the top of a narrow staircase.
- The area consists of luxuriant growth of tall grasses with scattered growth of deciduous forest trees.
- Avoid any mixture containing bentgrass or tall fescue or more than 15 percent ryegrass.
- With no tall buildings nearby to obstruct your sight, you can see for miles around.
- Pour the Pimm's into a tall glass and add the lemon, cucumber and strawberries.
Synonyms
big, high, large, huge, towering
colossal, gigantic, giant, monstrous, giant-size, Brobdingnagian
lanky, rangy, gangling, leggy, long-legged
informal long
high, big, lofty, towering, soaring, elevated, sky-high, sky-scraping
multistorey
1. 1.1 (after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom.
  he was over six feet tall
  how tall are you?
  Example sentencesExamples
  The 4ft 5in tall boy was disqualified from driving following a motoring offence in December last year.
  One of the youths is described as about 6ft tall with ginger hair and wearing a light blue top.
  At the age of seventeen, he was already almost two hundred centimeters tall.
  The other one was a couple of inches taller with dark hair.
  She is white, 5ft 4in tall with a large build, short grey hair and blue eyes.
  He is described as about 6ft tall, medium to thin build, with black and shaven hair.
  Only around ten centimeters taller than him, the older kid looked fairly nasty.
  The steel glasses were 3 feet tall and you wonder how all of it fit into one person.
  Individuals may be 1-1.4 m tall at the shoulders.
  The third is described as six feet tall, in his mid-twenties with short dark hair and possibly a moustache.
  In 1999 we constructed a small prototype of this clock, approximately two meters tall.
  Heather is approximately 4ft 6in tall with a slim build, hazel eyes and long brown hair.
  They stand about two feet tall at the shoulder and typically weigh around 100 pounds.
  He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is.
  A tribe of pygmies from the Grasslands of Africa, the Fukawi grow to a height of 4 feet tall.
  He was six feet tall with a lean build and wavy blonde hair.
  The warm water felt good, and waves were up to two meters tall.
  He seemed to be pretty tall for his age, probably around 5 ' 9".
  They were not as short as I would have thought, around 1.2 meters tall.
  He is about 1.5 metres tall with big brown eyes and curly jet-black hair.
  Synonyms
  in height, high, from head to toe/foot

Phrases

a tall order

An unreasonable or difficult demand.
they thought that the deadline was a tall order
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a bit of a tall order to offer a fully formed alternative view of the world, but we can at least throw up some positive ideas for discussion.
- While you may be able to manage for three to six months without a specific employee, one or two years is invariably a tall order.
- The title sounds like a tall order, particularly coming from someone who has never made a country album.
- It's a tall order, but one of the most straightforward and effective ways to achieve that goal is through education.
- Keeping on top of the washing-up without a dishwasher is a tall order, says manager Sue Hargreaves.
- Making a decent sequel was always going to be a tall order.
- It needs a 4% per month hike in freight traffic to start making money and that's a tall order.
- Flowing football was always going to be a tall order on a heavy Home Park pitch that was still being sanded right up to kick-off.
- It's a tall order, but no one could accuse Williams of not trying.
- Making the step-up to inter-county football after an absence of two years is a tall order.
Synonyms
demanding, exacting, difficult, unreasonable, exorbitant, impossible

a tall story (or tale)

An account that is fanciful and difficult to believe.
he would regale me with some of his tall stories
Example sentencesExamples
- We argued whether Grandpa Cody's stories about him being a knight back in the old days was true or was a tall tale.
- The old sailors, diggers and airmen treated the younger generation to a few yarns and perhaps a tall tale or two, with their mates alongside recalling the same events as if they were yesterday.
- That's a tall tale - with no foundation in reality!
- I can't find any info, is this just a tall tale or is it true?
- When it comes to flamethrowers, after all, it's hard to figure out what's the truth and what's a tall tale.
- The story, with the structure of a tall tale and the scenery of historical horror, does not give a moral or a resolution.
- It may sound like a tall tale but a Keighley museum has come to the rescue after an Isle of Man exhibition was unable to find any stuffed Manx cats to display - despite the cats originating on the island several hundred years ago.
- O'Reilly claimed his story was a compilation of tall tales told by real cowboys, but this seems itself a tall tale: oral historians are unconvinced that Pecos Bill is anything but a media creation.
- Assuming this is a tall tale made up to lend an air of mystery to an otherwise innocuous eBay sale it is still a clever bit of advertising.
- Throughout the film, the commodore repeats a tall tale about his exploits as an Indian fighter.
- He could make you hear his sly smile, he could make you cry at a sad story, he could make you believe a tall tale.
Synonyms
unlikely, improbable, exaggerated, far-fetched, implausible, dubious, overblown, unbelievable, incredible, preposterous, outrageous, absurd

walk (or stand) tall

Be proud and confident.
stop wishing that you were somehow different—start to walk tall!
Example sentencesExamples
- Two men joined him, wiping their foreheads, but still standing tall and proud under their heavy layered uniforms.
- The man who started his working life as a teacher before joining Bobby Robson's staff at Porto and Barcelona as, first interpreter, then coach, now stands tall, and characteristically proud, as one of the best in the business.
- Madala was dressed in the full regalia of a captain, and walked tall and proud, hand on her sword hilt, and the other gripping her pike.
- How are you supposed to be confident and walk tall if you are too tired to even hold your eyelids open?
- She had a look of sheer determination in her eyes, and stood tall and proud, unsmiling.
- His walk was different too; not too obvious to a glance, but Tommy walked tall and proud; like a man who was not a prisoner but one who had everything under control.
- He stood tall and proud, he had definitely seen his fair share of action.
- Yet, if he survives the challenges at hand, his political stature will be increased dramatically, and he'll be able to walk tall, proud of his achievements.
- Abe, Bart, and Cody stood tall and proud as they dared the Governor or Milton to stared yelling at them.
- He stood tall and confident, a smile radiating through his features and hair unkempt but it suited him.

Derivatives

tallish

adjective ˈtɔːlɪʃˈtɔlɪʃ

They were joined by a tallish young man, about my age with very floppy and messy looking black hair.
Example sentencesExamples
- The practice in question is the growing of goldenrod, a tallish native weed with feathery yellow plumes.
- The ornamental verbena, sometimes also known as vervain, refers to (among others) Verbena bonariensis, the purple topped tallish plant that has colonised roadways and pasture throughout Australia.
- He was a tallish man with rustic brown hair and twinkling blue eyes.
- In strode a tallish woman with the Captain's crest on the side of her uniform.

tallness

noun ˈtɔːlnəs

I never saw how girls and boys could get upset at tallness or the lack thereof.
Example sentencesExamples
- The voice, for example, stays high-pitched, the body develops a rounded contour, and the loss of hormones produces an unusual tallness and also prevents the skin from tanning.
- Although Mom had never bothered with books, our physical similarities, apart from my tallness, were undeniable.
- The medication cannot be accepted as safe for children until it is known that added tallness will not be associated with some defect of development somewhere in the body.
- He tended to scare off little kids with his tallness, burliness and rareness to smile, but inside he was a nice man.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably from Old English getæl 'swift, prompt'. Early senses also included 'fine, handsome' and 'bold, strong, good at fighting'.

Some words have undergone remarkable changes in meaning over the centuries. One such is tall. In medieval times it was used in such senses as ‘quick’, ‘handsome’, and ‘good at fighting’, as in Sir Walter Scott's reference to ‘the ‘ “tall men”, or champions, of Wales’. Only in the 16th century did the sense ‘of more than average height’ appear. A privileged or distinguished person may be referred to as a tall poppy. This goes back to a story about the Roman tyrant Tarquin, who is said to have struck off the heads of a row of poppies in a gruesomely graphic demonstration of the way in which the important men of a captured city should be treated. Since the early 1980s, originally in Australia, the expression tall poppy syndrome has been used for the tendency to criticize people who have become rich, famous, or socially prominent.

Rhymes

all, appal (US appall), awl, Bacall, ball, bawl, befall, Bengal, brawl, call, caul, crawl, Donegal, drawl, drywall, enthral (US enthrall), fall, forestall, gall, Galle, Gaul, hall, haul, maul, miaul, miscall, Montreal, Naipaul, Nepal, orle, pall, Paul, pawl, Saul, schorl, scrawl, seawall, Senegal, shawl, small, sprawl, squall, stall, stonewall, thrall, trawl, wall, waul, wherewithal, withal, yawl

Definition of tall in US English:

tall

adjectivetɔltôl

1Of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width.
a tall, broad-shouldered man
a tall glass of iced tea
Example sentencesExamples
- Mychael found herself in a tall tower - one of many in the castle.
- Nearby will be a tall transparent wall of glass sited in a reflecting pool and illuminated with blue light.
- The grass was tall enough to hide a horse and waved in the breeze like a wind-roiled sea.
- Pour the Pimm's into a tall glass and add the lemon, cucumber and strawberries.
- He looked like he needed a nap and a tall glass of ice water, but that would have to wait.
- Water will trickle audibly here and there, and there'll be the gentle swish of bamboo and tall grasses.
- Add the juice of an orange if you like and serve in tall glasses with ice cubes.
- The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open, revealing the sixth floor of the tall building.
- With no tall buildings nearby to obstruct your sight, you can see for miles around.
- Apart from Damian, there is no one I would not trust to hold the bottom of a tall ladder or to own a weapon.
- Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
- He saw a tall willow tree, and decided to rest in its shade.
- He stood up to offer a handshake, revealing that he was a tall man, of average but sufficient build.
- Avoid any mixture containing bentgrass or tall fescue or more than 15 percent ryegrass.
- There was no one there, except for a tall figure standing by in the distance.
- The area consists of luxuriant growth of tall grasses with scattered growth of deciduous forest trees.
- In his right hand was a plate of food and in the other a tall glass of orange juice.
- The bar, just big enough for four or five people, was in a tall, thin building at the top of a narrow staircase.
- They all looked to see a tall pillar of smoke rising in the not-too distant distance.
- Climbing to the top of a tall building, a hill, or a church tower is a great way to get a feel for a place.
Synonyms
big, high, large, huge, towering
high, big, lofty, towering, soaring, elevated, sky-high, sky-scraping
1. 1.1 (after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom.
  he was over six feet tall
  how tall are you?
  Example sentencesExamples
  A tribe of pygmies from the Grasslands of Africa, the Fukawi grow to a height of 4 feet tall.
  The steel glasses were 3 feet tall and you wonder how all of it fit into one person.
  The warm water felt good, and waves were up to two meters tall.
  He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is.
  At the age of seventeen, he was already almost two hundred centimeters tall.
  One of the youths is described as about 6ft tall with ginger hair and wearing a light blue top.
  He is about 1.5 metres tall with big brown eyes and curly jet-black hair.
  They stand about two feet tall at the shoulder and typically weigh around 100 pounds.
  She is white, 5ft 4in tall with a large build, short grey hair and blue eyes.
  Only around ten centimeters taller than him, the older kid looked fairly nasty.
  He seemed to be pretty tall for his age, probably around 5 ' 9".
  They were not as short as I would have thought, around 1.2 meters tall.
  The other one was a couple of inches taller with dark hair.
  In 1999 we constructed a small prototype of this clock, approximately two meters tall.
  He is described as about 6ft tall, medium to thin build, with black and shaven hair.
  The 4ft 5in tall boy was disqualified from driving following a motoring offence in December last year.
  Heather is approximately 4ft 6in tall with a slim build, hazel eyes and long brown hair.
  He was six feet tall with a lean build and wavy blonde hair.
  Individuals may be 1-1.4 m tall at the shoulders.
  The third is described as six feet tall, in his mid-twenties with short dark hair and possibly a moustache.
  Synonyms
  in height, high, from head to foot, from head to toe

Phrases

a tall order

An unreasonable or difficult demand.
Example sentencesExamples
- It needs a 4% per month hike in freight traffic to start making money and that's a tall order.
- Keeping on top of the washing-up without a dishwasher is a tall order, says manager Sue Hargreaves.
- It's a tall order, but one of the most straightforward and effective ways to achieve that goal is through education.
- It's a bit of a tall order to offer a fully formed alternative view of the world, but we can at least throw up some positive ideas for discussion.
- Making a decent sequel was always going to be a tall order.
- The title sounds like a tall order, particularly coming from someone who has never made a country album.
- While you may be able to manage for three to six months without a specific employee, one or two years is invariably a tall order.
- Making the step-up to inter-county football after an absence of two years is a tall order.
- It's a tall order, but no one could accuse Williams of not trying.
- Flowing football was always going to be a tall order on a heavy Home Park pitch that was still being sanded right up to kick-off.
Synonyms
demanding, exacting, difficult, unreasonable, exorbitant, impossible

a tall story (or tale)

An account that is fanciful and difficult to believe.
he would regale me with some of his tall stories
Example sentencesExamples
- That's a tall tale - with no foundation in reality!
- When it comes to flamethrowers, after all, it's hard to figure out what's the truth and what's a tall tale.
- We argued whether Grandpa Cody's stories about him being a knight back in the old days was true or was a tall tale.
- Assuming this is a tall tale made up to lend an air of mystery to an otherwise innocuous eBay sale it is still a clever bit of advertising.
- O'Reilly claimed his story was a compilation of tall tales told by real cowboys, but this seems itself a tall tale: oral historians are unconvinced that Pecos Bill is anything but a media creation.
- The old sailors, diggers and airmen treated the younger generation to a few yarns and perhaps a tall tale or two, with their mates alongside recalling the same events as if they were yesterday.
- He could make you hear his sly smile, he could make you cry at a sad story, he could make you believe a tall tale.
- Throughout the film, the commodore repeats a tall tale about his exploits as an Indian fighter.
- It may sound like a tall tale but a Keighley museum has come to the rescue after an Isle of Man exhibition was unable to find any stuffed Manx cats to display - despite the cats originating on the island several hundred years ago.
- I can't find any info, is this just a tall tale or is it true?
- The story, with the structure of a tall tale and the scenery of historical horror, does not give a moral or a resolution.
Synonyms
unlikely, improbable, exaggerated, far-fetched, implausible, dubious, overblown, unbelievable, incredible, preposterous, outrageous, absurd

walk (or stand) tall

Be proud and confident.
stop wishing that you were somehow different—start to walk tall!
Example sentencesExamples
- He stood tall and proud, he had definitely seen his fair share of action.
- She had a look of sheer determination in her eyes, and stood tall and proud, unsmiling.
- How are you supposed to be confident and walk tall if you are too tired to even hold your eyelids open?
- The man who started his working life as a teacher before joining Bobby Robson's staff at Porto and Barcelona as, first interpreter, then coach, now stands tall, and characteristically proud, as one of the best in the business.
- He stood tall and confident, a smile radiating through his features and hair unkempt but it suited him.
- His walk was different too; not too obvious to a glance, but Tommy walked tall and proud; like a man who was not a prisoner but one who had everything under control.
- Madala was dressed in the full regalia of a captain, and walked tall and proud, hand on her sword hilt, and the other gripping her pike.
- Abe, Bart, and Cody stood tall and proud as they dared the Governor or Milton to stared yelling at them.
- Two men joined him, wiping their foreheads, but still standing tall and proud under their heavy layered uniforms.
- Yet, if he survives the challenges at hand, his political stature will be increased dramatically, and he'll be able to walk tall, proud of his achievements.

Origin

Late Middle English: probably from Old English getæl ‘swift, prompt’. Early senses also included ‘fine, handsome’ and ‘bold, strong, good at fighting’.

单词	tall
释义	Definition of tall in English: tall adjective tɔːltɔl 1Of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width. a tall, broad-shouldered man a tall glass of iced tea Example sentencesExamples In his right hand was a plate of food and in the other a tall glass of orange juice. They all looked to see a tall pillar of smoke rising in the not-too distant distance. Climbing to the top of a tall building, a hill, or a church tower is a great way to get a feel for a place. The grass was tall enough to hide a horse and waved in the breeze like a wind-roiled sea. Nearby will be a tall transparent wall of glass sited in a reflecting pool and illuminated with blue light. Add the juice of an orange if you like and serve in tall glasses with ice cubes. Mychael found herself in a tall tower - one of many in the castle. He stood up to offer a handshake, revealing that he was a tall man, of average but sufficient build. He saw a tall willow tree, and decided to rest in its shade. Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? Apart from Damian, there is no one I would not trust to hold the bottom of a tall ladder or to own a weapon. The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open, revealing the sixth floor of the tall building. He looked like he needed a nap and a tall glass of ice water, but that would have to wait. Water will trickle audibly here and there, and there'll be the gentle swish of bamboo and tall grasses. There was no one there, except for a tall figure standing by in the distance. The bar, just big enough for four or five people, was in a tall, thin building at the top of a narrow staircase. The area consists of luxuriant growth of tall grasses with scattered growth of deciduous forest trees. Avoid any mixture containing bentgrass or tall fescue or more than 15 percent ryegrass. With no tall buildings nearby to obstruct your sight, you can see for miles around. Pour the Pimm's into a tall glass and add the lemon, cucumber and strawberries. Synonyms big, high, large, huge, towering colossal, gigantic, giant, monstrous, giant-size, Brobdingnagian lanky, rangy, gangling, leggy, long-legged informal long high, big, lofty, towering, soaring, elevated, sky-high, sky-scraping multistorey 1.1 (after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom. he was over six feet tall how tall are you? Example sentencesExamples The 4ft 5in tall boy was disqualified from driving following a motoring offence in December last year. One of the youths is described as about 6ft tall with ginger hair and wearing a light blue top. At the age of seventeen, he was already almost two hundred centimeters tall. The other one was a couple of inches taller with dark hair. She is white, 5ft 4in tall with a large build, short grey hair and blue eyes. He is described as about 6ft tall, medium to thin build, with black and shaven hair. Only around ten centimeters taller than him, the older kid looked fairly nasty. The steel glasses were 3 feet tall and you wonder how all of it fit into one person. Individuals may be 1-1.4 m tall at the shoulders. The third is described as six feet tall, in his mid-twenties with short dark hair and possibly a moustache. In 1999 we constructed a small prototype of this clock, approximately two meters tall. Heather is approximately 4ft 6in tall with a slim build, hazel eyes and long brown hair. They stand about two feet tall at the shoulder and typically weigh around 100 pounds. He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is. A tribe of pygmies from the Grasslands of Africa, the Fukawi grow to a height of 4 feet tall. He was six feet tall with a lean build and wavy blonde hair. The warm water felt good, and waves were up to two meters tall. He seemed to be pretty tall for his age, probably around 5 ' 9". They were not as short as I would have thought, around 1.2 meters tall. He is about 1.5 metres tall with big brown eyes and curly jet-black hair. Synonyms in height, high, from head to toe/foot Phrases a tall order An unreasonable or difficult demand. they thought that the deadline was a tall order Example sentencesExamples It's a bit of a tall order to offer a fully formed alternative view of the world, but we can at least throw up some positive ideas for discussion. While you may be able to manage for three to six months without a specific employee, one or two years is invariably a tall order. The title sounds like a tall order, particularly coming from someone who has never made a country album. It's a tall order, but one of the most straightforward and effective ways to achieve that goal is through education. Keeping on top of the washing-up without a dishwasher is a tall order, says manager Sue Hargreaves. Making a decent sequel was always going to be a tall order. It needs a 4% per month hike in freight traffic to start making money and that's a tall order. Flowing football was always going to be a tall order on a heavy Home Park pitch that was still being sanded right up to kick-off. It's a tall order, but no one could accuse Williams of not trying. Making the step-up to inter-county football after an absence of two years is a tall order. Synonyms demanding, exacting, difficult, unreasonable, exorbitant, impossible a tall story (or tale) An account that is fanciful and difficult to believe. he would regale me with some of his tall stories Example sentencesExamples We argued whether Grandpa Cody's stories about him being a knight back in the old days was true or was a tall tale. The old sailors, diggers and airmen treated the younger generation to a few yarns and perhaps a tall tale or two, with their mates alongside recalling the same events as if they were yesterday. That's a tall tale - with no foundation in reality! I can't find any info, is this just a tall tale or is it true? When it comes to flamethrowers, after all, it's hard to figure out what's the truth and what's a tall tale. The story, with the structure of a tall tale and the scenery of historical horror, does not give a moral or a resolution. It may sound like a tall tale but a Keighley museum has come to the rescue after an Isle of Man exhibition was unable to find any stuffed Manx cats to display - despite the cats originating on the island several hundred years ago. O'Reilly claimed his story was a compilation of tall tales told by real cowboys, but this seems itself a tall tale: oral historians are unconvinced that Pecos Bill is anything but a media creation. Assuming this is a tall tale made up to lend an air of mystery to an otherwise innocuous eBay sale it is still a clever bit of advertising. Throughout the film, the commodore repeats a tall tale about his exploits as an Indian fighter. He could make you hear his sly smile, he could make you cry at a sad story, he could make you believe a tall tale. Synonyms unlikely, improbable, exaggerated, far-fetched, implausible, dubious, overblown, unbelievable, incredible, preposterous, outrageous, absurd walk (or stand) tall Be proud and confident. stop wishing that you were somehow different—start to walk tall! Example sentencesExamples Two men joined him, wiping their foreheads, but still standing tall and proud under their heavy layered uniforms. The man who started his working life as a teacher before joining Bobby Robson's staff at Porto and Barcelona as, first interpreter, then coach, now stands tall, and characteristically proud, as one of the best in the business. Madala was dressed in the full regalia of a captain, and walked tall and proud, hand on her sword hilt, and the other gripping her pike. How are you supposed to be confident and walk tall if you are too tired to even hold your eyelids open? She had a look of sheer determination in her eyes, and stood tall and proud, unsmiling. His walk was different too; not too obvious to a glance, but Tommy walked tall and proud; like a man who was not a prisoner but one who had everything under control. He stood tall and proud, he had definitely seen his fair share of action. Yet, if he survives the challenges at hand, his political stature will be increased dramatically, and he'll be able to walk tall, proud of his achievements. Abe, Bart, and Cody stood tall and proud as they dared the Governor or Milton to stared yelling at them. He stood tall and confident, a smile radiating through his features and hair unkempt but it suited him. Derivatives tallish adjective ˈtɔːlɪʃˈtɔlɪʃ They were joined by a tallish young man, about my age with very floppy and messy looking black hair. Example sentencesExamples The practice in question is the growing of goldenrod, a tallish native weed with feathery yellow plumes. The ornamental verbena, sometimes also known as vervain, refers to (among others) Verbena bonariensis, the purple topped tallish plant that has colonised roadways and pasture throughout Australia. He was a tallish man with rustic brown hair and twinkling blue eyes. In strode a tallish woman with the Captain's crest on the side of her uniform. tallness noun ˈtɔːlnəs I never saw how girls and boys could get upset at tallness or the lack thereof. Example sentencesExamples The voice, for example, stays high-pitched, the body develops a rounded contour, and the loss of hormones produces an unusual tallness and also prevents the skin from tanning. Although Mom had never bothered with books, our physical similarities, apart from my tallness, were undeniable. The medication cannot be accepted as safe for children until it is known that added tallness will not be associated with some defect of development somewhere in the body. He tended to scare off little kids with his tallness, burliness and rareness to smile, but inside he was a nice man. Origin Late Middle English: probably from Old English getæl 'swift, prompt'. Early senses also included 'fine, handsome' and 'bold, strong, good at fighting'. Some words have undergone remarkable changes in meaning over the centuries. One such is tall. In medieval times it was used in such senses as ‘quick’, ‘handsome’, and ‘good at fighting’, as in Sir Walter Scott's reference to ‘the ‘ “tall men”, or champions, of Wales’. Only in the 16th century did the sense ‘of more than average height’ appear. A privileged or distinguished person may be referred to as a tall poppy. This goes back to a story about the Roman tyrant Tarquin, who is said to have struck off the heads of a row of poppies in a gruesomely graphic demonstration of the way in which the important men of a captured city should be treated. Since the early 1980s, originally in Australia, the expression tall poppy syndrome has been used for the tendency to criticize people who have become rich, famous, or socially prominent. Rhymes all, appal (US appall), awl, Bacall, ball, bawl, befall, Bengal, brawl, call, caul, crawl, Donegal, drawl, drywall, enthral (US enthrall), fall, forestall, gall, Galle, Gaul, hall, haul, maul, miaul, miscall, Montreal, Naipaul, Nepal, orle, pall, Paul, pawl, Saul, schorl, scrawl, seawall, Senegal, shawl, small, sprawl, squall, stall, stonewall, thrall, trawl, wall, waul, wherewithal, withal, yawl adj.1 phr. Definition of tall in US English: tall adjectivetɔltôl 1Of great or more than average height, especially (with reference to an object) relative to width. a tall, broad-shouldered man a tall glass of iced tea Example sentencesExamples Mychael found herself in a tall tower - one of many in the castle. Nearby will be a tall transparent wall of glass sited in a reflecting pool and illuminated with blue light. The grass was tall enough to hide a horse and waved in the breeze like a wind-roiled sea. Pour the Pimm's into a tall glass and add the lemon, cucumber and strawberries. He looked like he needed a nap and a tall glass of ice water, but that would have to wait. Water will trickle audibly here and there, and there'll be the gentle swish of bamboo and tall grasses. Add the juice of an orange if you like and serve in tall glasses with ice cubes. The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open, revealing the sixth floor of the tall building. With no tall buildings nearby to obstruct your sight, you can see for miles around. Apart from Damian, there is no one I would not trust to hold the bottom of a tall ladder or to own a weapon. Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? He saw a tall willow tree, and decided to rest in its shade. He stood up to offer a handshake, revealing that he was a tall man, of average but sufficient build. Avoid any mixture containing bentgrass or tall fescue or more than 15 percent ryegrass. There was no one there, except for a tall figure standing by in the distance. The area consists of luxuriant growth of tall grasses with scattered growth of deciduous forest trees. In his right hand was a plate of food and in the other a tall glass of orange juice. The bar, just big enough for four or five people, was in a tall, thin building at the top of a narrow staircase. They all looked to see a tall pillar of smoke rising in the not-too distant distance. Climbing to the top of a tall building, a hill, or a church tower is a great way to get a feel for a place. Synonyms big, high, large, huge, towering high, big, lofty, towering, soaring, elevated, sky-high, sky-scraping 1.1 (after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom. he was over six feet tall how tall are you? Example sentencesExamples A tribe of pygmies from the Grasslands of Africa, the Fukawi grow to a height of 4 feet tall. The steel glasses were 3 feet tall and you wonder how all of it fit into one person. The warm water felt good, and waves were up to two meters tall. He says you must stand back and look at the tree from a distance to get an idea how tall it is. At the age of seventeen, he was already almost two hundred centimeters tall. One of the youths is described as about 6ft tall with ginger hair and wearing a light blue top. He is about 1.5 metres tall with big brown eyes and curly jet-black hair. They stand about two feet tall at the shoulder and typically weigh around 100 pounds. She is white, 5ft 4in tall with a large build, short grey hair and blue eyes. Only around ten centimeters taller than him, the older kid looked fairly nasty. He seemed to be pretty tall for his age, probably around 5 ' 9". They were not as short as I would have thought, around 1.2 meters tall. The other one was a couple of inches taller with dark hair. In 1999 we constructed a small prototype of this clock, approximately two meters tall. He is described as about 6ft tall, medium to thin build, with black and shaven hair. The 4ft 5in tall boy was disqualified from driving following a motoring offence in December last year. Heather is approximately 4ft 6in tall with a slim build, hazel eyes and long brown hair. He was six feet tall with a lean build and wavy blonde hair. Individuals may be 1-1.4 m tall at the shoulders. The third is described as six feet tall, in his mid-twenties with short dark hair and possibly a moustache. Synonyms in height, high, from head to foot, from head to toe Phrases a tall order An unreasonable or difficult demand. Example sentencesExamples It needs a 4% per month hike in freight traffic to start making money and that's a tall order. Keeping on top of the washing-up without a dishwasher is a tall order, says manager Sue Hargreaves. It's a tall order, but one of the most straightforward and effective ways to achieve that goal is through education. It's a bit of a tall order to offer a fully formed alternative view of the world, but we can at least throw up some positive ideas for discussion. Making a decent sequel was always going to be a tall order. The title sounds like a tall order, particularly coming from someone who has never made a country album. While you may be able to manage for three to six months without a specific employee, one or two years is invariably a tall order. Making the step-up to inter-county football after an absence of two years is a tall order. It's a tall order, but no one could accuse Williams of not trying. Flowing football was always going to be a tall order on a heavy Home Park pitch that was still being sanded right up to kick-off. Synonyms demanding, exacting, difficult, unreasonable, exorbitant, impossible a tall story (or tale) An account that is fanciful and difficult to believe. he would regale me with some of his tall stories Example sentencesExamples That's a tall tale - with no foundation in reality! When it comes to flamethrowers, after all, it's hard to figure out what's the truth and what's a tall tale. We argued whether Grandpa Cody's stories about him being a knight back in the old days was true or was a tall tale. Assuming this is a tall tale made up to lend an air of mystery to an otherwise innocuous eBay sale it is still a clever bit of advertising. O'Reilly claimed his story was a compilation of tall tales told by real cowboys, but this seems itself a tall tale: oral historians are unconvinced that Pecos Bill is anything but a media creation. The old sailors, diggers and airmen treated the younger generation to a few yarns and perhaps a tall tale or two, with their mates alongside recalling the same events as if they were yesterday. He could make you hear his sly smile, he could make you cry at a sad story, he could make you believe a tall tale. Throughout the film, the commodore repeats a tall tale about his exploits as an Indian fighter. It may sound like a tall tale but a Keighley museum has come to the rescue after an Isle of Man exhibition was unable to find any stuffed Manx cats to display - despite the cats originating on the island several hundred years ago. I can't find any info, is this just a tall tale or is it true? The story, with the structure of a tall tale and the scenery of historical horror, does not give a moral or a resolution. Synonyms unlikely, improbable, exaggerated, far-fetched, implausible, dubious, overblown, unbelievable, incredible, preposterous, outrageous, absurd walk (or stand) tall Be proud and confident. stop wishing that you were somehow different—start to walk tall! Example sentencesExamples He stood tall and proud, he had definitely seen his fair share of action. She had a look of sheer determination in her eyes, and stood tall and proud, unsmiling. How are you supposed to be confident and walk tall if you are too tired to even hold your eyelids open? The man who started his working life as a teacher before joining Bobby Robson's staff at Porto and Barcelona as, first interpreter, then coach, now stands tall, and characteristically proud, as one of the best in the business. He stood tall and confident, a smile radiating through his features and hair unkempt but it suited him. His walk was different too; not too obvious to a glance, but Tommy walked tall and proud; like a man who was not a prisoner but one who had everything under control. Madala was dressed in the full regalia of a captain, and walked tall and proud, hand on her sword hilt, and the other gripping her pike. Abe, Bart, and Cody stood tall and proud as they dared the Governor or Milton to stared yelling at them. Two men joined him, wiping their foreheads, but still standing tall and proud under their heavy layered uniforms. Yet, if he survives the challenges at hand, his political stature will be increased dramatically, and he'll be able to walk tall, proud of his achievements. Origin Late Middle English: probably from Old English getæl ‘swift, prompt’. Early senses also included ‘fine, handsome’ and ‘bold, strong, good at fighting’. adj.1 phr.
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